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Top web startup events in South Africa [06/09/2021]

This week’s lineup welcomes the start of a new month and new season with enthralling webinars on how to fast track your career to…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [12/06/2020]

UPDATE (12 June 2020): Insupply founder Tamir Shklaz told Ventureburn subsequent to the publication of this roundup that while Techstars’ Yossi Hasson and ParcelNinja’s…

SA startup Howler secures second round of funding [Updated]

UPDATE (10 February): This article has been updated to reflect that one of the three investors, Techstars, contributed $150 000 in Howler’s latest round….

Sun Exchange looking to raise R7m through crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa

SA fintech Sun Exchange, which claims to run the world’s first peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, has launched a bid to raise R7-million via equity crowdfunding…

Future Females Business School opens new round of applications

Future Females, an international community of female entrepreneurs, has opened applications for this year’s second edition of the Future Females Business School. The business school…

Applications open for newly launched Abu Dhabi based Techstars Hub71 Accelerator

Techstars, the global network for entrepreneurs, has opened applications for its newly launched Abu Dhabi based Techstars Hub71 Accelerator. Techstars announced the launch of…

Techstars Impact Accelerator 2019 welcomes Nigerian, Ghanaian startups

Two African startups from Ghana and Nigeria are part of the 10 companies that have been selected to join the Techstars Impact Accelerator 2019 Class. The…

Techstars Startup Week events heading for Lagos, Kampala

Techstars, a global network for entrepreneurs, will hold two Startup Week events in Lagos and Kampala, in September and November, respectively. The Lagos Startup…

Nigeria’s MDaaS Global closes its $1m seed round

Medtech startup MDaaS Global today announced that it has closed its $1-million seed round, raising $1 030 000. It follows a report by Ventureburn…

Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy raises $1m in additional seed funding

Lagos based agritech startup Farmcrowdy has announced that it has raised $1-million in additional seed funding from Cox Enterprises, Techstars and local investor Ajayi…

Here are the 15 SA tech startups that have netted $137.7m in 2017 deals

South African tech startups have concluded deals valued at over $137.7-million so far this year, shows data tracked by Ventureburn. Ventureburn has tracked and reported on 15…

SA blockchain startup The Sun Exchange raises $1.6m to help fund planned ICO

UPDATE (7 September 2018): Kalon Venture Partners’s investment in The Sun Exchange was subsequently denied by the SA Revenue Service (Sars). See note at the foot…

Applications open for second cohort of Techstars Anywhere Accelerator

Global entrepreneur network Techstars has opened applications for a series of accelerators situated worldwide, including its virtual Techstars Anywhere Accelerator programme. Interested applicants have…

Why all fintech startups should consider joining a global innovation hub

Entrepreneurs in the fintech space have been shaking up the banking industry for a number of years and their impact continues to grow, making…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [26/06/2017]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

Barclays Accelerator programme in full swing

The 2017 Barclays Accelerator is in full swing at the Rise fintech innovation hub in Woodstock, Cape Town, with ten fintech companies on site,…

Barclays Rise mentors aim to provide guide in lonely world of entrepreneurship

Mentors can prove invaluable to entrepreneurs looking to grow their business as they can impart important knowledge and act as an important guide in the…

Barclays accelerator announces latest participants in African programme

Barclays Africa Group and Techstars today released the names of 10 financial-technology (fintech) companies selected to participate in the second Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by…

Techstars 2017: an accelerator by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs

The Barclays SA acceleration programme, Techstars, has opened applications to up-and-coming entrepreneurs looking to scale their innovative startups in Africa and abroad. The 13-week programme…

Rise: Barclays officially opens hub to catalyse fintech innovation in Africa

Last month, ex-Barclay’s CEO Antony Jenkins warned that banks face massive disruption within the very near future. Similar to how the popular ride-sharing app…

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