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SA’s Hlayisani Growth Fund mulling 12 deals after having invested R200m so far

Hlayisani Growth Fund, a SA fund that aims to make later-stage investments in African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is mulling 12 potential new…

2019 Savca Industry Awards finalists announced

The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (Savca), in collaboration with Investec and Sanlam Investments, has announced the finalists of the 2019…

Six SA mobility startups you wanna know about

Congestion is growing on city roads — not just in South Africa but in many of the continent’s rapidly expanding cities. But the problem…

Here are the eight startups that will pitch for Series-A funding at VC4A summit

African startup funding platform VC4A has selected eight startups that it will showcase at next month’s Africa Early Stage Investor Summit in Cape Town. The eight…

Five SA tech startups that are expanding into the rest of Africa [Updated]

South African tech startups are slowly waking up to the massive untapped market that is the rest of the continent. If data from Ventureburn’s 2017 tech startup…

New mapping tool like Strava for public transport planners says GoMetro founder

Cape Town mobility startup GoMetro yesterday launched a new self-service application for transport planners to better map and plan transport routes. The startup will partner with…

Water crisis delays launch of GoMetro flx trial says startup founder

Cape Town smart mobility startup GoMetro has delayed the planned launch this month of the trial of its new ride-sharing service flx. The startup’s CEO Justin Coetzee says the…

GoMetro wants to help firms generate millions from freeing up parking spaces

Each day thousands of Cape Town commuters edge their way to work in a snake of traffic that winds beneath the slopes of Table Mountain into…

SA startup GoMetro to be part of ICO run by UK internet of mobility company

Smart mobility startup GoMetro will be part of a UK initial coin offering (ICO) run by internet of mobility company Tsio Protocol, says the Cape Town based startup’s…

Funding your startup: Ventureburn lists the SA investors delivering [2019 update]

For entrepreneurs wanting to find early-stage funding, this is the article for you. As there is generally a veil of secrecy surrounding funding and…

Watch these guys — here are the SA startups to look out for in 2018

Tech startups that focus on solving problems using data analysis top Ventureburn’s list for the 12 South African tech firms to watch in 2018 –…

Here are the nine winners of the AfricArena innovation challenges

The winners of the nine innovation challenges that took place over the two-day AfricArena conference in Cape Town have been announced. Startups shortlisted to…

Tritech Media invests 20% holding in GoMetro

Media technology company, Tritech Media, has announced today the investment of a 20% holding of smart mobility company, GoMetro. The remaining shares of GoMetro…

GoMetro Traffic wants to help on your holiday journey

Just in time for the holiday season, GoMetro Traffic is an app designed for users travelling on roads. It is a spin-off of South…

WhereIsMyTransport releases innovative public transport app in Tshwane

Backed by a fresh new website and Knife Capital’s Grindstone accelerator programme, South African startup WhereIsMyTransport (WIMT) is today releasing its urban transportation and…

GoMetro launches Email My Boss button for commuters stuck on trains

The buzzing sound of murmuring voices in the train builds up to a mix of conversations. Often when the train gets stuck, you can,…

GoMetro launches low-cost data mobi site in all 11 official SA languages

Transport data startup GoMetro has just launched a new mobi site designed with the emerging world, specifically South Africa, in mind. GoMetro Mini, as…

GoMetro relaunches as SA’s social network of transport

In celebration of National Transportation Month in South Africa, data and transport startup GoMetro relaunched this week. Apart from the additional social elements, the…

GoMetro announced as finalist in the 2014 Meffys Awards

GoMetro seems to be on the right track. The transport data startup from Cape Town, South Africa has just announced that it’s been short-listed…

GoMetro and MellowCabs partner to make SA cities’ transport smarter

Two South African tech startups recently announced their partnership to better the country’s transportation industry by furthering the idea of smart cities. GoMetro and…

GoMetro is VentureOut Challenge finalist, will pitch for $10k from infoDev

South African mobile startup GoMetro has been selected as a Global Finalist in the VentureOut Challenge — an initiative of infoDev, a global partnership…

GoMetro Jobs: new jobs portal for commuters launches in South Africa

GoMetro, the startup that publishes real-time transport information for commuters, today announced the launch of a mobile jobs portal, GoMetro Jobs. Keeping in line…

GoMetro’s first 6 months: 600 000 users, KZN, Eastern Cape rollout next

When we first wrote about mobi.lity, the traveller information startup from Cape Town, it had already won a pitch to Western Cape transport agency,…

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