South African security start-up Jonga Systems has secured a seed funding round from the Savant Venture Fund to implement its go-to-market strategy. Founded in 2016 by Ntsako Mgiba and Ntando...
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There may be no clear data on the number of venture capital (VC) and angel investment that has gone to SA tech start-ups with women founders, but Ventureburn has identified...
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Savant Venture Fund CEO Nick Allen gets interviewed by Bruce Whitfield on 702’s The Money Show. The show and podcast brings listeners the best of the day’s business news and...
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More than a thousand minibus taxis in South Africa now have Quickloc8’s monitoring technology on board. Quickloc8's taxi tracking and remote engine management app allows taxi owners to monitor how...
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SA hardware technology incubator Savant has invested R9.5 million in Cape Town based medtech start-up SmartBlade. Savant Venture Fund manager Nick Allen — who was earlier this year succeeded as...
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Ventureburn recently published an interesting opinion piece on South Africa start-ups that are tackling the informal sector. Savant’s Quickloc8 and Jonga were featured among others. A valid criticism of the...
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Incitech's team recently featured at number 16 in Entrepreneur Magazine's watch list: 50 Top SA black entrepreneurs to watch. According to Entrepreneur Magazine, South Africa needs more entrepreneurs to build...
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Cape Town-based hardware incubator Savant is looking to scale up its impact after raising ZAR110 million (US$7.8 million) from the SA SME Fund, which it will use to itself launch...
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The R1.4-billion SA SME Fund has committed R110-million to Cape Town based hardware tech incubator Savant, with 50% of this amount earmarked for black African owned firms, the fund’s CEO...
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Proudly South African tech startup Jonga aims to bring peace and dignity to townships by providing a security solution that was born there. Jonga’s origin story Ntsako Mgiba, CEO of...
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