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And the FTxSDG Challenge 2021 winners are…

Financial Times and Seedstars are proud to announce this year’s six global winners of the FTxSDG Challenge: Anthem, India (Quality Education Winner): Tracks fee…

Watch 30 start-ups battle for $500K at the FTxSDG Challenge

Financial Times and Seedstars have kicked off the FTxSDG Challenge finale where start-ups a competing for a chance to win $500 000 in funding…

Seedstars calls for startup entries to global Digital Democracy Challenge

Seedstars has called for entries into its global Digital Democracy Challenge, a hackathon that aims to find solutions to promote digital democracy. The challenge…

SA home services portal Kandua closes ‘significant’ funding round

Joburg-based home services marketplace Kandua announced the close of a “significant” pre-series A funding round in a statement today. The round was led by…

Five African startups to receive $5000 SAIS grant

Five African startups have received a $5000 funding grant from Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS) and Seedstars, a private Swiss-based tech company. The…

AfricaWorks partners with Seedstars

One of the first pan-African flexible workspace providers, AfricaWorks has partnered with Seedstars’ African locations in Abidjan, Cairo, and Dar es Salaam. AfricaWorks partners with Seedstars The…

New innovation programme launches for African-led startups

Seedstars, a Swiss-based private company in partnership with Shell Foundation, a UK-registered charity, has launched the Energy, Mobility, and Agriculture Innovation Programme. The programme is aimed…

Here’s all you need to know about Seedstars Summit 2020

Swiss-based emerging market startup community and investor Seedstars announced earlier this month that it will hold its global Seedstars Summit 2020 between 30 March…

Seedstars, Swiss government partner to launch Migration Entrepreneurship Prize

Emerging market startup community and investor Seedstars has partnered with the Human Security Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to launch…

African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List]

African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by…

Seedstars selects 11 startups to attend its 2020 global summit

UPDATE (9 March 2020): Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place from…

Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 now underway in Johannesburg – here’s who’s pitching

The Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 is now underway in Johannesburg bringing an end to this year’s edition of Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World….

Edtech startup Why Toyz wins Seedstars Johannesburg

Edtech startup Why Toyz has been named the winner of this year’s Seedstars Johannesburg pitching event. The Johannesburg-based startup was founded last year by…

SA proptech HouseMe closes ‘multimillion rand’ round [Updated]

Cape Town based proptech startup HouseMe has closed a third round of multimillion-rand funding — valued at between “R10-million to R20-million”, the startup’s CEO…

Seedstars announces finalists of the DOEN Land Restoration Prize

Seedstars has announced Ethiopia’s Zafree Papers, South Africa’s GreenFingers Mobile and Ivory Coasts’s Lono as the finalists of its DOEN Land Restoration Prize. The…

Digital commerce startup Vectra wins Seedstars Cape Town

*Correction: Subsequent to the publication of the article, Vectra founder Wynand Geldenhuys informed Ventureburn that the company is in fact a digital commerce startup…

Seedstars adds gender equality entrepreneurship track to pitching events

Upcoming Seedstars World pitching events in Bamako, Cape Town and Johannesburg will now include a new gender equality entrepreneurship track. The development follows an…

Mauritian edtech Eco-Warriors wins Seedstars Port Louis

Mauritian edtech startup Eco-Warriors has been named the winner of yesterday’s Seedstars Port Louis pitching event. The startup, which is a subsidiary of holding…

Cameroonian proptech startup Digital Renter wins Seedstars Douala

Cameroonian proptech platform Digital Renter has come out tops at this year’s Seedstars Douala pitching event. Digital Renter helps users advertise, search for and manage…

Cape Verde ticketing startup Passafree wins Seedstars Praia

Cape Verde ticketing startup Passafree has been named as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Praia pitching event. The Praia-based startup has developed a mobile…

Seedstars calls on startups to apply to Tanzania accelerator and receive $25k each

Seedstars — the Swiss-based organisation that that assists tech startups in emerging markets — has put out a final call for startups to join its…

DOEN Land Restoration Prize winner to get $10k grant, access to Seedstars programme

Does your tech startup have innovative solutions in the land restoration and land degradation space? Applications have opened for the DOEN Land Restoration Prize…

Seedstars announces Joburg as host city for its Africa summit

Seedstars — a leading competition for emerging market startups — has announced that Joburg host this year’s edition of the Seedstars Summit Africa. Seedstars, in a…

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