Getting the right type of funding for your business
By Press Release 4 March 2024Accessing the right funding and financing, at the right time, can mean the difference between starting up, staying open, or shutting down. FULL STORY >
Vodacom launches alternative funding solution for SMEs
By Ryan Noik 21 November 2019Vodacom has announced another alternative to SMEs that need funding but have too few options to start or grow their business. FULL STORY >
Reinventing SME funding
By Opinion 8 August 2019By Miguel Da Silva, MD of Funding at Retail Capital FULL STORY >
Sincere collaboration needed to drive future-proof funding models
By Press Release 11 September 2018Vodacom Group CEO, Shameel Joosub shared his thoughts ahead of the 3rd Ministerial Round Table: “Financing Digital Development” at the ITU Telecom World 2018 in Durban. FULL STORY >
Keychain Game Boy, the PocketSprite, coming to fruition via crowdfunding
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 9 February 2018Currently being crowdfunded, the PocketSprite is the mini Game Boy your inner geek has been waiting for. FULL STORY >
SME failure rate set to spike unless funding issue is addressed
By Opinion 29 November 2017According to Lulalend CEO Trevor Gosling, traditional lenders have lost their appetite for short-term unsecured business lending, leaving many SMEs with limited options for accessing much-needed – often life-saving – funding. FULL STORY >
Bose targets quiet sleepers with noise-masking sleepbuds
By Staff Writer 15 November 2017Bose looks set to release what they call “noise-masking sleepbuds” aimed at those for whom sleep is all too easily interrupted by external noises. Interestingly, it’s not done through the regular internal channels, but rather as a... FULL STORY >
Slack raises new round of funding with a $5.1 Billion valuation from SoftBank
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 18 September 2017The workplace collaboration platform shows no signs of slowing down as SoftBank closes an estimated $250 million round of funding, valuing Slack at $5 billion in the process. FULL STORY >
Kickstarter for Amabrush is as crazy as it looks
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 6 July 2017An automatic toothbrush that cleans your teeth in 10 seconds. Yeah, why not? FULL STORY >
Pong coffee table a step closer to reality after Kickstarter funding
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 10 April 2017An homage to the original Atari game, the Pong coffee table takes one further step to reality with a Kickstarter campaign to manufacture production-grade versions. FULL STORY >
Teraco raises R1.2 billion in debt funding for further investment into South African data centres
By Press Release 15 March 2017Teraco today announced that it has raised a medium term funding facility from Absa amounting to R1.2 billion. FULL STORY >
Apocalypse Now game turns to own website to raise $5.9 million
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 15 February 2017Opting to forego Kickstarter, developers Erebus LLC have created their own website in order to crowdfund their movie-to-game adaptation for Apocalypse Now, with a new $5.9 million goal. FULL STORY >
Show me the money: Five funding options Small & Medium Businesses can consider
By Press Release 4 October 2016Risk and reward are the fundamentals of every business. In the Small & Medium Business segment, this cannot be more true. For start-ups and existing small entities that need to grow, capital or cash flow funding is... FULL STORY >
The Samsung WELT smart belt has surfaced on Kickstarter
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 6 September 2016The WELT, or Wellness Belt is a piece of wearable technology that Samsung showed off at CES this year. Now, it's begun a Kickstarter project. FULL STORY >
South African identity solution - ThisIsMe - expanding internationally with $2.5m funding
By Press Release 12 May 2016ThisIsMe, a tech solutions company conceived by South African tech entrepreneurs, has set its sights on expanding into both the African and International markets this year, following success in the... FULL STORY >
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