WhereIsMyTransport

Cape Town-founded tech startup secures R42-million

Cape Town-founded mobility tech startup WhereIsMyTransport has secured R42-million in funding from Naspers. This investment forms part of R201-million funding round led by Naspers Foundry,…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [21/05/2020]

City authorities should seize the opportunity to learn from informal transport networks and incorporate them into the urban fabric, WhereIsMyTransport‘s co-founder and CEO Devin…

SA mobility tech company WhereIsMyTransport raises $7.5m Series-A round

Cape Town and London-based mobility data company WhereIsMyTransport has raised a $7.5-million Series A funding round. WhereIsMyTransport collects and provides access to public transport…

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…

WhereIsMyTransport to take on India, Latin America after $1.85m investment

Cape Town based public transport data startup WhereIsMyTransport has secured a $1.85-million investment as part of of its Series-A round in a deal led by Mexico City-based corporate venture capital fund LiiL Ventures.

Eight SA tech entrepreneurs who made headlines in Ventureburn in 2018

A local startup founder accused in the US of stealing $600 000 from investors by faking details of his startup, a mysterious angel investor and an…

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…

WhereIsMyTransport ‘okay’, despite retrenchments, disgruntled employees

Investors in public transport data and technology startup WhereIsMyTransport say they are happy with the progress the company is making, despite a recent round…

WhereIsMyTransport, Facebook to run hackathon series in five African cities

SA mobility startup WhereIsMyTransport has partnered with Facebook for Developers to tomorrow host the the Connect Hackathon Series in five cities across the continent….

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…

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…

Cape Town startup WhereIsMyTransport in $1.5m in funding round

Public transport data and technology startup WhereIsMyTransport has received a collective investment of £1.2-million ($1.5-million) from the Global Innovation Fund (GIF), Goodwell Investments and Bombardier….

Y4PT Hackathon series found its Cape Town representative

International pitching competition Youth for Public Transportation (Y4PT) Hackathon concluded its Cape Town event on 6 March. It focuses on mobility and takes place in 20 major…

Ventureburn’s top 5 tech startups in South Africa of 2015

There’s no doubt that 2015 has been an exciting year for South African innovation. Out of the hundreds of companies building exciting new products…

Data startup WhereIsMyTransport scoops up 2015 Global Grand MobiPrize

South African data startup WhereIsMyTransport (WIMT) has been awarded the 2015 Global Grand MobiPrize. The award further establishes the company’s role as an activist…

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…

FindMyWay brings public transport info to SA commuters’ mobile phones

In developing countries such as South Africa, public transport, despite being used by large portions of the population, often has a disconnect between important…

WhereIsMyTransport: The solution to public transport problems?

From third world countries battling with proper organisational issues with regards to locating routes, to travelers unable to locate transport when commuting in new…

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