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| Apr 23, 2023 | Could advances in technology help banks increase their ESG potential? | Big banks once had almost unmatched dominance over the global financial sector. It allowed them to build glittering skyscrapers as their headquarters and helped transform London’s Canary Wharf from disused docks into what is probably Europe... |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Forget the moral panic, gaming and impact games can stimulate mental wellbeing | No matter how much you enjoy gaming, chances are you’ve felt a nagging sense of guilt about playing at one point or another. Maybe it’s the result of having your parents tell you to get outside and play when you were growing up. Or maybe it... |
| Feb 23, 2022 | Game studios come together to grow industry in Africa | Ten game development studios in Africa have come together under one umbrella, the Pan Africa Gaming Group (PAGG), in an effort to unify the continent’s gaming sector, which is currently fragmented. The association is further envisioned to d... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Sea Monster wins prestigious global award | Cape Town-based, animation, gaming, and AR/VR company, Sea Monster scooped first place in the Data & Insight category at the renowned International Content Marketing Awards held in the United Kingdom.
Sea Monster’s innovative design and... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Sea Monster wins prestigious global award | Cape Town-based, animation, gaming, and AR/VR company, Sea Monster scooped first place in the Data & Insight category at the renowned International Content Marketing Awards held in the United Kingdom.
Sea Monster’s innovative design an... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | We should be funding camels, not hunting unicorns [Opinion] | Glenn Gillis, CEO, Sea Monster offers insight into his personal views on investing in camels, startups that are able to adapt and survive under strenuous conditions versus hunting down the most innovative and young startup in order to regen... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | We should be funding camels, not hunting unicorns [Opinion] | Glenn Gillis, CEO, Sea Monster offers insight into his personal views on investing in camels, startups that are able to adapt and survive under strenuous conditions versus hunting down the most innovative and young startup in order to regen... |
| Sep 15, 2020 | South Africa needs to scale its creative economy [Opinion] | In order for South Africa’s economy to transition to keep up with 4IR developments, Glenn Gillis, CEO of Sea Monster, explains that we need to scale our creative economy.
If South Africa is to ever thrive, it needs to evolve and truly star... |
| Sep 15, 2020 | South Africa needs to scale its creative economy [Opinion] | In order for South Africa’s economy to transition to keep up with 4IR developments, Glenn Gillis, CEO of Sea Monster, explains that we need to scale our creative economy.
If South Africa is to ever thrive, it needs to evolve and truly start... |
| Aug 22, 2020 | South African entertainment startup Sea Monster bags US $1M funding | Launched in 2011, Sea Monster creates engaging, notable digital content and experiences using animation and games that help businesses and social outcomes. Their mission is to help change the way corporations tackle training and communicati... |
| Aug 3, 2020 | New early-stage Venture Capital Fund to back cohort companies launches | South African based business accelerator, Grindstone has launched a new Venture Capital Fund, Grindstone Ventures, dedicated to providing early-stage equity funding to its cohorts of companies and alumni.
Grindstone Accelerator is a structu... |
| Aug 3, 2020 | New early-stage Venture Capital Fund to back cohort companies launches | South African based business accelerator, Grindstone has launched a new Venture Capital Fund, Grindstone Ventures, dedicated to providing early-stage equity funding to its cohorts of companies and alumni.
Grindstone Accelerator is a struct... |
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| Jul 17, 2020 | Animation and gaming startup, Sea Monster bags $1m investment | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Techpoint Africa and Ventureburn
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| Jul 16, 2020 | Sea Monster bags $1-million investment | Cape Town-based, animation, gaming, and AR/VR company, Sea Monster has secured a $1-million investment from FirstRand’s Vumela Fund.
Founded in 2011, Sea Monster was born out of the desire to use games, VR, and AR technology as an instrume... |
| Jul 16, 2020 | Sea Monster bags $1-million investment | Cape Town-based, animation, gaming, and AR/VR company, Sea Monster has secured a $1-million investment from FirstRand’s Vumela Fund.
Founded in 2011, Sea Monster was born out of the desire to use games, VR, and AR technology as an instrumen... |
| Jan 5, 2020 | These were some of the most exciting South African inventions over the past decade | TRON UAV. Photo Chante Schatz, Video24
South Africa has a long and proud history of invention and innovation.
The last decade was no different.
Here are our favourite inventions and innovations of the past 10 years.
For more stories go to w... |
| May 20, 2019 | SA’s Aerobotics wins President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019 | Cape Town based agritech startup Aerobotics has been named the winner of the President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019.
This, after the startup — which specialises in tree crop and pest disease monitoring processes using aerial da... |
| May 20, 2019 | SA’s Aerobotics wins President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019 | Cape Town based agritech startup Aerobotics has been named the winner of the President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019.
This, after the startup — which specialises in tree crop and pest disease monitoring processes using aerial d... |
| May 17, 2019 | AfricArena expands VivaTech partnership to create more startup growth opportunities | Tech startup conference and ecosystem accelerator AfricArena yesterday announced at VivaTech that it has expanded its partnership with the French tech summit.
AfricArena said in a statement yesterday (16 May) that the expanded partnership ... |
| May 17, 2019 | AfricArena expands VivaTech partnership to create more startup growth opportunities | Tech startup conference and ecosystem accelerator AfricArena yesterday announced at VivaTech that it has expanded its partnership with the French tech summit.
