Cape Town Startups List
Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Cape Town.
Mark Forrester
Investor
Co-Founder of WooThemes. Designer.
http://www.markforrester.co.za
Faheem Kajee
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
Robert Elliott
Founder @graphflow, @calibreapps • Worked at @maitland-group, @business-systems-group • BBusSci Information Systems (Hons) at @university-of-cape-town
Justin R. Melville
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
Nick Pentreath
Founder @graphflow. Previously VP Data Science @mxit, Research Scientist @cognitive-match. Sales @goldman-sachs. MSc Machine Learning @university-college-london
http://mlnick.github.io
Martin Diessner
Investor
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
Anthony Cohen
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
Richard Walton
Investor
Founder of Buggl, GVI + a few others, travel entrepreneur, international travel expert. Strong International management experience of global teams
Eran Eyal
Investor
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
Armand Du Plessis
CTO @hornet. Entrepreneur. Ruby-on-Rails. Mobile.
Darin Morris
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
Sam Gichuru
Investor
CEO @ Nairobi Accelerator
Entrepreneur & Early Stage Investor
http://www.samgichuru.com
Joana Picq
Investor
Civil Engineer turned tech entrepreneur. Brazilian in Chief @jampp, startup mentor across EU, Brazil, US and SA. Biz Dev background (@microsoft, across EMEA).
Joe Botha
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/
John Fearon
Investor
Founder of JF2.co. JF2 is an early stage investor and incubator of Finance, Mobile, digital marketplaces and SaaS startups.
Jesse Green
Founder of @perk | Founded and sold @ubuntudeal-co-za | Entrepreneur
http://www.jessello.com/thoughts
Liad Levinson
Experienced Attorney, Legal Consultant, and Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor. Business, Technology, and Common Sense Acumen. Columbia JD. UCL LLB.
Rahul Jain
Founder @peach-payments
Lungisa Matshoba
Founder Yoco, @yeigo-communications-telfree • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Wolfgang von Loeper
Founder MySmartFarm, Farmer, 2nd startup @wedderwill-wine-estate (GM), 1st startup student consult @zeppelin-university(BBA), winner of German Business Cup 2002
Richard Oakley
Media + Tech.
http://blog.richoakley.com
Tobias Harttung
MD of Meltwater Buzz Silicon Valley / food lover & music freak / entrepreneurship / dog owner / Tweets are on my own
Chris Nyenhuis
Co-Founder of @eyesonfreight . 6 yrs experience in logistics & international business development • Studied at @university-of-missouri Political Science and Business background
Sascha Boerger
Manager in IT development, Certified Scrum Product Owner & Scrum Master, Google Glass Evangelist, worked at @deutsche-telekom, @axel-springer, ...
Geir Tellefsen
Investor
Founder of Rosendal Winery (RSA) | co-founder of Doorway AS (NO), eAccount (NO) and Protech Consulting (NO)
Bernard O'Flynn
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
Mark Nlaani - MCP, MCTS, MCPD, MBCS
Accomplished Start-up Advisor
http://scale2africa.wordpress.com
James Taylor
Director of Photography and Co-Founder at Fancam
De Bruyn Joubert
New Developments at MicroZone
Caroline Knight
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
Zane O'Donnell
Founder @youme-co • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Trevor Ray
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
Steve Song
Founder at Village Telco Limited
Thato Mashigo
Founder @frayme • Worked at @credit-suisse • Studied at @university-of-cape-town, @rhodes-university
Jacques Struwig
Investor
Founder Neutral Gravity
Richard Weeden
Architect & CEO of @mydorpie. Background in retail advertising. Run successful businesses in tech, hospitality & travel. Lived in London, San Francisco & Sydney.
Thabo Jakavula
Founder @pelfind • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Cindy Marunda
Captivating & Cosmopolitan.Refined Lifestyle Designer with an enthralling desire to explore.
Jeri
Establishing a host of friends and creating biz whereby we add value relating to our needs and evolving as a community.
Chris Edington
Founder of @get-green-hosting, @virtual-architects and Cape Town Alive.
carlos sanches ruivo
Founder and Operational Director @lx21-sa
previously Corporate Key Account Manager and IT Department Manager at TDF (France, Europe)
Reims Management School MBA
Ria Verhoef
Owner at New Horizons Computer Learning Center Cape Town
Shaun Lindbergh
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
Roger Wynne-Dyke
Founder of @the-expedition-project. South African Tourism Award Winner 2010 for www.edgeofafrica.com.
Gus Van Der Spek
Worked at @airborne
Courtney Scully
Starting a new social media venture. Getting ready fo a revolution • Studied at @university-of-cape-town
Hamza Gangat
Founder and Product Visionary at Noozik. Product and feature designer of the Noozik Platform.
Yves Van den Meerssche
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.
David Sevenoaks
Strong technology, sales and business background. Formerly: Head of Online Media at Atalink, Director Product Management at @gypsii.
Leandra Aytch
Worked at @radisson
http://happycakesinyourface.wordpress.com/
Aleks Blumentals
growth services @katalyst | pre-incubation @o.works | Social entrepreneur@siriti.
David Green
Doctor and serial entrepreneur, founded, amongst others, SIMpiil for real-time medication compliance monitoring (www.simpill.com)
Ryan Peel
Founder at Yeah • Worked at Web Africa, iProspect South Africa
Scott Hadfield
Founder @helloprettysa, S.Africa's largest design marketplace. Can communicate w/ people & programmers. Director of Dev @NowPublic. Drupal, security & code
http://scotthadfield.ca
Schalk Burger