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About

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

Tuesday, June 20

The Spur Story With Allen Ambor

Fireside Chat

We are super excited to chat to the founder of Spur, Allen Ambor and learn how he started this company in 1967 in Newlands, Cape Town. We'll be chatting Franchising, Family & Funky Pincha Poses.

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Past Events

#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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Guillaume De Smedt

Cape Town Director

Guillaume De Smedt, "G", as he is otherwise known, is the Global Community Director for Startup Grind. He completed his bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering and is part of the Silicon Cape Board.

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Marwaan Sasman

Digital Marketing Specialist

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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.

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Louise De Smedt

Cape Town Co-Director

Louise is G's right-hand lady and has been helping make Startup Grind Cape Town a success since August 2013. She loves entrepreneurship and thinks that running her startup is way more fun than the corporate rat-race.

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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