| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.04.2024 | MDaaS Global, a Nigerian e-health startup, raises $3 million in pre-Series A funding round | MDaaS Global, a Nigerian e-health startup operating a rapidly expanding healthcare network has received US$3 million in funding for its Pre-Series A round to advance the development of its patented BeaconOS technology platform.
Aruwa Capita... |
| 12.03.2024 | Nigerian e-health startup MDaaS Global raised $3 M Pre-Series A funding to advance tech | A US $3 million Pre-Series A round of funding has been raised by Nigerian e-health startup MDaaS Global, which runs a rapidly expanding healthcare network, to advance the development of its proprietary technology platform, BeaconOS.
MDaaS G... |
| 04.12.2023 | Waspito brings health care to Francophone Africa - now building brick-and-mortar clinics | From telehealth, the startup is expanding offline to make health care more accessible
Waspito, a telehealth startup in Cameroon, has raised $2.5 million in extended seed funding as it grows its online network of physicians and offline mini-... |
| 28.06.2023 | DP World's Innovation Venture Fund invests in the most disruptive innovations in logistics and supply chain | $50m corporate VC fund managed by Newtown Partners will invest globally in startups that enable agile, resilient, and sustainable supply chains
This partnership with Newtown Partners enables strategic insight into what our future competitor... |
| 03.08.2022 | How insurtech startup Lami raised $3.7 million to make insurance accessible to Africans | Lami, an insuretech startup, hopes to become the premier company powering insurance adoption across Africa by 2030, according to Jihan Abass, Lami’s founder and CEO. The UK-based Kenyan national was visiting her home country when she had th... |
| 30.12.2021 | Five South African Venture Capital firms to watch in 2022 | While crypto assets will continue to dominate the headlines, these VCs have laid a solid foundation for growing businesses that will transform society. Naspers
Naspers is one of the largest companies on the continent by market capitalisatio... |
| 30.12.2021 | Five South African Venture Capital firms to watch in 2022 | While crypto assets will continue to dominate the headlines, these VCs have laid a solid foundation for growing businesses that will transform society. Naspers
Naspers is one of the largest companies on the continent by market capitalisati... |
| 01.10.2021 | Corporate SA urged to create venture capital programmes | Llew Claasen, managing partner, Newtown Partners.
SA’s big firms are being implored to create corporate venture capital (CVC) programmes, in an effort to position the country as a centre for innovation.
Llew Claasen, managing partner
PARTNE... |
| 09.08.2021 | Shypple raises €25.5 million, acquires Milestone to enter perishables market | Rotterdam-based digital freight forwarding platform Shypple has raised a total of €25.5 million in Series A and A2 funding this year, snapping up air and ocean freight forwarder Milestone in the process. With this acquisition, Shypple claim... |
| 30.06.2021 | MDaaS Global raises $2.3m to launch digital health solution across Nigeria | Share this:
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| 23.03.2021 | Ghana’s Redbird raises $1.5M seed to expand access to rapid medical testing in sub-Saharan Africa | For patients and healthcare professionals to properly track and manage illnesses, especially chronic ones, healthcare needs to be decentralized. It also needs to be more convenient, with a patient’s health information able to follow them wh... |
| 11.03.2020 | Nigeria based Field Intelligence closes $3.6m Series-A round | Nigerian startup Field Intelligence has announced that it has closed a $3.6-million Series-A funding round to fund the further roll out of its product Shelf Life, a supply chain finance platform for pharmacies in Africa.
The round was led ... |
| 11.03.2020 | Nigeria based Field Intelligence closes $3.6m Series-A round | Nigerian startup Field Intelligence has announced that it has closed a $3.6-million Series-A funding round to fund the further roll out of its product Shelf Life, a supply chain finance platform for pharmacies in Africa.
The round was led b... |
| 09.03.2020 | Imperial and Vinny Lingham’s Newtown Partners launch $20m corporate VC fund [Updated] | UPDATE (11 March 2020): A PR representative for Newtown Partners told Ventureburn subsequent to the publication of this story that select startups across Africa and Europe have been identified.
