LINK-Caribbean Magazine

CARIBBEAN TRANSIT SOLUTIONS

Like many entrepreneurs Khalil had a vision but needed to raise capital to make it reality. Unlike many start-ups in the Caribbean Khaili was not turned off by the notion of gaining investment from a business angel in exchange for equity in his business. In-fact he sees it as an opportunity to gain the expertise, mentorship and a true partner to help grow and propel the business forward. Khalil originally pitched to the Barbados based angel group Trident Angels in 2015 but was unable to secure any investment. Upon learning about the LINK-Caribbean programme’s investment readiness grant Khalil and his business partner Veronica Millington jumped at the chance to get the cash injection of $25,000 USD to be used to develop their business proposition. Pitching within the first cohort in 2016 Khalil delivered an impressive pitch to a panel of judges that saw the potential of the CTS business proposition. The grant was very much an enabler facilitating three major activities to support their business development amongst others. CTS focused on increasing their local market presence through ramping up social media and digital presence in addition to launching a crowd funding campaign to launch their BeepBus app. CTS were also able to improve key portions of their BeepCab app increasing its stability and customer