StartUp Thursday is a gathering of funders, founders and ecosystem builders in the South African entrepreneurship ecosystem. It is a monthly event on alternating Thursdays showcasing the latest startups, a keynote speaker and a start-up or scale-up master class by an industry expert. Each month’s event has a theme and the evening’s proceedings follow the […]
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Tech4Africa is back
Tech4Africa is back and bigger than ever with two events, in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The first event takes place in Cape Town at the Cape Town Stadium on Thursday, 6 August, followed by the Joburg event at the FBN Stadium on the 7 and 8 October. Tech4Africa promises a full day of […]
Lulalend Q&A with CEO, Trevor Gosling
Armed with a respectable finance background and strong entrepreneurial flair Trevor Gosling is one of the South African entrepreneurs that you should keep an eye on. His last e-commerce venture, 5ounces, was acquired by the Naspers group in 2013, where he continued to work as the CEO after acquisition. We recently chatted to him to […]
Sparkup! – rocket fuel for startups
Net Prophet Sparkup weekend is a testing ground for passionate startups looking for investment in their product or service which will aide in taking it to market. The weekend consists of three intense days of refining, grooming and preparing for the final dragons-den style live audience investor pitch. Teams which make it through the intense […]
Looking for new ways to fund a startup?
Our friends at Entrepreneur Traction in partnership with the Cape SA Jewish Board of Duties will be hosting an exclusive business breakfast with the General Partner and CTO of OurCrowd Gadi Mazor. Gadi Mazor, a former Talpion, trained in Mathematics and Probability, has founded and managed three startup companies in the fields of character and […]
Launch48 comes to South Africa!
Launch48 is an international event that brings people of all skill sets together to create ideas, build products and launch a web or mobile startup in just 48 hours. It gives people the opportunity to be part of a startup, something that might just be the next big thing. A panel of mentors, including Simon […]