Founders Factory Africa has accepted Akili Labs as one of five more African tech start-ups into its Venture Scale programme, which provides GBP30,000 (US$40,000) in investment as well as tailored...
Akili Labs participated in a program, coordinated between Merck Accelerator, Make-IT in Africa and Hybr, which recently held its bootcamp in Nairobi. The program successfully closed with the selection of...
Savant understands that early stage companies need funds to develop technology, operate and grow. Savant sources the right type of funding from the most suitable investors, including government-based investors such...
Akili’s achievements were lauded in the DestinyMan’s November/December 2018 issue. This Pretoria-based award-winning biotech start-up developed a low cost rapid medical diagnostic solution used for diagnosing viral, bacterial and fungal...
Read more about 5 incredible startups, hand-picked by Ventureburn, as biotechnology companies to watch in 2018. Starting a biotech business, like any other startup, is not an easy undertaking. If...
Students make money in many ways, but a student-run business venture as successful as this is unheard of. Masters students in Rhodes University’s Biotechnology department, Charles Faul and Lucas Lӧtter,...
Two Rhodes University Masters students won the prize for the best prototype at the Innovation Bridge awards held in Midrand, 2017. The event sponsored by the Department of Science and...
South African biotech startup Akili Labs has developed FieldLab, an accurate, affordable and portable 3D printed diagnostics lab that can cost as little as $1,500, or one-tenth of similar equipment....
Award-winning SA biotech startup Akili Labs has been selected to exhibit their mobile laboratory at the Collision Conference, one of the fastest growing tech conferences in the US. The conference...
Savant submitted four ventures to the Craft and Design Institute’s (CDI) second Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) round and enjoyed a 100% success rate. The Savant ventures are four amongst seven beneficiaries funded by the CDI,...