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Savant

Ventureburn Fundraising Q&A

Cape Town tech incubator Savant is busy raising funding for 4 of the 16 technology-related companies in its portfolio — while pursuing second-round funding for another 9, the incubator’s CEO Nick Allen…

bradJune 6, 2018

Savant Top 5 Biotech Firms tow watch in 2018

Akili Labs Beonics Incitech Intelligent Safe Technologies

2018: 5 biotech companies to watch

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…

SavantMay 23, 2018

Incitech

Loretta Magagula: The greater good

Time is a luxury for most but more so for those committed to finding a cure for diseases like TB and HIV. Loretta Magagula, one…

SavantApril 17, 2018

Signal Biotechnologies

Signal completes first trial

The team at Savant applauds incubatee, Signal Bioscience, for successfully completing its seed fund project. It has established a solid proof of concept for its…

SavantApril 17, 2018

Savant Akili Charles Faul Lucas Lotter Gauteng Accelerator Programme

Akili Labs

Akili is building a biotech empire

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,…

SavantApril 17, 2018

Smartblade

Smartblade’s prestigious award

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.…

SavantApril 9, 2018

Incitech

Incitech brings better HIV self-testing

Meet Dineo Lioma, Incitech co-founder and a recent Queens' graduate who wants to make HIV testing more accessible in South Africa. Dineo Lioma matriculated in…

SavantMarch 29, 2018

Savant Akili Field Lab Charles Faul Lucas Lotter

Akili Labs

Akili wins DST innovation award

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…

SavantMarch 23, 2018

Akili Labs

10x cheaper medical field testing

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,…

SavantMarch 22, 2018

Ventureburn Fundraising Q&A

2018: 5 biotech companies to watch

Loretta Magagula: The greater good

Signal completes first trial

Akili is building a biotech empire

Smartblade’s prestigious award

Incitech brings better HIV self-testing

Akili wins DST innovation award

10x cheaper medical field testing

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