The pathway for Caribbean businesses
From trading to bankable to investible.
You’ve built something real. We help you turn it into something lenders back and investors want.
About four minutes, on your phone.
You’re here: already trading
The pathway
- TradingYour business is working. Customers pay, and you know your trade. The next step is making that visible.
- BankableYour numbers, records and track record show a lender what you already know. That’s when a loan becomes a yes.
- InvestibleYour business has the systems, margins and reach to grow beyond small, and to attract the capital growth needs.
Four steps. One direction.
Taken at your pace, proven by your progress. Each step moves your business closer to the next milestone.
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Get clear
Know your real numbers, and the one thing holding your business back.
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Get ready
Build the structure and track record lenders look for, with a small peer group and a trained facilitator.
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Get funded
Go to your lending partner with an application backed by evidence.
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Grow
Put capital to work, and build toward investible with support that continues after the loan.
You won’t walk it alone.
Venture Habitat is built with the people who finance and support Caribbean business.
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Your peer group
A small group of business owners at a similar stage, meeting every two weeks with a trained facilitator.
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Specialists when you need them
Accounting, legal, marketing and finance support, brought in at the point it matters.
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Your lending partner, from day one
Your lender sees your progress as it happens, not only on application day.
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Room to grow
As your business grows, the pathway opens toward growth capital.
Funded · The Capital Pathway Forum
The pathway launches at Funded.
One day that brings founders, lending partners, support organisations and growth capital into the same room, and opens the first cohort.
- Date
- To be announced
- Venue
- To be announced
Seats through the fit check
Bankable first. Investible next.
We walk with you, step by step, until your business can show lenders what you already know. Then we help you build what it takes to grow beyond small.
Small is where you start. Not where you stay.
For partners
The pathway works because lenders, support organisations and sponsors are part of it.
- Support organisations Connect the founders you serve to what comes next, and see how far they go. Learn more
- Lending partners Meet prepared applicants, with a track record you can see before you’re asked to say yes. Learn more
- Sponsors Back the launch of the pathway at Funded, and the peer groups that follow it. Learn more
TEN Habitat is now Venture Habitat.
Same people. Same commitment to Caribbean business. One clear focus: the pathway from trading to bankable to investible.
What stays
The team. TEN Inc, which still runs the programme. And our commitment to Caribbean enterprise.
What’s new
One pathway that gets trading businesses ready for loans, then ready for investors, with lenders and support partners connected along the way.
What it means for you
Founders: take the fit check to see where your business stands.
Partners and past programme contacts: let’s talk about where you fit on the pathway.
Find out where your business stands.
About four minutes. A clear read on where you are on the pathway, and your first step.