AfricArena said in a statement yesterday (16 May) that the expanded partnership i... |
| May 3, 2019 | Paris-bound: Meet AfricArena’s 10 startups set to showcase at VivaTech | AfricArena has announced the names of 10 startups selected to join its delegation to the fourth edition of annual French tech conference VivaTech.
VivaTech –dubbed the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders — will be held between 16 a... |
| May 3, 2019 | Paris-bound: Meet AfricArena’s 10 startups set to showcase at VivaTech | AfricArena has announced the names of 10 startups selected to join its delegation to the fourth edition of annual French tech conference VivaTech.
VivaTech –dubbed the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders — will be held between 16 an... |
| Mar 25, 2019 | Grindstone Accelerator launches call to startups for first Gauteng cohort [Updated] | Venture capital (VC) company Knife Capital has joined forces with the SA SME Fund and Deloitte to launch the next iteration of its Grindstone Accelerator programme in Johannesburg.
Grindstone, which is jointly owned by Knife Capital and Th... |
| Mar 25, 2019 | Grindstone Accelerator launches call to startups for first Gauteng cohort [Updated] | Venture capital (VC) company Knife Capital has joined forces with the SA SME Fund and Deloitte to launch the next iteration of its Grindstone Accelerator programme in Johannesburg.
Grindstone, which is jointly owned by Knife Capital and Thi... |
| Nov 19, 2018 | Here are the 11 AfricArena 2018 partner innovation challenge winners | Eleven African startups will get the chance to work with big companies such as RCS and AirFrance KLM and French accelerators such as VivaTech and FSAT Labs.
This, after the 11 were announced as winners of various partner innovation challeng... |
| Nov 19, 2018 | Here are the 11 AfricArena 2018 partner innovation challenge winners | Eleven African startups will get the chance to work with big companies such as RCS and AirFrance KLM and French accelerators such as VivaTech and FSAT Labs.
This, after the 11 were announced as winners of various partner innovation challen... |
| Sep 19, 2018 | Fear of heights tech wins Learning Idols challenge | ArcelorMittal SA is piloting the VR powered fear of heights training programme at its Vanderbijlpark plant in Gauteng.
Sea Monster, a Cape Town-based animation and gaming company, was named the overall winner of the Learning Idols 2018 chal... |
| Jul 30, 2018 | Hitting the high road – what it takes to join Grindstone accelerator [Q&A] | What do you perceive as success? Is owning a lifestyle business sufficient for you? Are you prepared to make changes to your business?
These are some key questions that tech entrepreneurs looking to sign up to the Grindstone Accelerator pr... |
| Jul 30, 2018 | Hitting the high road – what it takes to join Grindstone accelerator [Q&A] | What do you perceive as success? Is owning a lifestyle business sufficient for you? Are you prepared to make changes to your business?
These are some key questions that tech entrepreneurs looking to sign up to the Grindstone Accelerator pro... |
| Jul 19, 2018 | Knife Capital launches fourth edition of Grindstone Accelerator programme | Cape Town based venture capital firm Knife Capital has launched the fourth edition of its Grindstone Accelerator programme in partnership with Johannesburg-based management consultancy Thinkroom.
Applications for the year-long programme – w... |
| Jul 19, 2018 | Knife Capital launches fourth edition of Grindstone Accelerator programme | Cape Town based venture capital firm Knife Capital has launched the fourth edition of its Grindstone Accelerator programme in partnership with Johannesburg-based management consultancy Thinkroom.
Applications for the year-long programme – ... |
| May 23, 2017 | Innovation awards finalists announced | FNB Business in association with Endeavor South Africa has announced 12 startups shortlisted for the FNB Business Innovation Awards.
The awards are aimed at businesses that are able to demonstrate real innovation that has the potential to c... |
| May 23, 2017 | Innovation awards finalists announced | FNB Business in association with Endeavor South Africa has announced 12 startups shortlisted for the FNB Business Innovation Awards.
The awards are aimed at businesses that are able to demonstrate real innovation that has the potential to ... |
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| Mar 24, 2017 | 12 edtech startups teaching South Africans [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| Mar 24, 2017 | 12 edtech startups teaching South Africans [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| Nov 11, 2016 | From AR to VoD, mobile entertainment is flourishing across Africa | Share this:
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| Oct 27, 2016 | Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards Finalists 2016 are revealed | Share this:
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| May 27, 2016 | 18 SA gaming startups you should know about [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of 24 articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business... |
| May 27, 2016 | 18 SA gaming startups you should know about [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of 24 articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business... |
| Feb 19, 2015 | From Ottery to Vredenburg: these are the 12 Western Cape startups that just won R6.5-million | A dozen innovative startups have received R6.5-million from the Western Cape government to help build out their great ideas.
Announced back in August 2014, the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism partnered with the ... |
| Feb 19, 2015 | From Ottery to Vredenburg: these are the 12 Western Cape startups that just won R6.5-million | A dozen innovative startups have received R6.5-million from the Western Cape government to help build out their great ideas.
Announced back in August 2014, the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism partnered with the T... |
| Jan 27, 2015 | These are Grindstone’s 13 tech startups for 2015 | The second in-take of growth equity fund manager Knife Capital‘s tech startups is an interesting bunch. From popular names such as online payment service PayFast and ecommerce builder ShopStar to new and interesting ones such as CognaDev wh... |
| Jan 27, 2015 | These are Grindstone’s 13 tech startups for 2015 | The second in-take of growth equity fund manager Knife Capital‘s tech startups is an interesting bunch. From popular names such as online payment service PayFast and ecommerce builder ShopStar to new and interesting ones such as CognaDev wh... |
