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| Aug 3, 2021 | Woman-led edtech Ambani wins I’M IN 2021 accelerator | Mukundi Lambani, founder of Ambani Africa, an interactive African-language based early childhood edtech, has been announced as the winner of the third cohort of the I’M IN accelerator, supported by IDF Capital.
The winner received a R250 0... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Investment boost for online marketplace for home services | Online home services marketplace Kandua has landed major financial backing from venture capitalist firms Knife Capital and Allan Gray E2 Ventures (AGEV).
Kandua is a Johannesburg-based online marketplace that provides a digital platform tha... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | 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 Knife Capital and Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures.
Kandua helps homeowners find rated ... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | 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 Knife Capital and Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures.
Kandua helps homeowners find rated a... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | MortgageMarket plans expansion after R10m funding | Tim Akinnusi, co-founder and CEO of MortgageMarket.
Fintech marketplace for home loans MortgageMarket says it is looking to expand its operations after completing its latest round of funding – raising R10 million from venture capital firm I... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | South African fintech startup secures R10-million | Johannesburg-based fintech startup Mortgage Market has secured R10-million in a Series A funding round led by IDF Capital, a leading venture capital firm.
Mortgage Market secures R10-million
According to the fintech, the funding will be use... |
| Feb 12, 2021 | South African fintech startup secures R10-million | Johannesburg-based fintech startup Mortgage Market has secured R10-million in a Series A funding round led by IDF Capital, a leading venture capital firm.
Mortgage Market secures R10-million
According to the fintech, the funding will be u... |
| Oct 19, 2020 | South African auto-tech startup Carscan raises undisclosed fund to scale innovative technology | Johannesburg: South African auto-tech startup Carscan has raised an undisclosed amount of funding to help it scale its innovative technology.
Carscan is an augmented reality (AR) app with embedded artificial intelligence (AI) that creates a... |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Carscan secures funding from leading SA VC investors | A cutting-edge South African tech startup, Carscan, has secured an undisclosed amount of investment funding from Kalon Venture Partners, IDF Capital, and a private investor.
Carscan has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Kalon ... |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Carscan secures funding from leading SA VC investors | A cutting-edge South African tech startup, Carscan, has secured an undisclosed amount of investment funding from Kalon Venture Partners, IDF Capital, and a private investor.
Carscan has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Kalon V... |
| May 15, 2020 | Alitheia IDF fund gets $10m from Open Society Foundation to lend to women | Alitheia IDF, a joint venture fund between Alitheia Capital, a private equity investment in Nigeria, and IDF Capital in South Africa, has landed $10 million from American billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundations.
Alitheia IDF is... |
| May 15, 2020 | Alitheia IDF fund gets $10m from Open Society Foundation to lend to women | Alitheia IDF, a joint venture fund between Alitheia Capital, a private equity investment in Nigeria, and IDF Capital in South Africa, has landed $10 million from American billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundations.
Alitheia IDF is ... |
| May 13, 2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [13/05/2020] | South Africans can from today buy new and used vehicles again. Emergency repairs can also be carried out on cars, including those that are overdue for a service.
Meanwhile, Zulzi investor IDF Capital has reported that its tech portfolio has... |
| May 13, 2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [13/05/2020] | South Africans can from today buy new and used vehicles again. Emergency repairs can also be carried out on cars, including those that are overdue for a service.
Meanwhile, Zulzi investor IDF Capital has reported that its tech portfolio ha... |
| May 11, 2020 | SA grocery delivery startup Zulzi raises R30m from JSE-listed company | Johannesburg based online grocery delivery startup Zulzi has raised R30-million from a JSE-listed company.
The startup, which was founded by Vutlharhi Valoyi (pictured above, right with co-founder Michael Netshipise) in 2013 and launched i... |
| May 11, 2020 | SA grocery delivery startup Zulzi raises R30m from JSE-listed company | Johannesburg based online grocery delivery startup Zulzi has raised R30-million from a JSE-listed company.
The startup, which was founded by Vutlharhi Valoyi (pictured above, right with co-founder Michael Netshipise) in 2013 and launched in... |
| Jan 3, 2020 | Eight SA startups to keep an eye on in 2020 | A number of tech startups featured in news headlines last year. Ventureburn has picked eight that we think readers should follow closely in 2020.
They include a cloud-based software for first responders that is hitting it big in the US, SA... |
| Jan 3, 2020 | Eight SA startups to keep an eye on in 2020 | A number of tech startups featured in news headlines last year. Ventureburn has picked eight that we think readers should follow closely in 2020.
They include a cloud-based software for first responders that is hitting it big in the US, SA’... |
| Dec 2, 2019 | SA on-demand truck hire startup Droppa nets multi-million rand investment | Droppa, a Johannesburg based on-demand platform for trucks and bakkies, has secured a multi-million rand investment from SA investor IDF Capital.
Droppa CEO Khathutshelo Mufamadi (pictured above), a former computer engineer who previously w... |
| Dec 2, 2019 | SA on-demand truck hire startup Droppa nets multi-million rand investment | Droppa, a Johannesburg based on-demand platform for trucks and bakkies, has secured a multi-million rand investment from SA investor IDF Capital.
Droppa CEO Khathutshelo Mufamadi (pictured above), a former computer engineer who previously ... |
| Feb 26, 2019 | I’M IN Accelerator to commence with all-women cohort in May | An all women cohort is in the pipeline at Johannesburg-based I’M IN Accelerator, and is set to start in May with the aim of accelerating at least five startups, says I’M IN Accelerator executive director and founder Polo Leteka.