Subsequently, on 11 March the Nigerian startu... |
| 09.03.2020 | Imperial and Vinny Lingham’s Newtown Partners launch $20m corporate VC fund [Updated] | UPDATE (11 March 2020): A PR representative for Newtown Partners told Ventureburn subsequent to the publication of this story that select startups across Africa and Europe have been identified.
Subsequently, on 11 March the Nigerian startup... |
| 20.12.2019 | Are these SA’s 11 biggest disclosed VC deals in 2019? [Updated] | UPDATE (20 and 23 December): This article was updated to correctly state that SweepSouth’s R30-million raise from Naspers Foundry was part of a R60-million round closed in October. We have also removed the R500k Vollar deal which was actual... |
| 20.12.2019 | Are these SA’s 11 biggest disclosed VC deals in 2019? [Updated] | UPDATE (20 and 23 December): This article was updated to correctly state that SweepSouth’s R30-million raise from Naspers Foundry was part of a R60-million round closed in October. We have also removed the R500k Vollar deal which was actual... |
| 11.12.2019 | Vinny Lingham linked VC fund has secured 20% of Mara Phone’s SA master franchise [Updated] | UPDATE (14 January 2020): While Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is linked to the LionPride Agility Fund, which secured a 20% cut in MaraPhone’s master franchise — the money invested did not come from Lingham’s VC entity, ... |
| 11.12.2019 | Vinny Lingham linked VC fund has secured 20% of Mara Phone’s SA master franchise [Updated] | UPDATE (14 January 2020): While Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is linked to the LionPride Agility Fund, which secured a 20% cut in MaraPhone’s master franchise — the money invested did not come from Lingham’s VC entity, ... |
| 07.10.2019 | Cape Town startup SweepSouth raises over R50m in new funding round | UPDATE (20 December 2019: SweepSouth co-founder Aisha Pandor confirmed with Ventureburn today that the round was in fact valued at over R60-million and included a R30-million investment from Naspers’s R1.4-billion venture capital (VC) fund ... |
| 07.10.2019 | Cape Town startup SweepSouth raises over R50m in new funding round | UPDATE (20 December 2019: SweepSouth co-founder Aisha Pandor confirmed with Ventureburn today that the round was in fact valued at over R60-million and included a R30-million investment from Naspers’s R1.4-billion venture capital (VC) fund ... |
| 21.08.2019 | One-size-fits-all view on Africa and other mistakes VCs make | A one-size-fits-all view of the African market or simply transplanting Silicon Valley startup models on the continent, will doom those looking to invest in Africa, argue venture capitalists active in Africa.
While the African venture capit... |
| 21.08.2019 | One-size-fits-all view on Africa and other mistakes VCs make | A one-size-fits-all view of the African market or simply transplanting Silicon Valley startup models on the continent, will doom those looking to invest in Africa, argue venture capitalists active in Africa.
While the African venture capita... |
| 08.07.2019 | Why I closed down blockchain startup – Wala founder | SA blockchain startup Wala has closed down, the startup’s CEO Tricia Martinez has confirmed in a blog post.
The Cape Town-based blockchain-enabled fintech platform — which landed funding from Newtown Partners in 2017 — aimed to provide zer... |
| 08.07.2019 | Why I closed down blockchain startup – Wala founder | SA blockchain startup Wala has closed down, the startup’s CEO Tricia Martinez has confirmed in a blog post.
The Cape Town-based blockchain-enabled fintech platform — which landed funding from Newtown Partners in 2017 — aimed to provide zero... |
| 31.05.2019 | SA crypto exchange Ovex deal with Invictus Capital ‘was less than R10m’ | SA cryptocurrency exchange Ovex revealed today that the seed investment it secured from Cayman Islands-based crypto asset management firm Invictus Capital was “less than R10-million”.
