Unlock African Opportunitieslinking capital to transformative ventures

Clinq bridges the gap between global funders and high-growth African businesses.

Clinq for Business
$0100% free for founders & businesses — always.

Your path to funding, simplified.

We turn raw business data into funder-ready insight, score your funding readiness, and connect you to the funders most likely to back you — at zero cost to your business. No subscription, no success fees, no surprises.

Black African professionals — a man and a woman — collaborating in a business meeting
$0

Always free

For founders & businesses

Slide 01

Automated Onboarding

  • Fast Setup

    We automatically pull your business information from the web so you don't have to type it all in.

  • Instant Analysis

    Just upload your pitch deck or financial documents, and our tool analyzes your business in under 5 minutes.

  • Funding Preview

    Get an immediate look at which funders are the best fit for your company.

Slide 02

Funder Readiness Audit

  • Readiness Score

    See exactly how prepared you are to receive funding with a simple score.

  • Identify Roadblocks

    We point out potential issues that might stop you from getting funded.

  • Clear Roadmap

    If you aren't quite ready yet, we give you a step-by-step plan with specific milestones and timelines to help you get there.

Slide 03

Funder Outreach & Matchmaking

  • Data Room Prep

    We help you organize all your documents so you have everything ready for funder meetings.

  • Expert Advice

    We guide you on the best way to structure your funding, whether that is through debt, equity, or a mix of both.

  • Targeted Outreach

    We build a list of the right funders for you and handle the outreach to get those conversations started.

Clinq for Funders

High-conviction African deal flow, on tap.

Finding investment-ready SMEs in Africa is time-consuming and inefficient. Clinq turns a manual, high-friction scouting process into a streamlined, automated, and audit-ready workflow.

1,200+
Verified SMEs
92%
Mandate match
<5 min
To decision-ready
01 / Pipeline

The Clinq Terminal

A Bloomberg-grade pipeline for African SMEs.

Stop waiting for deal flow to come to you. The Clinq Terminal is a professional-grade dashboard that surfaces mandate-matched, decision-ready SMEs in real time.

01

Verified Deal Flow

Every SME has passed our 3-Phase Funnel — cash flows, operational history, and data integrity verified before they ever hit your feed.

02

Granular Matching

Filter thousands of opportunities by sector, country, ticket size, EBITDA, or growth stage. Gender-lens or SDG-specific? Match instantly.

03

Mandate-Drift Prevention

Our AI Cross-Referencer makes sure the businesses you see fit your specific criteria — less time on off-mandate proposals.

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Coverage

Deal flow across multiple African markets — vetted, verified, ready to underwrite.

01

Secure Data Rooms

NDA-gated Virtual Data Rooms on every SME profile. Access is restricted, monitored, and logged.

02

Audit-Grade Event Trail

Every interaction, document access, and profile update is fully tracked — a transparent history for every deal.

03

Benchmark Intelligence

Cohort analytics let you underwrite with confidence against sector and regional benchmarks.

02 / Rigor

Institutional & Audit-Ready

Compliance isn't an afterthought — it's the foundation.

We built Clinq to meet the standards required by DFIs and institutional capital. Every interaction is logged, every document is gated, every benchmark is sourced.

Featured Deals · Live

A live taste of African deal flow on the Terminal.

Anonymised for public preview. Sign in to see full profiles, financials and the data room.

🇬🇭

Ghana

SME-7CE0

Fintech · Revenue

Readiness

86/100

Revenue

$900K

Ticket

$1.0M–$2.0M

Decent Work
🇳🇬

Nigeria

SME-5821

Healthtech · Revenue

Readiness

81/100

Revenue

$410K

Ticket

$300K–$700K

Health AccessGender-lens
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Kenya

SME-DCF1

Agritech · Revenue

Readiness

78/100

Revenue

$320K

Ticket

$500K–$1.0M

Food SecurityDecent Work
🇳🇬

Nigeria

SME-68E6

Logistics · Growth

Readiness

73/100

Revenue

$1.2M

Ticket

$800K–$1.5M

Infrastructure
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Kenya

SME-2B39

Cleantech · Growth

Readiness

72/100

Revenue

$2.1M

Ticket

$1.5M–$3.0M

Clean EnergyClimate Action
🇹🇿

Tanzania

SME-817D

Manufacturing · Revenue

Readiness

69/100

Revenue

$380K

Ticket

$250K–$750K

Decent WorkSustainable Production

Why Funders Choose Clinq

The old way vs. the Clinq way.

Before Clinq

The Old Way

  • Scouting

    Manual, cold-calling, and fragmented outreach.

  • Due Diligence

    Months of back-and-forth document gathering.

  • Compliance

    Burdensome verification checks.

  • Gender-Lens

    Challenging to track and report.

With Clinq

The Clinq Way

  • Scouting

    Automated, mandate-matched, and real-time.

  • Due Diligence

    Instant access to verified, audit-ready data.

  • Compliance

    Built-in KYC and data protection standards.

  • Gender-Lens

    Disaggregated, pre-verified reporting data.

How We Work

Fundraising, without the guesswork.

At Clinq, we make it easier for African businesses to get the funding they need to grow. We replace the guesswork of fundraising with a clear, step-by-step process built on real data.

African businesswoman presenting financial data

Live funder matching · across Africa

Your Journey3 steps
01
Snapshot
02
Deep Dive
03
Verification

Our 3-Step Process

From first idea to "funder-ready" — one transparent path.

01

Step 1: The Snapshot

Take our 5-minute quiz to see which lenders and funders match your business profile.

  • Auto-pulled business data
  • Sector & stage profiling
  • Funder pre-match
5-min quiz
02

Step 2: The Deep Dive

We give your business a Readiness Score (0–100), showing exactly where you're strong and what to fix to become more attractive to funders over the next 12 months.

  • Strengths & weaknesses
  • 12-month improvement plan
  • Milestone tracking
Readiness 0–100
03

Step 3: Verification

We help you prepare official documents — verifying your business identity and creating a secure online data room to share information safely with funders.

  • Business identity verified
  • NDA-gated data room
  • Funder-ready package
Secure data room

What Makes Us Different

Built for African founders — trusted by funders.

Four principles that shape every product decision we make.

01

Clear Feedback

We don't just give you a score — we explain exactly how to improve your business to get the capital you need.

02

Security First

We use the same high-level security as banks to keep your business data private and safe.

03

Ongoing Support

Fundraising takes time. Our AI Co-Pilot acts as your partner, checking in every 30 days until you get funded.

04

Local Rules

We understand and follow African data protection laws, keeping your information secure within the region.

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Built across Africa

Nairobi. Lagos. Accra. Cape Town. Wherever you build, Clinq backs you.

Join the founders and funders building the future of African capital — one verified deal at a time.

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