About Savant
Savant is a commercially-focused hardware technology incubator that provides bespoke business development support. Savant partners with highly skilled science and technology inventors for their start-up growth journey.
Savant brings unrivalled technology commercialisation know-how and experience to the South African start-up landscape. Savant offers bespoke commercialisation support to hardware technology inventors through long term, risk-based partnerships. Inventors stand to gain a streamlined journey from minimum viable product development to early market traction, both locally and internationally. Investors stand to gain early access to a pipeline of professionally de-risked technology companies to invest in.
Savant Timeline
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Savant was established as Savant Analytic Consulting
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Savant changed its name to Savant Capital
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Savant established Technology Incubator
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Savant was approached by the Seda Technology Programme to become an STP network incubator
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Savant established the Savant Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) programme
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Savant piloted the Savant EIR programme
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Savant became a TIA Seed Fund implementation Partner
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Savant established Savant Fund Manager
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The Savant Venture Fund was launched in 2019 with the SA SME Fund as the anchor limited partner (LP)
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The Savant Venture Fund made its first investment
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TIA entered the partnership as an LP
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The IDC entered the partnership as an LP
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Savant Venture Fund 1 closed
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Savant partnership with Sibanye-Stillwater
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Savant launched the first BUILD programme
Incubator
We offer hands-on support to early stage entrepreneurs. We help you to build business, prove concepts, raise funds and take your technology to the next level.
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Pre-Seed Fund
Our pre-seed funding targets pre-revenue South African hardware technology companies that are underpinned by locally developed science and engineering innovations.
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Seed+ Fund
Our Venture Fund invests at seed+ stages. We look at promising science and engineering-backed ventures with product-market fit. Our funding facilitates market entry and early scale.
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