By Babou Olengha-Aaby , The Next Billion. Presented at Crowdsourcing Week Global 2015. Learn more and join us at our next event: www.crowdsourcingweek.com

1. The Next Billion
Invest in women. Raise impact.

2. What if we told you that the next billion dollar market opportunity
isn’t China or India but …Women.
Would you invest?

4. Our Mission
We are on a mission to unleash and invest in women’s economic potential through entrepreneurship as a catalyst for positive
impact to local national and global economies. We aim to provide the growing number of female-led enterprises worldwide
with a quadruple AAAA service:
o Access to Finance
o Access to (business/development) Skills
o Access to a network of Inspirational Role Models
o Access to Markets

5. Our Vision
Our vision is to become ‘ The Global Funding Home’ for female-led enterprises. A one-stop-shop for all
their
funding needs and much much more.

6. With long-term goal of entering the emerging markets of Africa, Latin & South America and East Asia
where women face greater financial exclusion. However, where the potential for women’s economic
emancipation and the need for financial autonomy is at it’s greatest.
And we’re starting with Europe

7. We’re re-imagining crowdfunding
From Beta to 2.0
We're proposing a new way, a better way, a truly democratic and disruptive model of crowdfunding. One
which leverages the growing power of the crowd-economy by merging the concepts of
crowdsourcing, crowdspeaking with crowdfunding.

8. Redefining ourselves as the world’s first Impact Crowdfunding Platform inspired by the principles of
Impact Investing and Venture Philanthropy. Where the onus is on Value Creation,
Capacity Building, Women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion . Where
female entrepreneurs and female-led enterprises are the primary focus for investment.
We’re building an impact-
driven crowdfunding
platform.

9. We’re dedicated to helping female-led
enterprises raise the necessary capital needed to
start, scale, grow and lead economically
sustainable and successful businesses.
“We aim to provide female entrepreneurs with a platform – a place where they not only feel but know that
they are valued, supported, connected, validated, seen and heard. A place where they can raise funds,
raise their profile, raise their potential and their capacity as entrepreneurs. And ultimately raise the
standard of living for millions of people. A place where they can grow. A place they can call home.”

10. We’re scaling up. Extending an
open invitation to all female-led
enterprises not only those started
and run my mothers.
Eligibility
Open to businesses majority owned and led by a female founder or female founding team
• For profit as well as hybrid for purpose and profit enterprises
• Startups (Incl. pre-revenue and early stage)
• Small and Medium Size Businesses
• Fast Growth SME’s
• Looking to raise a minimum of $5000 dollars

11. 1.We’re pioneering a novel
approach to rewards-based
crowdfunding based on a Fund
Management model.
Providing ‘Funders’ with the opportunity to:
• Register as an individual, an organization or company
• Open a Fund and make a secure deposit
• Define their investment areas of interest.
• And ‘invest’ in a diversified portfolio of women-led ventures listed on our platform.

12. How is MMB unique?
AMPLIFIERFUNDER
DEVELOPER
ENTREPRENEUR
2. We’re rethinking the
rules of engagement.
Invest your social
media net-worth
Invest your money
Invest your time,
skills & acknowledge
Invest in yourself
& your business/idea

13. Through our fund management approach we can offer entrepreneurs the assurance of having both funds
and
a registered community of ‘engaged’ contributors championing women’s economic empowerment – readily
available on the platform.
How is MMB unique? 3.We’re creating a
new order.
Building the world’s first an
hopefully largest ‘crowdfund
Impact Crowfunding Fund.

14. 6. We’re equalizing the power
balance in crowdfunding.
• By making a funding opportunities accessible and available to all female entrepreneurs under one
platform.
• We’re leveling the playing field between funders and entrepreneurs by providing women owned
businesses with the power and opportunity a ‘ search, find and invite’ functions to select and invite
‘funders’ who meet and match their funding criteria to join their
funding rounds if they choose to do so.

15. 4. We’re extending the crowd’s
participation. Allowing organizations, public
sector institutions, corporate companies,
foundations, venture philanthropists, funds, impact
investors, as well as traditional institutional
lenders alongside a ‘crowd’ of ordinary people to
share in the risks and rewards of investing in the
winning effects of women-led enterprises by
opening a ‘Fund’ on MMB for as little as $1.

16. 6. We’re adopting a hybrid
approach to both finance and
investment opportunities.
• Hybrid funding campaigns
• Multiple funding rounds allowed: From Seed/Startup/Growth/Exit

17. •
Recent studies by Indigogo, Kickstarter and Babson show that women are achieving a higher success rate (40%) in finding
financing via Crowdfunding than through traditional venture capital.
• Women make up the majority of fundraisers in both donations based and rewards based crowdfunding. (Nesta/Cambridge)
• Role in the predominantly male P2P and equity crowdfunding sector is still negligent.
• Equity Crowdfunding: Growth opportunity sector for women led-businesses.
Crowdfunding: Leveling the
playing field for female
entrepreneurs globally.

18. If woman aren’t dreaming big, asking and receiving
funding, half the population isn’t contributing all it
can to economic growth and job creation.
Gerry Stengel, Forbes
Why women? Why now? Why it matters?

19. To achieve our purpose we wholeheartedly believe that we must invite more women to participate, we must enable women to realize their
economic and entrepreneurial potential in order to achieve financial autonomy. We must provide them with access to the necessary tools, people
and opportunities needed to build thriving businesses that impact people, planet and our economies.
And last but not least, we need to engage everyone to find, reflect and share the winning facts and winning effects surrounding why investing in
women owned businesses not only makes for smart economics and businesses sense but why it’s a win-win for all.
Our Purpose: Value Creation
Our purpose is a ‘shared’ purpose. One that centers around creating value
for all in order to build and invest in what we hope will be a brighter,
better, fairer, more equitable and sustainable future for us all. Powered by
our most under-valued, under-funded, under-utilized and under-realized
human resource to date: Women.

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27. If you want to go fast go it alone,
but if you want to go far go it
together.
African proverb

28. Babou Olengha-Aaby
E: babou@mumsmeanbusiness.com
Tel: +47 91124004
Twitter: @mums_mean_biz
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