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Grindstone Ventures South Africa

Key Information

Organisation

Grindstone

Status

Open

Type

Venture Capital

Amount

ZAR 5,000,000 – 25,000,000

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Description

Female-led VC fund investing in post-seed innovation-driven tech.

Eligibility Criteria

Scalable tech companies in South Africa at the Series A stage.

Focus Sectors

Sector Agnostic (Tech)

Equity Terms

Equity; includes participation in the Grindstone accelerator program.

Startups That Could Apply

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Trella Uber for trucks in MENA

Zeepay Ghana Mobile money remittances for Africa

Yoco South Africa Payments for SA small business

Expensya Tunisia Tunisian tech success story

InstaDeep Tunisia AI champion acquired by BioNTech

Stitch South Africa Payment infrastructure for Africa

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