Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Cape Town.
Experienced Attorney, Legal Consultant, and Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor. Business, Technology, and Common Sense Acumen. Columbia JD. UCL LLB.
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
CEO @ Nairobi Accelerator
Entrepreneur & Early Stage Investor
http://www.samgichuru.com
Founder @peach-payments
Co-Founder of WooThemes. Designer.
http://www.markforrester.co.za
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
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 @perk | Founded and sold @ubuntudeal-co-za | Entrepreneur
http://www.jessello.com/thoughts
Founder of JF2.co. JF2 is an early stage investor and incubator of Finance, Mobile, digital marketplaces and SaaS startups.
Founder of Buggl, GVI + a few others, travel entrepreneur, international travel expert. Strong International management experience of global teams
Founder @graphflow. Previously VP Data Science @mxit, Research Scientist @cognitive-match. Sales @goldman-sachs. MSc Machine Learning @university-college-london
http://mlnick.github.io
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 @graphflow, @calibreapps • Worked at @maitland-group, @business-systems-group • BBusSci Information Systems (Hons) at @university-of-cape-town
Founder Yoco, @yeigo-communications-telfree • Studied at @university-of-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
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
Civil Engineer turned tech entrepreneur. Brazilian in Chief @jampp, startup mentor across EU, Brazil, US and SA. Biz Dev background (@microsoft, across EMEA).
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
CTO @hornet. Entrepreneur. Ruby-on-Rails. Mobile.
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 MySmartFarm, Farmer, 2nd startup @wedderwill-wine-estate (GM), 1st startup student consult @zeppelin-university(BBA), winner of German Business Cup 2002
Founder Neutral Gravity
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
Architect & CEO of @mydorpie. Background in retail advertising. Run successful businesses in tech, hospitality & travel. Lived in London, San Francisco & Sydney.
Founder @youme-co • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Founder @pelfind • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Media + Tech.
http://blog.richoakley.com
New Developments at MicroZone
Founder @frayme • Worked at @credit-suisse • Studied at @university-of-cape-town, @rhodes-university
Director of Photography and Co-Founder at Fancam
Accomplished Start-up Advisor
http://scale2africa.wordpress.com
Founder of Rosendal Winery (RSA) | co-founder of Doorway AS (NO), eAccount (NO) and Protech Consulting (NO)
MD of Meltwater Buzz Silicon Valley / food lover & music freak / entrepreneurship / dog owner / Tweets are on my own
Manager in IT development, Certified Scrum Product Owner & Scrum Master, Google Glass Evangelist, worked at @deutsche-telekom, @axel-springer, ...
Founder at Village Telco Limited
Co-Founder of @eyesonfreight . 6 yrs experience in logistics & international business development • Studied at @university-of-missouri Political Science and Business background
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 and Product Visionary at Noozik. Product and feature designer of the Noozik Platform.
Founder and Operational Director @lx21-sa
previously Corporate Key Account Manager and IT Department Manager at TDF (France, Europe)
Reims Management School MBA
Doctor and serial entrepreneur, founded, amongst others, SIMpiil for real-time medication compliance monitoring (www.simpill.com)
growth services @katalyst | pre-incubation @o.works | Social entrepreneur@siriti.
Strong technology, sales and business background. Formerly: Head of Online Media at Atalink, Director Product Management at @gypsii.
Owner at New Horizons Computer Learning Center Cape Town
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 @helloprettysa, S.Africa's largest design marketplace. Can communicate w/ people & programmers. Director of Dev @NowPublic. Drupal, security & code
http://scotthadfield.ca
Founder of @the-expedition-project. South African Tourism Award Winner 2010 for www.edgeofafrica.com.
Starting a new social media venture. Getting ready fo a revolution • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Worked at @radisson
http://happycakesinyourface.wordpress.com/
Captivating & Cosmopolitan.Refined Lifestyle Designer with an enthralling desire to explore.
Establishing a host of friends and creating biz whereby we add value relating to our needs and evolving as a community.
Founder of @get-green-hosting, @virtual-architects and Cape Town Alive.
Worked at @airborne
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.
Founder at Yeah • Worked at Web Africa, iProspect South Africa