Giraffe

Harambee Youth Accelerator acquires SA hiring app Giraffe

SA-based mobile recruitment platform Giraffe has been acquired by the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. Giraffe’s existing base of jobseekers and employers will join the…

SA tech startup launches free online courses for jobseekers

Local automated recruitment platform, Giraffe has launched several free online courses that are tailored to improving the skills of job seekers to enhance their…

Giraffe secures funding from Unicef innovation fund

Giraffe has received grant funding from Unicef”s innovation fund and will utilise the funding to empower South Africa’s youth to become employable. Founded in…

Eight SA startups to look out for in 2019

A number of tech startups hit the headlines this year. Ventureburn has picked eight that we think readers should follow closely in 2019. They…

How SA tech entrepreneurs plan to take time out this festive season

Taking time out is vital if you want to run a successful business. Sometimes you need to stop to see the wood from the trees….

How SA tech startups plan to celebrate Mandela Day by reaching out to needy

With South Africa today honouring the legacy of former president Nelson Mandela, a number of SA tech startups have taken to celebrating Mandela Day by…

Advice from four SA tech entrepreneurs behind biggest deals of 2018 so far [Digital All Stars]

We’re nearly six months into 2018 and already South Africa has seen some big deals and acquisitions in the tech sector. It’s not just Uber Eats’…

How Seedstars competition helped put these SA startups on the map

It’s been two years since SA startup Giraffe was crowned the 2016 Seedstars World winner, scoring equity investment of an undisclosed amount and putting the company…

‘Investor’s share in Giraffe funding round valued at R10m to R20m’ [Updated]

SA startup Giraffe announced today that it has closed a second funding round, with a lead investor participating in the round revealing that its own share of…

African agritech startup AgroCenta named 2018 Seedstars Global winner

Ghanaian startup AgroCenta has been crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner at an awards ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland today, and walks away with $500 000 in equity investment….

SA startups get ready: Seedstars World applications to open later this month

Applications to global competition for emerging markets Seedstars World will open to SA startups again when the initiative returns to South Africa later this month. Seedstars World will…

Giraffe receives undisclosed seed funding from Omidyar Network

Recruitment service startup Giraffe has closed a round of seed funding from Silicon Valley-based VC fund Omidyar Network. The VC was established by eBay founder Pierre…

Special Podcast #17: Shafin Anwarsha, Head of Product at Giraffe, talks US$500 000 equity prize

In this latest Special Podcast episode, Graham van der Made, talks to Shafin Anwarsha, Head of Product at Giraffe, the South African startup that…

SA startup Giraffe bags US$500k Seedstars World grand prize

South African-based mobile recruitment platform Giraffe took home the US$500 000 investment grand prize at the Seedstars World Summit in Switzerland. “We’re really grateful for…

Ventureburn’s top 5 tech startups in South Africa of 2015

There’s no doubt that 2015 has been an exciting year for South African innovation. Out of the hundreds of companies building exciting new products…

Seedstars World crowns mobile employment service Giraffe SA’s top startup

Johannesburg-based employment company Giraffe has just bagged itself a ticket to Geneva, Switzerland where it will take a shot at the US$500 000 equity…

Mobile startup Giraffe reports massive traction in first two months

After having launched in Gauteng, South Africa earlier this year, mobile employment startup Giraffe has seen massive traction so far, with nearly 10 000 jobseekers…

Mobile startup Giraffe launches to help fill SA’s unemployment gap

South Africa’s unemployment rate hovers somewhere above the 20% mark with almost half of that number consisting of the country’s youth. A new startup,…

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