Members organisation · South Africa

Entrepreneurs don’t rise alone.

U&I is a members organisation where founders and experienced operators back each other with knowledge, funding routes, strategy, systems and introductions that actually move a business forward.

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Free membership available · Apply as an Underdog, an Influencer, or both.

Black and Indian South African entrepreneurs working through a growth plan together in a boardroom

What U&I is

A room where the right member solves the thing holding you back.

01

Access, not advice

Members open their networks to each other — introductions to funders, suppliers, operators and buyers who are already in the room.

02

Matched on need

We connect each member to the specific requirement they bring: capital, strategy, systems, distribution or hard-won experience.

03

Pitch to the room

Members see every offering and pitch inside the organisation, plus invitations to closed events where those deals get done.

Who joins

Two ways in.

The Underdog

You’re building it.

Founders, pioneers and risk takers who see a gap in the market and have the drive to take a business — existing or still an idea — to its next level.

  • Mentor and partner matching
  • Funding and capital routes
  • Strategy, systems and process support
Apply as an Underdog
An experienced Indian South African mentor in conversation with a younger Black founder

The Influencer

You’ve already built it.

Mentors, investors and operators who want to guide the next generation — and to find the ventures and partnerships worth putting their weight behind.

Apply as an Influencer

Membership

Six tiers. Start free, go as deep as you dare.

Each tier widens what you can see and who you can reach inside the organisation.

All memberships are billed monthly.

How it works

Three steps in.

  1. Step 1

    Apply

    Tell us what you're building or what you're able to back.

  2. Step 2

    Get matched

    We place you with the members who fit your requirement.

  3. Step 3

    Go to work

    Pitch, partner, fund, mentor — and use the room.

Support. Achieve. If you dare.

Apply to join U&I as an Underdog, an Influencer, or both — and get placed with the members who can move your business next.

Apply to join