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WE ARE GROWTH ENGINEERS
We understand what it means to grow a business. Including the sleepless nights.
We understand what it takes to start and grow a business to the point of real scaling. For this you need resilience, loads of patience, a good sense of humour and real grit. Enabling growth is what we do. Will it always be easy? That we can’t promise. Will it be worth it? Oh yes.
We know that one-size-fits-all programmes do not work. And of course, we know it is much harder work for us, the corporates and funders, and the entrepreneurs to deliver bespoke interventions. But we believe that if we assist a business to resolve the issues relevant to their business growth, we achieve much higher success. So, what are you waiting for? Join our realism movement today.
We understand what it means to grow a business. Including the sleepless nights.
We understand what it takes to start and grow a business to the point of real scaling. For this you need resilience, loads of patience, a good sense of humour and real grit. Enabling growth is what we do. Will it always be easy? That we can’t promise. Will it be worth it? Oh yes.
We know that one-size-fits-all programmes do not work. And of course, we know it is much harder work for us, the corporates and funders, and the entrepreneurs to deliver bespoke interventions. But we believe that if we assist a business to resolve the issues relevant to their business growth, we achieve much higher success. So, what are you waiting for? Join our realism movement today.
Overview
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2013
Investment Type
Venture Capital
Mentions in press and media 20
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| Dec 13, 2023 | Grindstone Africa’s latest accelerator programme has selected eight startups | Grindstone Africa is a world-renowned accelerator that fosters high-growth entrepreneurship. This round of the programme selected seven South African firms and one Lesotho startup. Seven companies from South Africa and one from Lesotho are ... |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Naspers Labs and GrindstoneX have announced their second cohort of 10 female entrepreneurs | GrindstoneX’s growth engineering program, which it runs in conjunction with Naspers Labs, has just announced its second cohort of ten female entrepreneurs. Knife Capital and Thinkroom co-founded Grindstone in 2014 with the goal of helping i... |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Looking back at SA VC activity in 2022 and what 2023 will bring TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report Success! | According to the venture capital tracking publication Africa: The Big Deal, Africa was the only continent to record a positive growth venture capital deal value in 2022. However, Nigeria and South Africa, the continent’s two biggest VC mark... |
| Aug 10, 2022 | African languages AI picked for Grindstone accelerator | Billed as Africa’s first conversational AI, Botlhale AI is among the 25 high-growth start-ups that were hand-picked for a year-long programme by Grindstone, a Cape Town-based accelerator. Grindstone is a sought-after programme which takes S... |
| Aug 10, 2022 | African languages AI picked for Grindstone accelerator | Billed as Africa’s first conversational AI, Botlhale AI is among the 25 high-growth start-ups that were hand-picked for a year-long programme by Grindstone, a Cape Town-based accelerator. Grindstone is a sought-after programme which takes ... |
| Aug 9, 2022 | South African accelerator Grindstone announces 2022/23 cohorts | Cape Town-based accelerator Grindstone has announced the 25 companies who will embark on its year-long programme which assists high-growth, innovation-driven tech start-ups to become more investable, sustainable and exit-ready. The programm... |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Cape Town based Locstat raises investment from Grindstone Ventures | Cape Town based advanced analytics company, Locstat, has secured undisclosed amount of funding from Grindstone Ventures. Founded in 2016, Locstat enables customers to unlock previously unseen insights with their graph-based AI solution ana... |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Cape Town based Locstat raises investment from Grindstone Ventures | Cape Town based advanced analytics company, Locstat, has secured undisclosed amount of funding from Grindstone Ventures. Founded in 2016, Locstat enables customers to unlock previously unseen insights with their graph-based AI solution anal... |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Grindstone Africa looks to boost digital innovation | Business accelerator Grindstone has partnered with software giant Microsoft to launch Grindstone Africa, a start-up accelerator programme, to boost digital innovation across Africa. Grindstone, co-owned by Knife Capital and Thinkroom, runs ... |
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FAQ about Grindstone Ventures
When was Grindstone Ventures founded?
Grindstone Ventures was founded in 2013.
What has the press written about Grindstone Ventures?
Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Grindstone Ventures, among them “Grindstone Africa’s latest accelerator programme has selected eight startups” (Dec 13, 2023) and “Naspers Labs and GrindstoneX have announced their second cohort of 10 female entrepreneurs” (Dec 13, 2023).
Is Grindstone Ventures still active?
Yes, Grindstone Ventures is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 18, 2023.