Polo Leteka

I’M IN launches incubator for black women techpreneurs

The I’M IN entrepreneurial programme has announced the launch of its Ideation Incubator, a three-month programme focused on women students with innovative technology start-up…

Alitheia IDF leads $11m investment round in SweepSouth

SweepSouth, an online home services platform with presence across Africa, today announced that it has completed an $11 million investment round led by Alitheia…

Alitheia IDF fund gets $10m from Open Society Foundation to lend to women

Alitheia IDF, a joint venture fund between Alitheia Capital, a private equity investment in Nigeria, and IDF Capital in South Africa, has landed $10…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [13/05/2020]

South Africans can from today buy new and used vehicles again. Emergency repairs can also be carried out on cars, including those that are…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [16/02/2020]

Tomorrow in Cape Town, Dazzle Angels — an angel investment network aimed at funding women-owned startups — will run a networking and information session…

SA’s I’M IN Accelerator to provide startups in 2020 cohort with up to R1.5m in funding [Updated]

UPDATE 20 January 2019: Subsequent to this article being published, I’M IN Accelerator told Ventureburn that it will provide startups that are accepted into…

SA on-demand truck hire startup Droppa nets multi-million rand investment

Droppa, a Johannesburg based on-demand platform for trucks and bakkies, has secured a multi-million rand investment from SA investor IDF Capital. Droppa CEO Khathutshelo…

I’M IN Accelerator to commence with all-women cohort in May

An all women cohort is in the pipeline at Johannesburg-based I’M IN Accelerator, and is set to start in May with the aim of…

Fund head puts lack of women angel investors down to information asymmetry

A shortage of information around tech startups has made women sceptical of investing in early-stage businesses. So, says IDF Capital CEO Polo Leteka. Leteka —…

I’M IN Accelerator finally under way, here are the startups in the first cohort

After a short delay in finalising applications, IDF Capital‘s I’M IN Accelerator has kicked off with 10 startups having been selected, IDF Capital executive director Polo Leteka told…

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