Venture capital

New R150m Opus Ventures fund plans to invest R3m in Khomba taxi app [Updated]

UPDATE (27 March 2019): Khomba co-founder Sizwe Cele responded to Ventureburn subsequent to the publication of this article to say that his startup has…

MENA focused $33m fund 500 Falcons to invest in over 150 startups

Between 150 to 200 startups from the Middle East and North African (MENA) region are set to benefit from millions of dollars in funding,…

Revealed – SA investor Paper Plane Ventures behind these big tech names

Meet Stuart van der Veen. Van der Veen last month took up a position as chief platform officer of aerial-data analytics startup Aerobotics. But…

Africa-focused VC fund Outlierz Ventures announces first five investments

Microtraction backs Nigeria’s Sendbox in investor’s first deal of the year [Updated]

In its first deal of the year, early-stage investment platform Microtraction has announced that it has invested in Nigerian tech startup Sendbox. Sendbox provides…

Asset finance firm PEG Africa raises $25m for West Africa solar expansion

Pay-as-you-go solar company PEG Africa has raised a $25-million Series-C round which it plans to use for off-grid solar expansion in Ivory Coast, Ghana…

Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy raises $1m in additional seed funding

Lagos based agritech startup Farmcrowdy has announced that it has raised $1-million in additional seed funding from Cox Enterprises, Techstars and local investor Ajayi…

Markets fall: What will happen to Silicon Valley recovery?

Turmoil in global financial markets and economies is never good for Silicon Valley despite the fact that the regional economy has its own boom…

Forget the bubble, the rise in VC investment is unsustainable

The latest MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the US-based National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters: Q2…

Six questions that rejected Venture Capital seekers could not answer

Raising funding for an early-stage venture is always difficult. There is no bottled recipe for success, but even if you have a great concept…

How to do market and competitor research that wins investment

Regardless of whether it’s an angel investor or venture capitalist you are approaching, every funder will narrow things down to one major question: “Who…

South African venture capital exit to US technology giant

Graceful exits are often unreported, but one South African venture capital company has done it smoothly with seemingly positive effects for the local emerging…

Yuri Milner: Making billions in the new bubble

Craig Mellow, at The Deal Magazine has a fascinating profile of Yuri Milner, the Russian investment banker who runs Digital Sky Technologies(DST), a multi-billion…

A VC boom in new media?

Investment banker Kevin Covert is increasing staff at his company, Covert & Co, up to prepare for a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) bonanza in…

Umbono: Google launches new African tech incubator

Google has chosen Cape Town as a pilot for a new technology incubator called Umbono which aims to bring together seed capital, Google mentorship,…

8 venture capital sources for your startup

Raising funds in emerging markets may not be a walk in the park, but the process has become easier. Though some have complained the…

Bubbling in the cauldron: Is Twitter a sign?

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” chanted the witches of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, cooking up trouble. Similarly, are the VCs of…

How to safeguard your intellectual property

Intellectual Property (IP) is an intangible asset to an entrepreneur. When it comes to assuring investors they are placing their cash in an exclusive…

Exclusive: Major int’l VC stealthily buying into SA eCommerce sites

A major US$3.5-billion New York-based hedge fund headed by investor Lee Fixel has been quietly buying up some major eCommerce properties in South Africa…

Where in the world is CrowdFund?

Almost a year ago, or eleven months ago to be precise, a brilliant crowd-based angel investment project was introduced to the South African tech…

Could Chinese venture capital back African innovation?

Chinese venture capitalists have clearly stated their desire to see the success of the western venture capital process replicated in their country. State and…

How to lose a VC funder in one sentence

Raising funding for a new venture is always difficult. Entrepreneurs going down this road will have to shrug off many pessimists and naysayers along…

Facebook IPO: ‘Suddenly it feels like 1999’

The high valuation of Facebook on secondary share markets might be out of line with its revenues but it does show one thing: A…

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