Stellenbosch: Good soil, great people, gigantic ideas
Ideas, to paraphrase Robin Williams, can change the world. This is right on the money… but it’s also reductive. The real problem is not the having of ideas, but making sure that the really good ones go...
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31 May | LaunchLab Talk | Picsa –“Thinking through funding”
Date: 31 May 2018 | Time: 4.30pm – 5.30pm | Venue: Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab. The journey of financial startup, Picsa, was one that was punctuated with successes, failures and, most...
View ArticleLaunchLab Company, Sxuirrel – SA’s First Peer-to-Peer Storage App Now...
LaunchLab’s mission is to facilitate valuable connections between startups and corporates, as well as other relevant business partners to help those startups be successful. One of these success has...
View ArticleVizibiliti Insight wins 1st place at Viva Tech Fintech Conference
Viva Tech is one of the largest technology conferences in the world attracting over 66000 people, over 200 speakers including the CEO of Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, and Uber, and some of the most...
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28 June | LaunchLab Talk | Silicon Cape –“Facilitating Valuable Connections...
Date: 28 June 2018 | Time: 4.30pm – 5.30pm | Venue: Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab. Boitumelo “Tumi” Menyatswe is the Founder of MINDERZ and Ecosystem Manager for Silicon Cape. Silicon...
View ArticleSolar Turtle Wins Nation Builder Social Innovation Challenge
SOLAR TURTLE, pitched by Lungi Tyali, was announced as the winner of the inaugural Nation Builder Social Innovation Challenge last night. They came out on top, chosen from ten outstanding ideas...
View Article25 July | LaunchLab Talk | Wunderman –“The Navigation Toward Acquisition”
We invite you to attend the next great LaunchLab Talk with guest speaker Neil Mouton from Wunderman who will be engaging us on his startup journey toward acquisition. Niel Mouton is the Chief...
View ArticleStellenbosch University IdeaSmash Pitching Event
The LaunchLab invites you to the Stellenbosch University [SU] IdeaSmash pitching event, sponsored by the Stellenbosch University Office of Research and Innovation. Ten of SU’s best early stage...
View ArticleStellenbosch University Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
Innovus, in collaboration with the LaunchLab, is hosting an Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for students of Stellenbosch University. The boot camp will focus on the business model canvas and the growth...
View ArticleMYLIFELINE PANIC DEVICE SET TO MAKE SA SAFER
Cape Town, 24 July 2018 – Santam, South Africa’s largest general insurer, has announced the founders of an innovative panic device as winners of the 2018 Safety Ideas Campaign. The MyLifeLine panic...
View ArticleA startup solution to the corporate innovation conundrum
We all wish our large institutions would do more, faster. We want them to be innovative, but we rarely consider how gargantuan a challenge this is: to disrupt and innovate often risks their stability....
View ArticleStick to your purpose, double your profits
There are many aspects in South Africa that keep the gap between our haves and our have-nots pretty wide, the most notable of which is education. A young tech business, StellieTech, are finding out...
View ArticleThe Nuts and Volts of A Solar-Powered Female Entrepreneur
In 2015, SolarTurtle CEO Lungelwa Tyali was trying to make sure that her rural community had the resources it needed to thrive. 3 short years later and she has taken the reins, and is taking one of...
View ArticleStellenbosch University LaunchLab partners with RS Components to introduce...
The LaunchLab was born out of an initiative of Innovus, the industry interaction and innovation company of Stellenbosch University. In 2015 the LaunchLab opened its new 1200m2 facility on campus thanks...
View ArticleCustos on their startup journey and catching pirates
Custos recently celebrated catching their first pirates using their patented blockchain technology. Since moving into the LaunchLab in 2016 they have expanded into the film and ebook industry in...
View Article30 August | LL Talk | Future Females –‘Failures and Successes from Year 1 of...
It’s Women’s Month and we are very excited about the next LaunchLab Talk with guest speakers Lauren Dallas and Cerina Bezuidenhout from Future Females. Lauren and Cerina are the Co-Founders of Future...
View ArticleNedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab Launches 2nd Season Ideas Programme...
Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab together with partners, Nedbank, Santam Insurance, Mercedes-Benz SA and WineTech has officially launched the second season of its 2018 Ideas Programme which is...
View ArticleWinetech and LaunchLab presents the SA Wine Industry Innovation Challenge
COME SHARE YOUR IDEAS/TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL ENSURE A SUSTAINABLE WINE INDUSTRY INTO 2025 Winetech, together with the LaunchLab and the Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, are inviting...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz South Africa partners with the LaunchLab to launch...
East London – Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has partnered with the LaunchLab to offer a unique opportunity to students and professionals in South Africa. The Mercedes-Benz South Africa Ideas...
View ArticleLaunchLab Talk – Prof Eugene Cloete on ‘The Intelligence Trap’
Date: Thursday, 20 September 2018 | Time: 4.30pm – 5.30pm | Venue: Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab. In the spirit of heritage month, the next LaunchLab Talk focuses on the foundational...
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