Celebrated broadcaster author and political analyst Eusebius McKaiser has died after suffering what is believed to have been an epileptic seizure. The Grahamstown-born, Rhodes…
Bloomberg launches $75 million venture capital fund Bloomberg Beta
International news agency Bloomberg is taking a shot at the venture capital game with its new fund, Bloomberg Beta, which was launched yesterday and…
The Star launches $6.59M fund to invest in Malaysian startups
Star Publications, a media company in Malaysia which also runs Star Publications, has just launched a MYD 20 million (US$6.59 million) fund to invest…
Singapore’s Nitrous.IO gets $1 million funding from Silicon Valley luminaries
Nitrous.IO, Action.IO’s software development platform and key product, just got US$1 million in seed funding from a handful of VC firms in Silicon Valley…
Microsoft, university, VC network team up to give SA startups a fighting chance
A new partnership between Microsoft’s BizSpark initiative and Find-Make-Grow-Realise (FMGR), a startup investment programme offered by the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of…
