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Fintech lender Investmint links small firms looking for funding, with investor
Chris Bruchhausen and Gareth Price are behind one of SA’s latest fintech lenders, Investmint — which links investors with small businesses looking for finance….
Fraud-accused Eran Eyal offering three immigrant students scholarships at $3600 each
SA entrepreneur and former Springleap founder Eran Eyal, who faces fraud charges in the US, pledged this week to offer three post-secondary scholarships, at…
Former Fo-Sho CEO still smiling, despite over R8m investors lost when startup shut down [Updated]
UPDATE (24 October): Constantia CEO Volker von Widdern told Ventureburn subsequent to the publication of this story that the insurance company had taken the…
‘SA SME Fund set to be among country’s biggest institutional investors by year end’
South Africa’s R1.4-billion SA SME Fund has thus far approved R1-billion for investment in a number of funds that will lend to small businesses…
Adii Pienaar sells Conversio in reported over R100m deal to major US company
SA entrepreneur Adii Pienaar, who helped launch WooThemes before it was acquired by Automattic for a reported over $30-million, has announced that his latest…
Silvertree Holdings no longer just a tech investor after rebrand, new investment
The internet is not the only place to find good businesses to invest in, even for a tech investor, as Silvertree Holdings hopes to…
SA digital consultancy Enlight Strategic signs deal with Israeli startup Oribi
Enlight Strategic, the digital transformation consultancy founded by former Primedia Digital and Creative Spark (which previously owned Ventureburn) CEO Tanja Lategan, has announced that…
Inside the legal battle between Ran Neu-Ner vs Gil Oved, Romeo Kumalo
Former Vodacom executive Romeo Kumalo and one time Shark Tank presenter Gil Oved are at the centre of a legal battle, in which the…
Marek Zmyslowski releases tell-all book after Interpol drops Nigerian extradition request
Polish entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski has released the English version of a new book in which he documents the Nigerian extradition saga he endured last…
How we had to start over after shareholder stole startup from us – Entry Ninja co-founder
The founders of SA startup Entry Ninja may have sold their business for millions of rands to Computicket two years ago, but only after…
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