MERSTRA — FOUNDATION FOR FOUNDERS & ECOSYSTEMS
Programs built to be run — not just designed.
Our flagship programs are the operating layer between capital, policy and founders. Each is a full-stack product: playbook, team, cohort, dashboard.
3
Flagship Programs
1,400+
Startups supported
16
Countries delivered
Flagship program
FundReady
A 12-week fundraising sprint that gets founders from data-room chaos to term-sheet negotiation — with a real investor room at the end.
82%
Alumni raise within 6 months
12 wk
Cohort length
$140M
Aggregate capital raised
program Modules
Narrative & positioning
Financial model & scenarios
Data room build
Investor targeting & outreach
Room-tested pitch cycles
Flagship program
Market Access
Structured expansion into GCC, MENA and select global corridors — warm intros to operators, funders and channel partners already in-market.
24
Live market corridors
6–9 mo
Program length
180+
In-market operators
program Modules
Corridor diagnostic
Regulatory & entity setup
Channel & partner curation
In-market growth sprints
Local hire assist
Flagship program
Capacity Building
Train-the-trainer curricula, mentor certification and playbooks for the next generation of ecosystem operators, program managers and grant officers.
1.2K
Practitioners certified
18
Curriculum tracks
9
Countries delivered
program Modules
Program manager certification
Mentor curriculum
Grant officer track
M&E foundations
Ecosystem leadership lab
Adjacent programs
Smaller rooms. Sharper mandates.
Programs we run for specific slices of the ecosystem — often invite-only, always outcome-locked.
ABOUT MERSTRA
A foundation built by operators, for the systems they wish existed.
Merstra Foundation was set up in 2014 to close a specific gap: ambitious ventures and public bodies had access to capital and advice, but not to program infrastructure that could compound outcomes over time.
Today we operate as a foundation — not-for-profit, program-first, embedded across 14 countries — designing the connective tissue between founders, funds, hubs and governments.
2014
ESTABLISHED
14
COUNTRIES ACTIVE
48
TEAM & FELLOWS
120+
ADVISORS & MENTORS
TESTIMONIALS
