Hard gates from the Funding Policy run before an application opens — not months later at panel review. §4.2 · §4.3 · Legal Clauses
The Uploads page lists ~26 possible documents with conditional rules the applicant must self-parse. The Co-Pilot resolves them into your actual list, live. Uploads matrix · §7.5–7.6
Requested amounts check against tier/format funding caps, and the finance plan checks against confirmation thresholds — instantly, not at contracting stage. §15 · §10.5
| Investor | Committed (R) | Pending (R) |
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Certified ID (6 months), Tax Clearance (1 year), B-BBEE evidence (1 year) — tracked continuously, flagged before they cost you an application cycle.
Amber = inside the 60-day renewal window. Red = would cause automatic non-compliance if submitted today.
The Funding Policy: grantees have two years to utilise funds, unused funds are automatically forfeited, and NFVF "will not issue reminders." This clock is the one nobody currently tracks. §11.1–11.5
Socratic scaffolding for the essay fields Tier 3 applicants struggle with most. The applicant answers plain questions; the assistant structures a draft they edit and own. AI-assistance level feeds NFVF's own disclosure field.
Default answers below are reconstructed from a real prior application's treatment and applicant bio — not invented, and not anyone else's personal story.