Ventureburn

SA entrepreneur’s football fan startup scores a cool US$2.4m in funding

You don’t really have to know all that much about football to know that it’s seriously big business. Some of the figures nonetheless remain…

Uber launches in Lagos as it further expands into Africa

The popular San Francisco-based car ordering service Uber has just launched in Lagos, Nigeria. This puts Uber’s active countries across the globe at 42,…

Ideas to Reality: 5 creative ways to quickly validate your product

Ideas to Reality is an article series where I take a look at easy tools entrepreneurs can use to get their projects up-and-running. In…

Global accelerator Startupbootcamp announces its top 10 FinTech finalists

The international startup competition, Startupbootcamp FinTech, has announced the top 10 finalists to join the popular European accelerators programme. The scope of the event…

IBM’s driving SA innovation with the Road Buddy safety app

IBM recently announced that its efforts in driving entrepreneurship in South Africa are paying-off. The tech multinational did so by highlighting its role in…

Check out these 10 WDC startups pitching at PwC’s Vision to Reality Awards

PricewaterhouseCoopers’s (PwC) Vision to Reality programme in collaboration with Word Design Capital 2014 (WDC2014) will be hosting the seventh pitching session of WDC2014. Ten…

Need some help managing your startup? Check out these 10 smart cloud tools

Managing a new company is daunting. Even more so in a time where the advancement of technology has led to the proliferation of utilitarian…

REdimension Capital closes R250m property tech and sustainability fund

REdimension Capital has announced the final close of its Real Estate Technology & Sustainability Fund I, with aggregate commitments surpassing R250 million. The fund,…

Why the ‘Ego Tax’ is Costing Your Business

In boardrooms around the world, a silent cost is eating into business performance. It’s not market disruption, tech upheaval, or economic uncertainty. It’s ego….

South African Women Entrepreneurs Get It Right

Forget the pivot-happy, VC-addicted startup circus. Forget the “we’re Uber but for dogs” mentality that’s infected entrepreneurship like a particularly virulent strain of intellectual…

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

A South African fintech startup is headed to the global stage. Fintura, an AI-powered accounting platform for professionals, has won the South African chapter…

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

South Africa’s largest digital retail bank, Capitec, has partnered with remittance fintech Mama Money to radically lower the cost of sending money across borders…

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

In what could be the biggest disruption to audience targeting since cookies began to crumble, South African commerce media startup Flow has officially launched…

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

HAVAÍC, a leading venture capital firm headquartered in Cape Town, has announced the second close of its $50 million African Innovation Fund 3, bringing…

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

Crypto is no longer just for traders and hodlers. With Binance Pay now live across South African online stores through partnerships with Peach Payments…

AfriLabs’ 2024 Impact Report Charts Path to $1 Trillion Digital Economy

In a tough funding climate, Africa’s largest network of innovation hubs has bucked the trend. AfriLabs, now spanning 514 hubs in 53 countries, directly…

Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

World SME Day on 27 June is supposed to be a celebration of entrepreneurial grit. But for most small businesses in South Africa, it…

Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

As Africa’s financial sector races toward digital transformation, one thing remains clear: legacy infrastructure is still a massive drag on progress. Now, Huawei Cloud…

Five Ways to Back South Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs

Youth unemployment in South Africa remains one of the country’s most urgent socio-economic challenges. Yet, the solution many continue to champion is also one…

Company Office

The Company Office is a subscription-based press office service for companies and organisations that want to reach Ventureburn's audience. The subscription-based offering is priced at R15,000 per year, which will allow companies and organisations to run up to 6 articles on Ventureburn's platforms.

Keen?

Contact our Sales Executive, Nomthandazo Mhlanga: nomthandazo.mhlanga@memeburn.com

Startups

Entrepreneurship

Venture capital

Cryptocurrency

Events

Young Entrepreneurs

Company Office

We use cookies

Welcome to Ventureburn