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A monthly events series that highlights the success and failure of startups in Cape Town. No membership needed, and open to anyone from skilled entrepreneur, through to those that are in corporate and wanting to know more.

Upcoming Event

Thursday, October 12

We're Hosting Antoinette Prophy (88 Business Collective)

Fireside Chat

Antoinette Prophy is the founder & managing director of 88 Business Collective - an accelerator for emerging women entrepreneurs. Antoinette recently got all 88 Business Collective entrepreneurs who pitched on demo day funded which is a rare achievement. Join us at Workshop 17 and hear Antoinette share what funders look for and also what it takes to set up an effective accelerator.

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Past Events

We're Hosting The Father of Mobile Payments Hannes van Rensburg (Fundamo)

We're Hosting The Father of Mobile Payments Hannes van Rensburg (Fundamo)

 4 Year Birthday/Winter Party + Startup Legend Willem van Biljon (Takealot / Amazon AWS / Nimbula)

4 Year Birthday/Winter Party + Startup Legend Willem van Biljon (Takealot / Amazon AWS / Nimbula)

 Women in Tech with Lorraine Steyn (KRS Systems)

Women in Tech with Lorraine Steyn (KRS Systems)

 The Spur Story With Allen Ambor

The Spur Story With Allen Ambor

 #SGWomen - Jessica Bonin (Lady Bonin's Tea)

#SGWomen - Jessica Bonin (Lady Bonin's Tea)

 Innovative Funding Methods Leading To Multi-million Dollar Bids with Stephen Larkin (ANE)

Innovative Funding Methods Leading To Multi-million Dollar Bids with Stephen Larkin (ANE)

 Monique Woodard (Investor, 500 Startups)

Monique Woodard (Investor, 500 Startups)

 Katlego Maphai (Yoco)

Katlego Maphai (Yoco)

 David Campey & Roger Norton (Lean Iterator)

David Campey & Roger Norton (Lean Iterator)

 End of Year (Party)

End of Year (Party)

 Catherine Lückhoff (NicheStreem)

Catherine Lückhoff (NicheStreem)

 Dave Glass (Electrum)

Dave Glass (Electrum)

 Brett & Brad Magrath (Zoona)

Brett & Brad Magrath (Zoona)

 Evan Robinson & Marc Sevitz (TaxTim)

Evan Robinson & Marc Sevitz (TaxTim)

 Anke Kuipers (Bend-it & Catching Games)

Anke Kuipers (Bend-it & Catching Games)

 Franz Struwig (\Backtracker \Ikubu \Garmin)

Franz Struwig (\Backtracker \Ikubu \Garmin)

 Yair Shimansky (Shimansky Jewellers)

Yair Shimansky (Shimansky Jewellers)

 Moira Johnston & Nicky Rosin (EventRoom)

Moira Johnston & Nicky Rosin (EventRoom)

 Bob Skinstad (Seartec)

Bob Skinstad (Seartec)

 Ms. Matsi Modise (SiMODiSA)

Ms. Matsi Modise (SiMODiSA)

 Aisha Pandor & Carl Wazen (SweepSouth & Yoco)

Aisha Pandor & Carl Wazen (SweepSouth & Yoco)

 Kevin Vermaak (Cape Epic)

Kevin Vermaak (Cape Epic)

 Brett Commaille (AngelHub Ventures)

Brett Commaille (AngelHub Ventures)

 Jeanne Groenewald (Elgin Free Range Chickens)

Jeanne Groenewald (Elgin Free Range Chickens)

 James Fisher (Snakeboard & Nautic Africa)

James Fisher (Snakeboard & Nautic Africa)

 Andre de Wet (PriceCheck.co.za)

Andre de Wet (PriceCheck.co.za)

 Paul Simon (YDE, Uber Flavour, &Threads)

Paul Simon (YDE, Uber Flavour, &Threads)

 Adelaide Potgieter (Mad World / Bromwell Mall)

Adelaide Potgieter (Mad World / Bromwell Mall)

 Vinny Lingham (Clicks2Customers, Yola & Gyft)

Vinny Lingham (Clicks2Customers, Yola & Gyft)

 Michael Terespolsky (Col'Cacchio Pizzeria)

Michael Terespolsky (Col'Cacchio Pizzeria)

 Edge Bisset (Cyberlogic)

Edge Bisset (Cyberlogic)

 Sylvia Gruber (Rubybox)

Sylvia Gruber (Rubybox)

 Richard Griffin (Madame Zingara)

Richard Griffin (Madame Zingara)

 Jody Aufrichtig (Daddy’s World Group)

Jody Aufrichtig (Daddy’s World Group)

 Mike Moyer (Lake Shark Ventures LLC)

Mike Moyer (Lake Shark Ventures LLC)

 Rob Stokes (Quirk)

Rob Stokes (Quirk)

 Daniel Guasco & Wayne Gosling (Groupon S.A.)

Daniel Guasco & Wayne Gosling (Groupon S.A.)

 Simon Mantell (Mantelli's Biscuits)

Simon Mantell (Mantelli's Biscuits)

 Michelle Atagana (Memeburn)

Michelle Atagana (Memeburn)

 Andrea Boehmert (Knife Capital)

Andrea Boehmert (Knife Capital)

 Andrew Smith (Yuppiechef)

Andrew Smith (Yuppiechef)

 Chantelle Bowyer (Metis)

Chantelle Bowyer (Metis)

 Jonathan Smit (PayFast)

Jonathan Smit (PayFast)

 Ann Murray (PR Hacker)

Ann Murray (PR Hacker)

 Mark Forrester (WooThemes)

Mark Forrester (WooThemes)

 Elan Lohmann (SleekGeek)

Elan Lohmann (SleekGeek)

 Rob Heyns (League of Beers)

Rob Heyns (League of Beers)

 Nic Haralambous (Forefront Africa)

Nic Haralambous (Forefront Africa)

Team

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Sandras Phiri

Cape Town Director

Sandras is director for Startup Grind Johannesburg and Lusaka. He is the CEO and founder of Africa Trust Academy and Pranary and has worked with corporates and entrepreneurs in South Africa and Zambia. He has a BSc Computer Science and an MBA from University of Cape Town. He has experience in mobile payments, banking, insurance, IT and education. Sandras is passionate about connecting African entrepreneurs to the world and global entrepreneurs to Africa. Sandras lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Bruce Lunnis

Front-of-House Master

South African Entrepreneur. Lover of parrots, cars, food, wine, whisky, coffee, sunsets, music, movies & traveling.

From the Blog

Startup Grind Cape Town: South African Entrepreneurship Unplugged

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Guillaume De Smedt 2014-11-11T15:19:06+00:00
Starting your own business is exciting, challenging, freeing but mostly scary.
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How to fire your client (Startup Grind CPT hosted Chantelle Bowyer)

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Guillaume De Smedt 2014-04-07T10:24:34+00:00
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Startup Grind Cape Town Hosted Jonathan Smit (PayFast)

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Guillaume De Smedt 2014-02-28T22:59:53+00:00
Jonathan Smit, a techie from birth, took a leap of faith on starting Payfast back in 2007 when the idea of secure online payments was still a pipe dream. As such, he tackled Payfast with his famous “screw it, let’s do it!” attitude and did some grinding. With his belief that online payments could one day truly be safer than offline payments he set out to change the mind-set of the masses. Even though the e-commerce numbers in South Africa are small, he believes that one shouldn’t give up as they are growing by the day. @StartupGrindCPT with #JonoGrinds says online shopping in RSA is only 0.4%. This is growing day by day. Good to get in there now.
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