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Akili Labs

Akili Labs selected for international program

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…

SavantSeptember 12, 2019

Jonga

Jonga at SqwidNet’s IoT Pitch Day

SqwidNet, the licensed Sigfox IoT network operator in South Africa, hosted its second IoT Entrepreneurship Program (IoT)E pitch day on Friday 19 July 2019. The…

SavantAugust 26, 2019

SmartBlade

SmartBlade’s Dr Caroline Corbett at AWIEF awards

Smartblade’s Dr Caroline Corbett is a finalist in the Tech Entrepreneur category for the 2019 the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) awards. Find…

SavantAugust 23, 2019

Jonga

Savant invests in Jonga

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…

SavantAugust 15, 2019

SmartBlade

SA’s woman-founded, VC-backed tech start-up

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…

SavantAugust 15, 2019

Savant

Savant on 702’s The Money Show

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…

SavantAugust 15, 2019

Quickloc8

Quickloc8 reaches 1000 taxis

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…

SavantAugust 13, 2019

Savant Venture Fund Smartblade 9 million rand investment

Savant SmartBlade

Savant invests in SmartBlade

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…

SavantJune 6, 2019

Jonga Quickloc8

Impact where it matters most

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…

SavantApril 1, 2019

Akili Labs selected for international program

Jonga at SqwidNet’s IoT Pitch Day

SmartBlade’s Dr Caroline Corbett at AWIEF awards

Savant invests in Jonga

SA’s woman-founded, VC-backed tech start-up

Savant on 702’s The Money Show

Quickloc8 reaches 1000 taxis

Savant invests in SmartBlade

Impact where it matters most

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