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| Feb 26, 2019 | I’M IN Accelerator to commence with all-women cohort in May | An all women cohort is in the pipeline at Johannesburg-based I’M IN Accelerator, and is set to start in May with the aim of accelerating at least five startups, says I’M IN Accelerator executive director and founder Polo Leteka.
Commenting ... |
| Sep 25, 2018 | How Jozi innovator turned loyalty card hobby into startup with over 150 clients | Not many of us have had the fortune to be able to turn our hobbies into a full-fledged business as Tshepiso Manyoha has had.
Manyoha, the founder of Johannesburg based loyalty and rewards startup Loyal1 last week won R500 000 worth of prize... |
| Sep 25, 2018 | How Jozi innovator turned loyalty card hobby into startup with over 150 clients | Not many of us have had the fortune to be able to turn our hobbies into a full-fledged business as Tshepiso Manyoha has had.
Manyoha, the founder of Johannesburg based loyalty and rewards startup Loyal1 last week won R500 000 worth of priz... |
| Aug 22, 2018 | Fund head puts lack of women angel investors down to information asymmetry | A shortage of information around tech startups has made women sceptical of investing in early-stage businesses. So, says IDF Capital CEO Polo Leteka.
Leteka — who runs the Johannesburg based I’M IN tech accelerator — has invested in several... |
| Aug 22, 2018 | Fund head puts lack of women angel investors down to information asymmetry | A shortage of information around tech startups has made women sceptical of investing in early-stage businesses. So, says IDF Capital CEO Polo Leteka.
Leteka — who runs the Johannesburg based I’M IN tech accelerator — has invested in severa... |
| Feb 6, 2018 | I’M IN Accelerator aiming for an all-women cohort before the end of the year | I’M IN Accelerator has revealed that it intends to run an all-women cohort this year.
The Johannesburg-based accelerator, launched last year by IDF Capital and aimed at high-growth black tech startups, is currently in the middle of its inau... |
| Feb 6, 2018 | I’M IN Accelerator aiming for an all-women cohort before the end of the year | I’M IN Accelerator has revealed that it intends to run an all-women cohort this year.
The Johannesburg-based accelerator, launched last year by IDF Capital and aimed at high-growth black tech startups, is currently in the middle of its ina... |
| Jan 19, 2018 | Could Airbuy have come up with a solution to card-not-present (CNP) fraud? | South Africans are put off ecommerce because of “a negative perception of online transactions and online payments” because of the high amount of bank card fraud believes Njabulo Makhathini. He believes his Johannesburg-based startup Airbuy ... |
| Jan 19, 2018 | Could Airbuy have come up with a solution to card-not-present (CNP) fraud? | South Africans are put off ecommerce because of “a negative perception of online transactions and online payments” because of the high amount of bank card fraud believes Njabulo Makhathini. He believes his Johannesburg-based startup Airbuy ... |
| Sep 8, 2017 | I’M IN Accelerator finally under way, here are the startups in the first cohort | After a short delay in finalising applications, IDF Capital‘s I’M IN Accelerator has kicked off with 10 startups having been selected, IDF Capital executive director Polo Leteka told Ventureburn. The programme aimed at building high growth ... |
| Sep 8, 2017 | I’M IN Accelerator finally under way, here are the startups in the first cohort | After a short delay in finalising applications, IDF Capital‘s I’M IN Accelerator has kicked off with 10 startups having been selected, IDF Capital executive director Polo Leteka told Ventureburn. The programme aimed at building high growth ... |
| Aug 16, 2017 | SA accelerator for black startups I’M IN tight-lipped on selection of first cohort [updated] | I’M IN — a new South African accelerator programme run by IDF Capital and aimed at black tech startups is preparing to get under way, but organisers remain tight-lipped on how many startups have been selected and on releasing the names of t... |
| Aug 16, 2017 | SA accelerator for black startups I’M IN tight-lipped on selection of first cohort [updated] | I’M IN — a new South African accelerator programme run by IDF Capital and aimed at black tech startups is preparing to get under way, but organisers remain tight-lipped on how many startups have been selected and on releasing the names of t... |
| Jun 30, 2017 | EMGuidance is set to represent South Africa at the Seedstars World finals | The South African leg of the Seedstars World competition came to a close this week with EMGuidance being chosen to represent SA in the finals in Switzerland next year.
The finals saw all the SA satellite winners as well as the three wildcar... |
| Jun 30, 2017 | EMGuidance is set to represent South Africa at the Seedstars World finals | The South African leg of the Seedstars World competition came to a close this week with EMGuidance being chosen to represent SA in the finals in Switzerland next year.
The finals saw all the SA satellite winners as well as the three wildca... |
| Feb 5, 2013 | 10 VCs you should be pitching to right now | So you’re a startup, and you have a great idea. In fact, your idea is going to change the world. It’s better than Facebook. But you have no money. You need a venture capital firm to take pity on your poor soul (and make a truck load of cash... |
| Feb 5, 2013 | 10 VCs you should be pitching to right now | So you’re a startup, and you have a great idea. In fact, your idea is going to change the world. It’s better than Facebook. But you have no money. You need a venture capital firm to take pity on your poor soul (and make a truck load of cash... |
