South Africa

Pretoria

About

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

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, November 14

Meet the Investor - Zachariah George (Startup Bootcamp / Cactus Advisors)

Fireside Chat

Come and learn about the tech scene and investment world from a seasoned Angel Investor. Zach George is an advisor to numerous African start-ups and SMEs and is a co-Managing Director for Startupbootcamp Africa – one of the world’s leading accelerator programs.

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Tuesday, December 5

Agile Innovation Projects & Mobile with Derrick Kotze (mLab)

Fireside Chat

Come and learn about all things Mobile when we chat to Derrick Kotze - the CEO and Executive Director of the Mobile Applications Laboratory (mLab) Southern Africa. He has facilitated the development of the regional mobile solutions economy, and consulted on numerous mobile innovations and programmes for public and private sector organisations, science councils, and SMMEs.

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Past Events

Art of Mega-Property Developments with Louis van der Watt (Atterbury)

Art of Mega-Property Developments with Louis van der Watt (Atterbury)

 SA's Most Decorated Paralympian Swimmer Talks Business

SA's Most Decorated Paralympian Swimmer Talks Business

 Crowdfunding Platform Helping Students & Female Founders with Jayshree Naidoo

Crowdfunding Platform Helping Students & Female Founders with Jayshree Naidoo

 Independence Day Party With Evan Walther (FitKey)

Independence Day Party With Evan Walther (FitKey)

 The Science of Franchising with Lambros Argirys (News Cafe, Postnet, Krispy Kreme)

The Science of Franchising with Lambros Argirys (News Cafe, Postnet, Krispy Kreme)

 Female Founders Month with Hlulani Baloyi (Girl RIsing)

Female Founders Month with Hlulani Baloyi (Girl RIsing)

 From Humble Beginnings to Multi-billion Rand Bids with Shakes Motsilili (Africa New Energies)

From Humble Beginnings to Multi-billion Rand Bids with Shakes Motsilili (Africa New Energies)

 Andy Higgins (Bidorbuy)

Andy Higgins (Bidorbuy)

 Simon Hartley (WumDrop)

Simon Hartley (WumDrop)

Team

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Monde Zuma

Chapter DIrector

MZ is a social entrepreneur and self-appointed business sector ambassador for the township economy predominately of Mamelodi. Founder of Mamelodibiz an Township Entrepreneurship Platform. Finds pleasure in learning new things and strive to learn at least one thing daily. For the past two years MZ has been focused on helping township businesses and entrepreneurs in Mamelodi, giving them online presence, helping to have business compliance and ultimately access to market. MZ's christian life (values and belief) fully applies in all his business dealings and business principles.

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Guillaume De Smedt

Global Community 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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Louise De Smedt

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.