Welcome to the Lion’s Den online application.

If you are a South African Lebanese youth with a unique business idea or invention looking for capital to get your idea off the ground please fill out the form below. The best applications will be shortlisted by a selection panel and the applicants will be contacted to participate as contestants in SALCOC’s first ever Lion’s Den competition in Johannesburg. Contestants will be required to present their business proposals, in person, before a panel of 5 investors (called Lions). The Lions will decide whether or not to invest in your business ideas/inventions, how much they will invest (whether whole or in part), and what stake they want in your business in return for their investment.

The total investment amount available for this round of the competition is TBD. Therefore, your requested investment amount in the form below cannot exceed this cap.

Please note that SALCOC, as the host of the Lion’s Den, is merely a facilitator, and will not be held liable for the agreements or negotiations entered into (or not entered into) between the contestants and the investors.

    Are you Eligible to enter?

    If you are a South African Lebanese youth with a unique business idea or invention seeking capital to get your idea off the ground, please ensure that you meet the following requirements. If you check all these boxes, you are eligible to participate and can proceed with the application form. We look forward to your participation!

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    Become a contestant

    Please complete the form below. All fields are mandatory unless marked as optional.

    Personal Information

    Business Proposal Submission


    Max file size: 5mb


    • A title page,

    • table of contents,

    • executive summary,

    • a statement of the problem,

    • the issue or the job at hand,

    • your approach and methodology,

    • your qualifications,

    • a schedule and benchmarks (or milestones),

    • the cost of the idea,

    • payments, legal matters (if any), and

    • the benefits.


    Max file size: 10mb


    • Historical financial data,

    • assumptions about the future,

    • projections of the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and

    • supporting schedules like depreciation and amortization.

    • It may also incorporate scenarios and sensitivity analyses to explore different outcomes.


    Max file size: 10mb


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