Funding
Unicef offers $100k Fund for Drone Startups
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Unicef Innovation Fund is looking to make up to $100K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity
Your SME Financing Options Explained
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most businesses need short-term working capital at some point in their operations. For businesses that do not have enough cash reserves to fund the operating cycle, external financing may be
VC4A announces Series A Venture Showcase as part of its 2018 Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
Reading Time: 2 minutes VC4A is calling for disruptive African scale-ups looking to raise between $250K and $5M. An exclusive Series A Venture Showcase will take place in Cape Town on November 12, 2018,
Fintech Entrepreneur Looks to Scale-up Funding to SMEs with new Standard Bank Partnership
Reading Time: 3 minutes Following in the trend of big banks partnering with fintech firms in an effort to offer more innovative solutions to customers, Merchant Capital, a SME lender, has announced a partnership
New Application Round Opens for R12.8 million Growth Fund
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new application round has opened for the R12.8million Growth Fund to boost SME growth and job creation. The Growth Fund is a grant fund specifically for growing South African
Lumkani Secures Funding From 4Di, Accion, others
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cape Town-based startup Lumkani announced that it has raised seed funding from 4Di, Accion Venture Labs, and Lireas Holdings. Lumkani developed a low-cost system that detect early signs of shack fires and helps