ConvrtX

ConvrtX is a venture support organisation that takes startup founders from an initial idea to a launched product. It combines business planning, app design and development, introductions to investors and post-launch guidance in one programme, and runs advisor communities around the startups it backs.

What ConvrtX offers

• Business planning: an action plan and roadmap for the first few years of a new company.
• Pitch preparation: help producing a business plan and pitch deck.
• Investor introductions: matching founders with venture capital firms that may suit their idea at seed stage.
• App design and development: building the product once funding is in place.
• Launch support: guidance and resources through release and after.

Who it works with

Early-stage entrepreneurs, mostly with app ideas. Startups it lists include Cheers, an alcohol delivery app; Beespatch, a delivery platform for small shops; Housibly, a real estate app; and AutoWatch, for finding and booking local mechanics.

Key facts

• Model: a four-part approach covering plan, build, funding and launch
• Community: manages advisor communities for its startups