Strategic advice & operations for ambitious startups

You built without a network
Imagine what you could achieve with the right one

ASCANE supports entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds and diasporas in structuring their businesses, raising funds, or executing key operations. Our mission: to transform invisible journeys into visible leaders.

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The system doesn’t play in your favor
We do

At ASCANE, we won’t explain why it’s hard. We equip you so it no longer is.

Talent, vision, resilience… you have everything it takes. But the numbers are clear: the current entrepreneurial system penalizes underrepresented founders.

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<1 % of venture-capital funding goes to founders from the diaspora.

A historic under-representation that in no way reflects the real potential of these projects.

80 % of funding is secured through personal networks.

Which excludes those who don’t have the “right circles,” despite their competence.

100 % of potential exists. It’s waiting to be structured, revealed, connected.

ASCANE exists to turn that potential into growth, into fundraising, into visible impact.

What you gain with ASCANE

You don’t need a program. You need structured, demanding support tailored to the trajectory you’re aiming for. At ASCANE, we transform your project into a credible, clear, and irresistible business for the right stakeholders: investors, partners, acquirers.

Structuring

Structure your business model so it stands up to any investor

Clarifying

Clarify your strategy to know where you’re going and which levers to pull

Building

Build a solid, aligned pitch ready to convince

Organizing

Organize your financial and narrative documents for a fundraising round or a strategic transaction

Activating

Activate a network of partners, investors, and experts who were previously out of reach

Supporting

Support you through to closing: fundraising, acquisition, scaling up

A clear method.
Tailored support.

Our approach rests on three strategic levers:

Strategic clarity. We lay the foundations: objectives, vision, positioning, priorities. You know where you’re headed and why it’s the best path.
Financial and operational credibility. We build a solid, understandable, and defensible model—business model, projections, organization, governance—ready to be challenged by any investor or acquirer.
Targeted connections. We open the right doors. No generic events—only personalized, confidential introductions aligned with your stage and sector.
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Is this for you?

ASCANE supports those who didn’t grow up in the right circles but built everything themselves.
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You might be:

A startup in seed or growth stage
An SME driven by strong ambition but still unstructured
A founder from the diaspora, ready to fundraise, scale, or exit
Someone no one expected… but who’s here to stay
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