Ovex, which launched its crypto platform in March, clai... |
| 31.05.2019 | SA crypto exchange Ovex deal with Invictus Capital ‘was less than R10m’ | SA cryptocurrency exchange Ovex revealed today that the seed investment it secured from Cayman Islands-based crypto asset management firm Invictus Capital was “less than R10-million”.
Ovex, which launched its crypto platform in March, claim... |
| 09.04.2019 | Everything you need to know about the South African cryptocurrency ecosystem | While things may have quietened down on the crypto front after 2018’s massive fall in the price of Bitcoin, there’s still significant interest from entrepreneurs and investors in cryptocurrencies.
With this in mind, Ventureburn brings you a... |
| 09.04.2019 | Everything you need to know about the South African cryptocurrency ecosystem | While things may have quietened down on the crypto front after 2018’s massive fall in the price of Bitcoin, there’s still significant interest from entrepreneurs and investors in cryptocurrencies.
With this in mind, Ventureburn brings you ... |
| 02.04.2019 | Vinny Lingham’s Newtown Partners invests in crypto exchange Ovex | Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has invested an undisclosed sum in Ovex, a Cape Town based cryptocurrency exchange, through his VC firm Newtown Partners.
The startup, which was founded last year by Tom Masojada (CPO), Jon... |
| 02.04.2019 | Vinny Lingham’s Newtown Partners invests in crypto exchange Ovex | Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has invested an undisclosed sum in Ovex, a Cape Town based cryptocurrency exchange, through his VC firm Newtown Partners.
The startup, which was founded last year by Tom Masojada (CPO), Jo... |
| 14.02.2019 | Four Sars Section 12J venture capital funds that invest in SA tech startups | South Africa’s venture capital (VC) tax incentive allows investors that invest in accredited VC companies that then invest in small businesses, to make a tax deduction of 100% in the year that the investment was made.
To date the SA Revenu... |
| 14.02.2019 | Four Sars Section 12J venture capital funds that invest in SA tech startups | South Africa’s venture capital (VC) tax incentive allows investors that invest in accredited VC companies that then invest in small businesses, to make a tax deduction of 100% in the year that the investment was made.
To date the SA Revenue... |
| 13.02.2019 | Section 12J funds that invest in property are a tax dodge says Vinny Lingham | Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham says too many funds approved under South Africa’s Section 12J venture capital (VC) tax incentive are using “financial re-engineering” such as investing in property, to allow the rich to “do... |
| 13.02.2019 | Section 12J funds that invest in property are a tax dodge says Vinny Lingham | Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham says too many funds approved under South Africa’s Section 12J venture capital (VC) tax incentive are using “financial re-engineering” such as investing in property, to allow the rich to “do... |
| 11.02.2019 | Everything you need to know about SA’s tech startup ecosystem [updated 2019] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 11.02.2019 | Everything you need to know about SA’s tech startup ecosystem [updated 2019] | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to t... |
| 01.02.2019 | New Vinny Lingham linked R500m VC fund currently mulling 15 investments [Updated] | Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is partnering with an investment house in South Africa in a new R500-million venture capital (VC) fund, which has already identified 15 investments, the fund’s CEO Deven Govender revealed t... |
| 01.02.2019 | New Vinny Lingham linked R500m VC fund currently mulling 15 investments [Updated] | Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is partnering with an investment house in South Africa in a new R500-million venture capital (VC) fund, which has already identified 15 investments, the fund’s CEO Deven Govender revealed t... |
| 17.01.2019 | Newtown Partners shifts focus to offshore deals amid SA challenges | SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham’s angel investment fund Newtown Partners has shifted its focus to sourcing deals outside of South Africa because of the poor economic and political climate at home, says the fund’s managing partner Llew Claasen... |
| 17.01.2019 | Newtown Partners shifts focus to offshore deals amid SA challenges | SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham’s angel investment fund Newtown Partners has shifted its focus to sourcing deals outside of South Africa because of the poor economic and political climate at home, says the fund’s managing partner Llew Claasen... |
| 23.11.2018 | With 32 investments, Lagos Angel Network is tops in Africa finds report | The Lagos Angel Network (LAN) is Africa’s most active angel group by number of investments with about $1.5-million currently invested across 32 investments, according to a report by the African Business Angel Network (ABAN).
