1) Grindstone
Grindstone knows what it takes to grow a business and is there to help you every step of the way.
Details of the startup:
- City: Cape Town
- Started in: 2013
- Industries: Information Technology
- Number of investments: 18
You can find their website here.
2) Founders Factory Africa
Founders Factory Africa is a hands-on early-stage tech investor that helps pan-African early-stage founders create solutions to problems in their own countries.
Details of the startup:
- City: Johannesburg
- Started in: 2018
- Industries: Healthcare, Climate, FinTech, Blockchain, Big Data, AI
- Number of investments: 17
You can find their website here.
3) Injini
The goal of Injini is to make education in Sub-Saharan Africa better in terms of quality, access, and usefulness by helping EdTech entrepreneurs.
Details of the startup:
- City: Cape Town
- Industries: EdTech
- Number of investments: 17
- Number of exits: 1
You can find their website here.
4) Startupbootcamp Cape Town
Startupbootcamp is a network of industry-specific accelerators around the world. They help startups go global by giving them direct access to an international network of the best partners, investors, and mentors in their field.
Details of the startup:
- City: Cape Town
- Founders: Zachariah George
- Industries: Blockchain, Analytics, Ecommerce, Insurance
- Number of investments: 13
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
5) Seed Engine
Seed Engine is motivated to establish a new narrative for entrepreneurship in South Africa where women and young people are the founders and executives of high-growth companies that have a positive economic impact and boost up local communities.
Details of the startup:
- City: Johannesburg
- Started in: 2012
- Founders: Marc Elias
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 06
You can find their website here.
6) E Squared Investments
Through different funding programs, E Squared gives capital and other kinds of help to Allan Gray fellows and other social entrepreneurs.
Details of the startup:
- City: Gauteng
- Industries: Network Management Software, Productivity Software, EdTech, Healthcare
- Number of investments: 04
You can find their website here.
7) Akro
Akro is a company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses.
Details of the startup:
- City: Cape Town
- Started in: 2016
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 02
You can find their website here.
8) Savant Technology Incubator
Savant Technology Incubator offer hands-on support to early stage entrepreneurs. They help you to build business, prove concepts, raise funds and take your technology to the next level.
Details of the startup:
- City: Cape Town
- Industries: Hardware, DeepTech
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
9) TuksNovation
TuksNovation is a high-tech business incubator at the University of Pretoria that helps new businesses develop their products and businesses.
Details of the startup:
- City: Gauteng
- Started in: 2018
- Industries: Health, Biotech
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
10) Aurik Business Accelerator
Aurik helps business owners who already have a business make more money, time, and revenue.
Details of the startup:
- City: Johannesburg
- Started in: 2002
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 96
You can find their website here.
11) Riversands Incubation Hub
Riversands I-Hub is a physical and virtual ecosystem for small businesses with a lot of potential.
Details of the startup:
- City: Johannesburg
- Started in: 2014
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
You can find their website here.