Santam Safety Ideas Season 3 finalists announced
Stellenbosch, 16 April 2019: Santam, South Africa’s largest general insurer, has announced the finalists of the Santam Safety Ideas Challenge Season 3. This challenge was derived from the notion that...
View ArticleStellenbosch University IdeaSmash Final Pitching Event
Tuesday, 14 May 2019 | 17:00 – 20:00 | Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab The LaunchLab invites you to the Stellenbosch University (SU) IdeaSmash pitching event in collaboration with the...
View ArticleStellenbosch Digital LaunchLab Talk: Keri-Leigh Paschal –‘How digital...
Join us for the next great Stellenbosch Digital LaunchLab Talk with Keri-Leigh Paschal, Executive Director and co-founder of Nation Builder, an initiative within the Mergon group. Keri will be speaking...
View ArticleLaunchLab, Bordeaux-Technowest and Inno’vin partner to build a bridge between...
The Stellenbosch University LaunchLab, Bordeaux Technowest and Inno’vin have signed a partnership to try to build a bridge between France and South African ecosystems and share networks. This...
View ArticleStellenbosch University IdeaSmash 2019 Winners Announced
Last week the inaugural Stellenbosch University (SU) IdeaSmash final pitching event took place. The SU IdeaSmash is an initiative in collaboration with the Office of Research and Innovation, and the...
View ArticleWhy are pitching events valuable for our startups?
When Jacobus Kriel pitched Drive-Buy at a LaunchLab pitch event hosted for ATTACQ back in 2016 everyone loved him from the start. Big wavy kuif, charismatic personality, lego men in his pitch deck and...
View ArticleLaunchLab Industry Engagement for Agritech and Fintech Startups
LaunchLab has an exciting industry engagement coming up in July for pilot-ready Agritech and Fintech startups that are post-revenue. LaunchLab stands for facilitating valuable connections between...
View ArticleAutonomous Airships: The Future of Deliveries
Jeff Bezos once announced that Amazon would use drones for product deliveries. Many thought he was joking. Recently, Rwanda has been trending for delivering medical supplies via a drone. The problem,...
View ArticleCase Study: Mercedes-Benz and Startup Autobahn Innovation Challenge 2017
Revolutionise automotive manufacturing and sales in South Africa with Mercedes-Benz South Africa, Launchlab and Startup Autobahn For automotive organisations constant improvements in managing...
View ArticleCase Study: ATTACQ Smart Cities Innovation Challenge 2017
Build The Smartest Urban Development In Africa With ATTACQ And LaunchLab. The world of retail is changing, and ATTACQ, one of Africa’s leading real estate developers, is looking to partner with...
View ArticleCase Study: Santam Safety Challenge 2016
With the huge advancements being made in technology, IoT, wearables, drones, and beyond, Santam is looking for innovative ways to keep South Africans safer. August 2016 to June 2017 What if you...
View ArticleStellenbosch University Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
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...
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FaceBoard: An Edtech Startup Gamifying Learning For All Levels of Literacy
It’s Women’s Month and LaunchLab is celebrating the inspirational female entrepreneurs in our community. One being Abigail Meaker, founder and Chief Brand Officer of FaceBoard, a learning platform...
View ArticleFuture Females Winelands: Inspiring Women in Leadership
Come learn about “Leadership” this Thursday, 22 August at the Future Females Winelands event! Ticket special, bubbly, cake and more surprises! A person can live in one of two ways, consciously and...
View ArticleStellenbosch Digital LaunchLab Talk: ‘Digital products: Building, growing and...
It’s the August Stellenbosch Digital LaunchLab Talk and Nicholas Rixon, Chief Growth Officer at Tencent Africa will be speaking on ‘Digital products: Building, growing and gaining traction’. As CGO,...
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Perspective is Everything
We live in a fast-paced world and it is getting even faster. Blah, blah, blah… You’ve heard it all before. Even though it is true we all keep on moving as fast as we can because we follow the crowd....
View ArticleTurning Ideas Into Action: An Entrepreneur’s Journey
It’s the third annual National Student Entrepreneurship Week (#SEW2019) designed to inspire participation in student entrepreneurial activities. Stellenbosch University in partnership with LaunchLab...
View Article2019 Winners of Santam Safety Ideas Season 3
Cape Town, 16 August 2019: Santam, South Africa’s largest general insurer, has announced two start-up businesses, DeepData and Cloudline, as winners of Season 3 of the Santam Safety Ideas Challenge....
View ArticlePosition Available: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the LaunchLab
The LaunchLab, an initiative of Innovus: Stellenbosch University’s university-industry interaction platform, is situated on Stellenbosch University’s main campus. The LaunchLab functions as a...
View ArticleVollar is solving one of the biggest challenges of corporate social investment
Corporates and NPOs are dramatically improving engagement with their CSI programmes thanks to Vollar’s new digital incentive currency. The biggest challenge facing corporate social investment (CSI)...
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