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Drifter Brewing Co. Reaches R3M Crowdfunding Goal

South African craft beer manufacturer, Drifter Brewing Company, announced on Wednesday it has made history as the first company to raise R3 million on the crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa. The company said the R3

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Articles Funding

Job Seeking Startup Giraffe Secures Funding from Edge Growth’s Vumela Fund, Omidyar Network, others

Giraffe, an automated high-volume recruitment startup, yesterday announced that it has closed a second round of equity funding, led by Edge Growth’s Vumela Fund with participation from Omidyar Network, the

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Articles Funding

E-health App Vula Mobile Raises R1m Seed Funding

E-health tech company, Vula Mobile, has raised seed funding of R1 million, WeeTracker reports. Vula Mobile was founded by Dr. William Mapham, the app connects healthcare workers in remote areas and

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Articles Funding

SA Fintech JUMO Secures USD 3 Mln Investment

JUMO, an emerging market technology startup that offers unbanked or under-banked people access to financial services via their mobile phones has received a US$ 3 million investment from Proparco, a

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Articles Funding

SA Startup Cape Networks Acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise

South African-based technology startup, Cape Networks, has been acquired by US enterprise IT giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for an undisclosed amount. Cape Networks’ Internet of Things (IoT) sensors monitor

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Entrepreneurs Funding

This Craft Beer Startup Just Raised over a Million within 24 Hours through Crowdfunding

Within just a few hours of taking their equity crowdfunding round live on Uprise.Africa, Drifter Brewing Company have already raised more than a million rand in growth capital. This is