| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.06.2021 | Giraffe acquires Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator | South African mobile recruitment platform Giraffe has been acquired by the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, with the startup’s existing base of job seekers and employers to be invited to join the SA Youth Initiative.
Founded in 2015, ... |
| 25.06.2021 | Harambee Youth Accelerator acquires SA hiring app Giraffe | SA-based mobile recruitment platform Giraffe has been acquired by the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. Giraffe’s existing base of jobseekers and employers will join the initiative over the month of June as Giraffe’s direct services tr... |
| 25.06.2021 | Harambee Youth Accelerator acquires SA hiring app Giraffe | SA-based mobile recruitment platform Giraffe has been acquired by the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. Giraffe’s existing base of jobseekers and employers will join the initiative over the month of June as Giraffe’s direct services tr... |
| 24.06.2021 | Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator acquires recruitment platform Giraffe to combat youth unemployment in South Africa | Share this article:
South African recruitment platform, Giraffe has been acquired by Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. With the acquisition, the startup’s existing user base of job seekers and employers would join the accelerator’s You... |
| 27.01.2021 | SA tech startup launches free online courses for jobseekers | Local automated recruitment platform, Giraffe has launched several free online courses that are tailored to improving the skills of job seekers to enhance their employability.
Giraffe offers free online tools for locals to become more empl... |
| 27.01.2021 | SA tech startup launches free online courses for jobseekers | Local automated recruitment platform, Giraffe has launched several free online courses that are tailored to improving the skills of job seekers to enhance their employability.
Giraffe offers free online tools for locals to become more emplo... |
| 27.08.2020 | Крупнейший стартап конкурс Seedstars — как туда попасть и почему важно участие, а не только победа | Чтобы стартапу поднять инвестиции, масштабироваться, попасть в акселераторы, нужно много заниматься нетворкингом. Это неотъемлемая часть жизни стартап-фаундера. Нужно быть везде, общаться со всеми, делать «домашнюю работу» и быть на виду. М... |
| 20.07.2020 | Giraffe secures funding from Unicef innovation fund | Giraffe has received grant funding from Unicef”s innovation fund and will utilise the funding to empower South Africa’s youth to become employable.
Founded in 2015, Giraffe is a South African mobile job matching platform that aims to reduc... |
| 20.07.2020 | Job matching platform, Giraffe secures grant from UNICEF Innovation Fund | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Techpoint Africa and Ventureburn
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| 20.07.2020 | Giraffe secures funding from Unicef innovation fund | Giraffe has received grant funding from Unicef”s innovation fund and will utilise the funding to empower South Africa’s youth to become employable.
Founded in 2015, Giraffe is a South African mobile job matching platform that aims to reduce... |
| 04.02.2019 | My hot and happening SA startup picks for 2019 [Opinion] | There are many startups making waves in the country, but there are a select few that stand out, with massive potential, run by some very impressive entrepreneurs.
I polled some top investors and spoke to Ventureburn journalists Stephen Timm... |
| 04.02.2019 | My hot and happening SA startup picks for 2019 [Opinion] | There are many startups making waves in the country, but there are a select few that stand out, with massive potential, run by some very impressive entrepreneurs.
I polled some top investors and spoke to Ventureburn journalists Stephen Tim... |
| 28.12.2018 | Eight SA startups to look out for in 2019 | A number of tech startups hit the headlines this year. Ventureburn has picked eight that we think readers should follow closely in 2019.
They include SA’s soon-to-be first app-based bank, several fintech companies, a former Seedstars World ... |
| 28.12.2018 | Eight SA startups to look out for in 2019 | A number of tech startups hit the headlines this year. Ventureburn has picked eight that we think readers should follow closely in 2019.
They include SA’s soon-to-be first app-based bank, several fintech companies, a former Seedstars World... |
| 13.12.2018 | How SA tech entrepreneurs plan to take time out this festive season | Taking time out is vital if you want to run a successful business. Sometimes you need to stop to see the wood from the trees.
Which is why Ventureburn has sampled a number of tech startup founders on the value of taking a break and how they... |
| 13.12.2018 | How SA tech entrepreneurs plan to take time out this festive season | Taking time out is vital if you want to run a successful business. Sometimes you need to stop to see the wood from the trees.
Which is why Ventureburn has sampled a number of tech startup founders on the value of taking a break and how the... |
| 18.07.2018 | How SA tech startups plan to celebrate Mandela Day by reaching out to needy | With South Africa today honouring the legacy of former president Nelson Mandela, a number of SA tech startups have taken to celebrating Mandela Day by offering to reach out to those more needy.
