The Netflix matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has redefined what a modern boxing event can be, fusing old-school boxing prestige with digital-age…
Jozi Angels made 15 investments worth R6m in last 3 years – Abu Cassim
Over the past three years, angel investor network Jozi Angels has made 15 investments totaling over R6-million says its founder and director Abu Cassim,…
Could this asset management startup be SA’s next ‘quant’ powerhouse?
A Financial Times article published on Tuesday (20 March) describes interest in quantitative investing (quant investing) — the use of powerful computers and artificial…
DataProphet secures ‘multi-million dollar’ funding from Knife Capital
Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet has secured a “multi-million dollar” funding round from venture capital firm Knife Capital. Speaking with Ventureburn, DataProphet co-founder…
Developing digital payments solutions? Here are the markets you should focus on
A recent report by Visa shows net benefits businesses, consumers and authorities would gain if they transitioned from cash-based economies to full digital payments. The Cashless…
Getihu, investment fund for SaaS startups launches with opening of Cape Town hub
Getihu, an investment fund for early-stage software and data as a service (Saas, DaaS) startups, officially launched in South Africa last night (14 March) with…
We’ve hit burst of NOS from Fast and Furious – i-Pay CEO ahead of $5m raise
With just over two months left in which to raise $5-million in funding, things at Johannesburg fintech i-Pay are picking up, says co-founder and CEO Thomas…
Visa launches Everywhere Initiative in Africa, here’s how you can get involved
In a bid to foster regional payments innovation and fintech entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa, global payments company Visa today announced the launch of the…
10 South African startups leading innovation in IoT [Digital All Stars]
Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn,…
IWD: Why it’s important to share, tell women entrepreneurs stories
Tech entrepreneurship around the world, and particularly in Africa is largely male dominated, or as author Lu Li describes it, the ecosystems are “not…
How HiCarByeCar uses ‘crude behavioural analysis’ to disrupt used auto market
When car owners sell a car through a dealership, the vehicle changes hands two to three times — moving from one middleman to the next, before…
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