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• Google-backed VC supergroup to startups: build us a killer Glass app!

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  By Martin Carstens: Senior reporter
  Posted 11 April, 2013
  

  We're pretty big fans of Google Glass. This type of wearable computer has tremendous potential to augment our daily experiences, but we're only starting to imagine what's possible. So is Google. To help the search monolith along, it's created the Glass Collective, a venture capital supergroup consisting of Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB). The three VC companies have teamed up to "provide seed funding to entrepreneurs in the Glass ecosystem to help jumpstart their ideas," ...

• Pizza, beer and elevator pitches. Google/88mph partnership launches

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  By Martin Carstens: Senior reporter
  Posted 19 October, 2012
  

  Ventureburn was invited to the Google for Entrepreneurs offices in Woodstock, Cape Town for the launch of the search giant's partnership with Kenyan-born startup accelerator 88mph. The the 88mph programme will be merging with Google's previous incubation programme, Umbono, and startups will be supported by both 88mph and Google for Entrepreneurs going forward. 88mph will take the lead with its structured accelerator programme and Google will provide mentorship and program support to startups in the 88mph program. Program Manager Johanna Kollar ...

  Topics: accelerator, funding, incubation

• Google for Entrepreneurs: a boon for emerging market startups

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  By Martin Carstens: Senior reporter
  Posted 10 October, 2012
  

  Google reckons there are about 400 million entrepreneurs out there in the world and it wants to see that number increase. The search giant recently celebrated its 14th birthday by launching Google for Entrepreneurs, a hub for its several dozen programmes and partnerships that support startups and entrepreneurs. The initiative that aims to boost entrepreneurial activities within local communities has projects running in 30 countries around the world including those in emerging markets such as India, South Africa, Kenya, Israel, Malaysia, ...

• Google’s Woza online: 25k sites now live

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  By Nur Bremmen: Staff reporter
  Posted 2 August, 2012
  

  If your business doesn't have an online presence, it might as well not exist. For small businesses in particular that hasn't always been easy. Google's Woza online initiative, which provides free websites to small and medium-sized businesses aims to change all that. It doesn't seem to be doing badly either. According to the internet giant, some 25 000 businesses have signed up to the initiative since its launch in January this year. Google South Africa chairman Luke Mckend said the ...

• Umbono Alpha Beta: Beer, pizza and startups, the Google way

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  By Martin Carstens: Senior reporter
  Posted 23 April, 2012
  

  Umbono Alpha Beta is a Google event at which you can have as much free beer and pizza as you want, as long as you love startups. Memeburn was invited to watch as six startups -- three teams at the end of their six month Umbono program (last year's winners) and three who are just beginning -- presented their products and businesses to a packed (and we do mean packed) room. Umbono launched last year as a trial startup incubation project exclusive to ...

  Topics: gigham, Google, localsort, pashash, peach payments, start ups, taxtim, travelground, Umbono

• Why Google Trader could leave other classified platforms in the dirt

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  By Graeme Lipschitz: Columnist
  Posted 9 December, 2011
  

  Google Trader, the internet giant's classifieds and trading service, is making waves, especially in emerging markets. The aim of Trader is to make it easier for businesses to post classified-type ads for their services, products and jobs. Listings are accessible from the web, the mobile web and via SMS. The listings also now include price, locations, and short snippets of content based on what is being advertised. Google expanded its Trader product footprint to Kenya in October and Nigeria in ...

• Google’s Groupon deal makes no sense

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  By Tom Foremski: In Silicon Valley
  Posted 1 December, 2010
  

  Faith Merino at VatorNews reported on Monday that Google had purchased Groupon for $2.5 billion: "... according to an unnamed insider who spoke with VatorNews. Neither Google nor Groupon could be reached for comment to confirm the report, but Vator's source is reliable and the report falls in line with the recent string of Groupon acquisition rumours." On Tuesday Kara Swisher at All Things D reported that her sources said that Google would pay $5.3 billion plus a $700 million earnout if ...

  Topics: Groupon

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