Here then are how three startups have chosen ... |
| 18.07.2018 | How SA tech startups plan to celebrate Mandela Day by reaching out to needy | With South Africa today honouring the legacy of former president Nelson Mandela, a number of SA tech startups have taken to celebrating Mandela Day by offering to reach out to those more needy.
Here then are how three startups have chosen t... |
| 06.07.2018 | Six black SA tech entrepreneurs to watch [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 06.07.2018 | Six black SA tech entrepreneurs to watch [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 15.06.2018 | Advice from four SA tech entrepreneurs behind biggest deals of 2018 so far [Digital All Stars] | We’re nearly six months into 2018 and already South Africa has seen some big deals and acquisitions in the tech sector.
It’s not just Uber Eats’ acquisition of orderTalk — a tech company that was founded in South Africa, before being reloca... |
| 15.06.2018 | Advice from four SA tech entrepreneurs behind biggest deals of 2018 so far [Digital All Stars] | We’re nearly six months into 2018 and already South Africa has seen some big deals and acquisitions in the tech sector.
It’s not just Uber Eats’ acquisition of orderTalk — a tech company that was founded in South Africa, before being reloc... |
| 03.05.2018 | How Seedstars competition helped put these SA startups on the map | It’s been two years since SA startup Giraffe was crowned the 2016 Seedstars World winner, scoring equity investment of an undisclosed amount and putting the company on the radar of local and international investors.
Last month the Johannes... |
| 03.05.2018 | How Seedstars competition helped put these SA startups on the map | It’s been two years since SA startup Giraffe was crowned the 2016 Seedstars World winner, scoring equity investment of an undisclosed amount and putting the company on the radar of local and international investors.
Last month the Johannesb... |
| 17.04.2018 | ‘Investor’s share in Giraffe funding round valued at R10m to R20m’ [Updated] | SA startup Giraffe announced today that it has closed a second funding round, with a lead investor participating in the round revealing that its own share of the contribution was valued at “between R10-million and R20-million”.
In a press ... |
| 17.04.2018 | ‘Investor’s share in Giraffe funding round valued at R10m to R20m’ [Updated] | SA startup Giraffe announced today that it has closed a second funding round, with a lead investor participating in the round revealing that its own share of the contribution was valued at “between R10-million and R20-million”.
In a press r... |
| 12.04.2018 | African agritech startup AgroCenta named 2018 Seedstars Global winner | Ghanaian startup AgroCenta has been crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner at an awards ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland today, and walks away with $500 000 in equity investment.
African startups dominated the awards ceremony — which took p... |
| 12.04.2018 | African agritech startup AgroCenta named 2018 Seedstars Global winner | Ghanaian startup AgroCenta has been crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner at an awards ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland today, and walks away with $500 000 in equity investment.
African startups dominated the awards ceremony — which took pl... |
| 26.05.2017 | Seedstars World announces final call for startups in Cape Town | Following its announcement earlier this week of the 12 startups that will pitch at Seedstars World Johannesburg today, the major early-stage business competition heads to Cape Town early next month in search of top startups.
Those startups ... |
| 26.05.2017 | Seedstars World announces final call for startups in Cape Town | Following its announcement earlier this week of the 12 startups that will pitch at Seedstars World Johannesburg today, the major early-stage business competition heads to Cape Town early next month in search of top startups.
Those startups... |
| 08.05.2017 | SA startups get ready: Seedstars World applications to open later this month | Applications to global competition for emerging markets Seedstars World will open to SA startups again when the initiative returns to South Africa later this month.
Seedstars World will hold events in Johannesburg on 26 May and in Cape Tow... |
| 08.05.2017 | SA startups get ready: Seedstars World applications to open later this month | Applications to global competition for emerging markets Seedstars World will open to SA startups again when the initiative returns to South Africa later this month.
Seedstars World will hold events in Johannesburg on 26 May and in Cape Town... |
| 17.02.2017 | 17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 17.02.2017 | 17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 07.09.2016 | Top 31 entrepreneurs under 40 making waves in South Africa [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 07.09.2016 | Top 31 entrepreneurs under 40 making waves in South Africa [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 21.04.2016 | Giraffe Closes Seed Funding Round | Giraffe, a South African-based low-cost automated recruitment service, closed a seed round of funding.
The round was led by Silicon Valley-based venture firm Omidyar Network.