The report, tit... |
| 23.11.2018 | With 32 investments, Lagos Angel Network is tops in Africa finds report | The Lagos Angel Network (LAN) is Africa’s most active angel group by number of investments with about $1.5-million currently invested across 32 investments, according to a report by the African Business Angel Network (ABAN).
The report, ti... |
| 11.10.2018 | Why we invested in Augmentors game – Llew Claasen, Vinny Lingham [Updated] | Assembling a team with the right skills has been a key challenge in the development of the Augmentors game, which claims to be the world’s first augmented reality blockchain-based mobile game, says Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur and i... |
| 11.10.2018 | Why we invested in Augmentors game – Llew Claasen, Vinny Lingham [Updated] | Assembling a team with the right skills has been a key challenge in the development of the Augmentors game, which claims to be the world’s first augmented reality blockchain-based mobile game, says Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur and i... |
| 06.09.2018 | Five South African fintech dealmakers your startup should meet | Fintech is one of the fastest growing startup sectors in the world. A number of SA startups have secured multi-million rand investments of late, including in i-Pay, WiiGroup, Entersekt and Luno.
KPMG estimates in a report last year that glo... |
| 06.09.2018 | Five South African fintech dealmakers your startup should meet | Fintech is one of the fastest growing startup sectors in the world. A number of SA startups have secured multi-million rand investments of late, including in i-Pay, WiiGroup, Entersekt and Luno.
KPMG estimates in a report last year that gl... |
| 29.06.2018 | Five SA angel investors you want to meet | If you’re a startup and you need money the chances are you are going to look to friends and relatives for help. Or you could try an angel investor.
Angel investors often choose to operate in the shadows, as a silent investor — which means i... |
| 29.06.2018 | Five SA angel investors you want to meet | If you’re a startup and you need money the chances are you are going to look to friends and relatives for help. Or you could try an angel investor.
Angel investors often choose to operate in the shadows, as a silent investor — which means ... |
| 05.01.2018 | 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 startups, there is often smoke and mirrors in the industry, with many claiming to be “invest... |
| 05.01.2018 | 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 startups, there is often smoke and mirrors in the industry, with many claiming to be “invest... |
| 20.12.2017 | Wala ICO nets just 4% of $30m target, but Newtown Partners praises result | SA fintech startup Wala may have been able to raise just four percent of the $30-million it aimed to net in an initial coin offering (ICO) that ended last week — but the head of the firm behind the raise, SA venture capital (VC) firm Newtow... |
| 20.12.2017 | Wala ICO nets just 4% of $30m target, but Newtown Partners praises result | SA fintech startup Wala may have been able to raise just four percent of the $30-million it aimed to net in an initial coin offering (ICO) that ended last week — but the head of the firm behind the raise, SA venture capital (VC) firm Newtow... |
| 04.12.2017 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [04/12/2017] | 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. There are loads of competitions, networking sessions and workshops happening around South Africa and the rest of t... |
| 04.12.2017 | Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [04/12/2017] | 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. There are loads of competitions, networking sessions and workshops happening around South Africa and the rest of t... |
| 13.10.2017 | Q&A: Wala CEO on tackling financial exclusion in emerging markets | Imagine life without access to crucial financial services, the convenience of having a bank account, the means to save towards a goal or put away money for a rainy day, or even the ability to send money to loved ones quickly and securely in... |
| 13.10.2017 | Q&A: Wala CEO on tackling financial exclusion in emerging markets | Imagine life without access to crucial financial services, the convenience of having a bank account, the means to save towards a goal or put away money for a rainy day, or even the ability to send money to loved ones quickly and securely in... |
| 12.10.2017 | Fintech startup Wala secures equity investment from Newtown Partners | Newtown Partners, a seed-stage venture capital firm founded by Llew Claasen and Vinny Lingham, announced an investment of an undisclosed sum into Wala, a Cape Town-based blockchain-enabled fintech platform.
