Fundraising in Africa – Page 2

November 3, 2014

What it REALLY takes for an African startup to make it to Silicon Valley…

“Sorry, I just don’t believe the story” the United States Immigration Officer mumbled as he stamped ‘REJECTED’ on Rodgers’ and…

June 28, 2014

Pivot East happened this week, and while I was very impressed with the delivery of the pitches, I found the…

June 16, 2014

This is a very sensitive post as I know it most certainly won’t resonate with everyone in Kenya tech ecosystem.…

June 3, 2014

We have just completed our first South African investments into 2 startups out of Cape Town. South Africa is now…

May 28, 2014

FUNDRAISING! Everyone’s favourite topic of conversation when it comes to startups. How much money did they raise? What’s their valuation?…

May 15, 2014

To be totally honest, I never planned on or even wanted to be part of an accelerator when I started UniSmart.…

March 10, 2014

Many startups approach us for funding outside the accelerator , we have only funded 3 outside of the accelerator as…

February 19, 2014

We are currently in the thick of reviewing accelerator applications. Its a tough process filtering through almost 100 businesses and…