Below a couple of ways you can employ to attract investors for your start-up;

  1. Personal investors;
    Prepare a professional business plan to present and invite family and friends(those who trust you) to invest in your business. You could equally convince them they’ll be getting returns on investments.
  2. Angel investment firms;
    Angel investors are wealthy individuals or firms who provide capital to start-ups usually in exchange for ownership shares. E.g Cameroon Angels Network-promoting agribusiness. Africa angel investors etc.
  3. Attend seminars and workshops;
    Attend seminars, you could be lucky to meet an investor interested in investing in your biz.
  4. Social media;
    Almost everyone has a social media platform now, investors are online. LinkedIn for example could connect you to potential investors,maintain a resourceful Linkedin profile.
  5. Apply to government programs;
    The government promotes tech idea, digital startups by organizing competitions E.g. The Digital Innovation competition, Competition For The Best ICT Project organized by MINPOSTEL, Why not apply if you got an innovative idea,you could be the next lucky winner!
  6. Accelerator programs;
    Apply for entrepreneurial cohorts or accelerator programs at incubators or tech hubs. Potential investors are usually on the watch for proposing start-ups at such hubs.

Please, identify in the comment section any other mediums in which startups could find investors. Thanks.