In a statement last week, Newtown... |
| 12.10.2017 | Fintech startup Wala secures equity investment from Newtown Partners | Newtown Partners, a seed-stage venture capital firm founded by Llew Claasen and Vinny Lingham, announced an investment of an undisclosed sum into Wala, a Cape Town-based blockchain-enabled fintech platform.
In a statement last week, Newtow... |
| 04.10.2017 | Wala Receives Equity Investment from Newtown Partners | Wala, a San Francisco, CA-based blockchain-powered financial services platform for the unbanked and underbanked, received an equity investment from Newtown Partners.
Newtown Partners is the venture capital firm founded by Llew Claasen, the ... |
| 12.10.2016 | SweepSouth expands into KwaZulu-Natal, hits Durban first | On-demand cleaning service, SweepSouth has expanded into Durban. The startup previously launched in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Pretoria.
“Expanding to Durban has been on the books from the get-go, and we’ve been working hard behind the sc... |
| 12.10.2016 | SweepSouth expands into KwaZulu-Natal, hits Durban first | On-demand cleaning service, SweepSouth has expanded into Durban. The startup previously launched in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Pretoria.
“Expanding to Durban has been on the books from the get-go, and we’ve been working hard behind the s... |
| 21.06.2016 | Cape Town VC Llew Claasen appointed executive director of Bitcoin Foundation | The Bitcoin Foundation has appointed Cape Town venture capitalist Llew Claasen as its executive director. The appointment was announced during the Blockchain Training Conference in Toronto, Canada, on 20 June.
Claasen was elected by a board... |
| 21.06.2016 | Cape Town VC Llew Claasen appointed executive director of Bitcoin Foundation | The Bitcoin Foundation has appointed Cape Town venture capitalist Llew Claasen as its executive director. The appointment was announced during the Blockchain Training Conference in Toronto, Canada, on 20 June.
Claasen was elected by a boar... |
| 25.01.2016 | Domestic cleaning startup SweepSouth sweeps in R10m | Jacques Coetzee contributed to this article.
Cape Town-based on-demand cleaning service SweepSouth has announced a new R10-million round of funding. This follows a thrilling 2015 which was filled with impressive company growth as well as r... |
| 25.01.2016 | Domestic cleaning startup SweepSouth sweeps in R10m | Jacques Coetzee contributed to this article.
Cape Town-based on-demand cleaning service SweepSouth has announced a new R10-million round of funding. This follows a thrilling 2015 which was filled with impressive company growth as well as re... |
| 17.08.2015 | Vinny Lingham, Llew Claasen make it easier for SA startups to give out equity | As the recent Ventureburn Startup Survey revealed, South African startups have a real problem when it comes to retaining employees. To a large degree, that’s because the salaries at startups simply aren’t large enough. And while the norm in... |
| 17.08.2015 | Vinny Lingham, Llew Claasen make it easier for SA startups to give out equity | As the recent Ventureburn Startup Survey revealed, South African startups have a real problem when it comes to retaining employees. To a large degree, that’s because the salaries at startups simply aren’t large enough. And while the norm in... |
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| 06.05.2015 | SweepSouth announces seed round, plans on-demand cleaning everywhere | SweepSouth launched mid last year on a mission to help get South Africa’s homes clean. The on-demand domestic cleaning startup has since swept up a prestigious award at SiMODiSA StartupSA and is today recording monthly double-digit growth.
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| 06.05.2015 | SweepSouth announces seed round, plans on-demand cleaning everywhere | SweepSouth launched mid last year on a mission to help get South Africa’s homes clean. The on-demand domestic cleaning startup has since swept up a prestigious award at SiMODiSA StartupSA and is today recording monthly double-digit growth.
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| - | Shypple raises €25.5 million, acquires Milestone to enter perishables market | Rotterdam-based digital freight forwarding platform Shypple has raised a total of €25.5 million in Series A and A2 funding this year, snapping up air and ocean freight forwarder Milestone in the process. With this acquisition, Shypple claim... |
