Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Cape Town.
CEO / Founder @springleap;
CoFounder evly (acquired);
Designed 16 mobile phones (acquired);
M&G Top 200 South Africans;
Old Mutual top 36 Entrepreneurs
http://www.startuphat.com
CEO @ Nairobi Accelerator
Entrepreneur & Early Stage Investor
http://www.samgichuru.com
Experienced Attorney, Legal Consultant, and Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor. Business, Technology, and Common Sense Acumen. Columbia JD. UCL LLB.
Co-Founder & CTO of @todo-co-za. South African Tech Entrepreneur, Web App Developer with 8 yrs business experience. 1st startup out of high school
Founder of Buggl, GVI + a few others, travel entrepreneur, international travel expert. Strong International management experience of global teams
Delivered by a doctor in a tuxedo. Designer. Futurist. Creative Director (@healthq). Founder (@airborne). Co-founder (The @rubiks-room). Chicken wings.
http://justinrmelville.tumblr.com
Civil Engineer turned tech entrepreneur. Brazilian in Chief @jampp, startup mentor across EU, Brazil, US and SA. Biz Dev background (@microsoft, across EMEA).
Founder of JF2.co. JF2 is an early stage investor and incubator of Finance, Mobile, digital marketplaces and SaaS startups.
Founder of Flip Media (acquired by HSBC and then Publicis Groupe). My heart beats for serious entrepreneurship, my family, action sports and early retirement
http://blog.martindiessner.com
Founder @pashash • Equity Analyst (global tech) @sanlam, Chief Analyst @world-of-avatar • Studied at @university-of-cape-town • Goldman Sachs Top Student Leader
http://blog.pashash.com
Joe is currently working on his 10th startup. He has 3 exits so far. Techstars allumni. Based in London and Cape Town. Types Dvorak. Uses Mutt.
http://www.swimgeek.com/blog/
Founder of @mygeni.org, Founder @primall-media turnover of 100million sold to Primedia Ltd. Founder of @shambhala Holistic center.
http://mygeni.org/view/user.mygeni
CTO @hornet. Entrepreneur. Ruby-on-Rails. Mobile.
Founder @graphflow, @calibreapps • Worked at @maitland-group, @business-systems-group • BBusSci Information Systems (Hons) at @university-of-cape-town
Co-Founder of WooThemes. Designer.
http://www.markforrester.co.za
Founder @peach-payments
Founder of @perk | Founded and sold @ubuntudeal-co-za | Entrepreneur
http://www.jessello.com/thoughts
Founder @graphflow. Previously VP Data Science @mxit, Research Scientist @cognitive-match. Sales @goldman-sachs. MSc Machine Learning @university-college-london
http://mlnick.github.io
Founder Yoco, @yeigo-communications-telfree • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
MD of Meltwater Buzz Silicon Valley / food lover & music freak / entrepreneurship / dog owner / Tweets are on my own
Founder @pelfind • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Founder MySmartFarm, Farmer, 2nd startup @wedderwill-wine-estate (GM), 1st startup student consult @zeppelin-university(BBA), winner of German Business Cup 2002
Founder at Village Telco Limited
I have a wealth of experience in management consulting and the incubation and growth of new and exisiting businesses across a broad spectrum of industries.
http://www.business-plans.co.za/blog.html
Founder & CEO of BodyState.
Co-founder of 4 other startups. Former Director of Wonga Technology, part of @wonga
BSc. Elec Engineering @university of Cape Town
Founder Neutral Gravity
Founder of Rosendal Winery (RSA) | co-founder of Doorway AS (NO), eAccount (NO) and Protech Consulting (NO)
Architect & CEO of @mydorpie. Background in retail advertising. Run successful businesses in tech, hospitality & travel. Lived in London, San Francisco & Sydney.
Media + Tech.
http://blog.richoakley.com
New Developments at MicroZone
Accomplished Start-up Advisor
http://scale2africa.wordpress.com
Founder of Billion Dollar Boy. Associate Editor of Glitterazi, freelance writer & social media enthusiast. Previous experience as research analyst in shipping.
http://www.glitterazi.com/author/carolinvice
Founder @frayme • Worked at @credit-suisse • Studied at @university-of-cape-town, @rhodes-university
Co-Founder of @eyesonfreight . 6 yrs experience in logistics & international business development • Studied at @university-of-missouri Political Science and Business background
Founder @youme-co • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Manager in IT development, Certified Scrum Product Owner & Scrum Master, Google Glass Evangelist, worked at @deutsche-telekom, @axel-springer, ...
Director of Photography and Co-Founder at Fancam
Strong technology, sales and business background. Formerly: Head of Online Media at Atalink, Director Product Management at @gypsii.
Founder of @get-green-hosting, @virtual-architects and Cape Town Alive.
Establishing a host of friends and creating biz whereby we add value relating to our needs and evolving as a community.
Founder of @the-expedition-project. South African Tourism Award Winner 2010 for www.edgeofafrica.com.
Founder and Product Visionary at Noozik. Product and feature designer of the Noozik Platform.
Worked at @airborne
Doctor and serial entrepreneur, founded, amongst others, SIMpiil for real-time medication compliance monitoring (www.simpill.com)
Starting a new social media venture. Getting ready fo a revolution • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Captivating & Cosmopolitan.Refined Lifestyle Designer with an enthralling desire to explore.
Owner at New Horizons Computer Learning Center Cape Town
In 2005 decided to Live The J-Bay life and founded LTL with a passion for travel, real estate, media and e-commerce ... One Life, Live It.
Worked at @radisson
http://happycakesinyourface.wordpress.com/
Designer of the Capital Protection Plan (CPP), the only system proven to eliminate the cost of failure for entrepreneurs and investors.
http://shaunlindbergh.wordpress.com
Founder and Operational Director @lx21-sa
previously Corporate Key Account Manager and IT Department Manager at TDF (France, Europe)
Reims Management School MBA
Founder @helloprettysa, S.Africa's largest design marketplace. Can communicate w/ people & programmers. Director of Dev @NowPublic. Drupal, security & code
http://scotthadfield.ca
Founder at Yeah • Worked at Web Africa, iProspect South Africa
growth services @katalyst | pre-incubation @o.works | Social entrepreneur@siriti.