Technology Innovation Agency

DISF invites ‘cutting-edge tech’ to apply for 800k grants

Applications are now open for the Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) – designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers with pre-revenue innovations can apply for…

TIA signs agreement to co-invest with black-owned VC WZ Capital

The Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has agreed to work with and offer matching funds with WZ Capital, a black-owned…

TIA enters into co-investing agreements with Dazzle, Jozi Angels

The Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has agreed to work with and offer matching funds with two local angel investors,…

Design Innovation Seed Fund open for applications from Western Cape innovators

The Craft and Design Institute (CDI) has opened its latest call for applications for its Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF). Designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product…

Almost 20 years on, two SA inventors haven’t given up bid to launch portable gym

After almost 20 years of trying to develop a mobile gym and fitness analytics machine, John van Niekerk and Newtown Fortuin are still at…

University Technology Fund to grow R150m fund size with new investors, co-investments [Updated]

With the SA SME Fund‘s R150-million University Technology Fund set to make its first investment in the coming months, fund manager Wayne Stocks says…

TIA, French embassy initiative offers SA startups chance to enter European market

Do you have a South African startup that’s developing an artificial intelligence (AI) solution? Are you interested in accessing the French and European market?…

Kapa Biosystems case in which taxpayers shortchanged by millions of rands heads for arbitration

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is seeking to recover millions of dollars from investors after the recent completion by a task team of a…

SA SME Fund, TIA commit R237.5m in new money to biotech, university, tech fund

The SA SME Fund and the Department of Science and Technology’s Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have revealed that they will invest R236-million together in two…

Savant Venture Fund invests in security device startup Jonga [Updated]

Cape Town hardware tech incubator Savant‘s venture capital (VC) arm, the Savant Venture Fund, has announced that it has invested in Cape Town based…

TIA calls for proposals for Grassroots Innovation Programme

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is calling on South African innovators with tech solutions to local challenges to submit their proposals for tech development assistance and funding under the agency’s Grassroots Innovation Programme (GIP).

TIA announces winners of 2018 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme

Impulse Biomed, Inseco and Afrobodies emerged as the winners at last Friday’s 2018 Global Cleantech Innovation Programme awards event in Cape Town

Four Savant backed startups secure TIA seed grants totalling over R2.5m

Four startups incubated at Cape Town based hardware tech incubator Savant have secured seed grants totalling over R2.5-million from the incubator’s seed fund partner…

Hardware technology incubator Savant looking at setting up venture fund

Cape Town based hardware tech incubator Savant is considering setting up a venture fund which will likely be launched next year in the first quarter,…

FSAT Labs opens applications for fourth cohort of incubation programme

Cape Town based incubator and accelerator French South African Tech Labs (FSAT Labs) has opened applications for the fourth cohort of its six-month long…

Cape Town set to host first SA Digital Health Conference this October

The first South African Digital Health Conference is set to take place next month in Cape Town. The conference — which is in an…

TIA calls on innovators to submit funding proposals for waste, water solutions

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is calling on startups and innovators to submit proposals that tackle ewaste and waste beneficiation, as well as Acid Mine Drainage,…

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…

Healthtech accelerator Digital Health Cape Town opens call for applications

Digital Health Cape Town (DHCT), a new healthtech accelerator set to launch at the end of January next year, has opened applications to its…

France bound: Five SA startups selected for the 2017 Young Enterprise Initiative

Five South African tech startups have been selected to travel to France for the week-long Young Enterprise Initiative acceleration programme which takes place this…

TIA increases seed funding per applicant to R650 000 for innovative projects

Looking to fund your innovative idea? The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) has increased the amount in seed funding that entrepreneurs and innovators that develop…

Over a year on, key reforms for SA’s R&D tax incentive still not implemented

More than a year on the Department of Science and Technology has yet to decide on whether to offer a refundable tax credit for…

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