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Alitheia IDF leads $11m investment round in SweepSouth

SweepSouth, an online home services platform with presence across Africa, today announced that it has completed an $11 million investment round led by Alitheia…

How businesses can empower SMEs in South Africa

In a nation beset by unemployment, it is vital to provide new work opportunities. Experts warn South Africa’s collective future will remain unknown unless…

SweepSouth grows from start-up to pan-African marketplace

In many respects, there’s never been a better time to launch and grow an African start-up. The continent is home to a growing labour…

The secret to levelling up your business

When Uber and Spotify partnered up a few years ago to give users custom music for their rides, it was a massive win/win for…

SA insurtech startup digitally sells 1 000 insurance policies a day

Surestart, a local insurtech startup that provides and distributes insurance products has showcased its ability to digitally sell 1 000 insurance policies a day,…

SweepSouth receives investment from Futuregrowth

SweepSouth, a South African company has received an undisclosed amount in a venture capital investment from Futuregrowth. Amrish Narrandes, Head of Unlisted Equity Transactions…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [23/04/2020]

A leaked draft discussion document prepared by South Africa’s office of the presidency has revealed that businesses in the country’s tourism, aviation and creative…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [20/04/2020]

This Wednesday (22 April) LifeQ will host Aisha Pandor, the co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Africa’s first online platform for home cleaning services. Then,…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [07/04/2020]

Just days after it launched the Sukuma Relief Programme, which will disburse R1-billion from the Rupert Family to small businesses, fund administrator Business Partners…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [06/04/2020] [Updated]

Tomorrow the Grindstone Accelerator will be hosting four live video streaming micro-sessions of their popular full day Find-Make-Grow-Realise (FMGR) programme. This, while serial entrepreneur and…

Endeavor SA’s 26 companies created over 4600 jobs in two years

*Correction (16 March 2020): In its initial press statement Endeavor SA said the 4600 jobs were created between 2017 and 2019. To be precise…

My parents said I was crazy to start a business, SweepSouth’s Aisha Pandor reveals in podcast

Save three years’ worth of salary. That’s what SweepSouth co-founder Aisha Pandor’s mother — the Minister of Foreign Affairs Naledi Pandor — advised her…

Here are 10 African startups to watch in 2020

Wondering what 2020 has in store for Africa’s tech startup scene? If you’re looking to keep tabs on the movers and shakers that will…

Eight SA startups to keep an eye on in 2020

A number of tech startups featured in news headlines last year. Ventureburn has picked eight that we think readers should follow closely in 2020….

Are these SA’s 11 biggest disclosed VC deals in 2019? [Updated]

UPDATE (20 and 23 December): This article was updated to correctly state that SweepSouth’s R30-million raise from Naspers Foundry was part of a R60-million…

The tech sector in SA is still a hot place to be [Opinion]

South Africa’s economic outlook may be gloomy, with annual growth forecast to barely past 1.5% over the next three years, but things are still…

How Endeavor plans to make social impact by backing high-growth entrepreneurs [Q&A]

Endeavor is more than simply a networking club for the business elite, but an organisation that aims to make a sustained social impact by…

Cape Town startup SweepSouth raises over R50m in new funding round

UPDATE (20 December 2019: SweepSouth co-founder Aisha Pandor confirmed with Ventureburn today that the round was in fact valued at over R60-million and included…

So, what percentage of VC and angel investing goes to SA startups with women founders? [Updated]

UPDATE (14 August 2019): We neglected to include Smartblade’s R9.5-million investment from Savant in the below list. We have updated the list as well…

Eight SA tech startups with women founders that have recently had VC, angel deals [Updated]

UPDATE (14 August 2019): We neglected to include Smartblade’s R9.5-million investment from Savant in the below list. We have updated the list as well…

SA startup Healthcent nets R8m investment from Allan Gray, Umkathi Wethu Ventures

SA healthtech startup Healthcent announced today that it had secured R8-million in seed funding from black empowered holding company Umkhathi Wethu Ventures and investment firm…

Fintech accounts for over a third of SA tech startup investments in 2019 so far

Over a third of the over R500-million rand in venture capital (VC) investments directed to SA tech startups so far this year, has gone…

Are these SA’s 10 biggest disclosed VC deals so far in 2019? [Updated]

UPDATE (18 July and 23 December 2019): The list and figures have been updated to take into consideration deals in the crypto sector that…

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