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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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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The SmartBlade video laryngoscope uses advanced smartphone technology and its patented sleek design to present a low-cost alternative to expensive video laryngoscopes. For more information on SmartBlade, please click here....
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Cape Town doctor and Smartblade company co-founder Caroline Corbett has won the prestigious WFSA-Fresenius Innovation Award 2017 for her team’s creation of the SmartBlade device. Dr Caroline Corbett developed the...
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Savant recently officially launched its hardware technology business incubator, in partnership with SEDA. Its offices in Zonnebloem in Cape Town were inaugurated by Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu.
It’s been at least six months since four Savant-partnered ventures out of seven Western Cape ventures received grants of up to half a million rand each from the second round...
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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,...
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