The company intends to use the funds to expand to Cape Town, Durb... |
| 15.04.2016 | Giraffe receives undisclosed seed funding from Omidyar Network | Recruitment service startup Giraffe has closed a round of seed funding from Silicon Valley-based VC fund Omidyar Network. The VC was established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
When inquiring about the funding amount, Giraffe declined to d... |
| 15.04.2016 | Giraffe receives undisclosed seed funding from Omidyar Network | Recruitment service startup Giraffe has closed a round of seed funding from Silicon Valley-based VC fund Omidyar Network. The VC was established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
When inquiring about the funding amount, Giraffe declined to di... |
| 14.04.2016 | SA’s Giraffe secures Silicon Valley funding | - |
| 14.04.2016 | Announcing The 2016 Seedstars World African Tour | Global seed stage startup competition, Seedstars World, is returning to Africa to discover the best seed-stage entrepreneurs. During the tour, Seedstars will visit 20 countries and host bootcamps and pitch competitions. At the end of the co... |
| 15.03.2016 | Special Podcast #17: Shafin Anwarsha, Head of Product at Giraffe, talks US$500 000 equity prize | In this latest Special Podcast episode, Graham van der Made, talks to Shafin Anwarsha, Head of Product at Giraffe, the South African startup that has just won US$500 000 equity prize at the Seedstars World Summit in Switzerland.
Since its l... |
| 15.03.2016 | Special Podcast #17: Shafin Anwarsha, Head of Product at Giraffe, talks US$500 000 equity prize | In this latest Special Podcast episode, Graham van der Made, talks to Shafin Anwarsha, Head of Product at Giraffe, the South African startup that has just won US$500 000 equity prize at the Seedstars World Summit in Switzerland.
Since its ... |
| 08.03.2016 | Three lessons from the Seedstars Summit | |
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| 23.12.2015 | Ventureburn’s top 5 tech startups in South Africa of 2015 | There’s no doubt that 2015 has been an exciting year for South African innovation. Out of the hundreds of companies building exciting new products and services, five stand out for their innovative solutions, impact, and sustainability as bu... |
| 23.12.2015 | Ventureburn’s top 5 tech startups in South Africa of 2015 | There’s no doubt that 2015 has been an exciting year for South African innovation. Out of the hundreds of companies building exciting new products and services, five stand out for their innovative solutions, impact, and sustainability as bu... |
| 03.12.2015 | The 13 African startups pitching at the Seedstars World finals | International seed-stage startup competition Seedstars World will be hosting its final pitching event 3 March 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. The 13 African startups will be competing amongst a total of 55 from other countries for a US$500 000... |
| 03.12.2015 | The 13 African startups pitching at the Seedstars World finals | International seed-stage startup competition Seedstars World will be hosting its final pitching event 3 March 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. The 13 African startups will be competing amongst a total of 55 from other countries for a US$500 000... |
| 02.12.2015 | Here are the 13 African startups competing for $500,000 in Switzerland | Share this article:
The journey that started in July 2015 in Nigeria and saw the Seedstars World team visit 13 African countries in search of the brightest ideas. 13 of the finest African startups have emerged winners. They are on their way... |
| 20.07.2015 | Recruitments startup, Giraffe will represent South Africa at the 2015 Seedstars World global pitch event | Giraffe, a South African startup that connects employers with employees has emerged winner of the South African pitch of the Seedstars World pitch tour.
The South African finals held at one of Standard Bank’s recently launched business incu... |
| 19.07.2015 | Seedstars World crowns mobile employment service Giraffe SA’s top startup | Johannesburg-based employment company Giraffe has just bagged itself a ticket to Geneva, Switzerland where it will take a shot at the US$500 000 equity prize in 2016.
The achievement comes after Giraffe was crowned the top South African st... |
| 19.07.2015 | Seedstars World crowns mobile employment service Giraffe SA’s top startup | Johannesburg-based employment company Giraffe has just bagged itself a ticket to Geneva, Switzerland where it will take a shot at the US$500 000 equity prize in 2016.
The achievement comes after Giraffe was crowned the top South African sta... |
| 13.07.2015 | Meet South Africa’s 12 selected startups for Seedstars World 2015 | After rounding up Cape Town’s top five tech startups earlier this month, global startup competition Seedstars World will host a total of 12 exciting tech companies from around the country.
The event will take place on 17 July and the compa... |
| 13.07.2015 | Meet South Africa’s 12 selected startups for Seedstars World 2015 | After rounding up Cape Town’s top five tech startups earlier this month, global startup competition Seedstars World will host a total of 12 exciting tech companies from around the country.
The event will take place on 17 July and the compan... |
| 23.04.2015 | Mobile startup Giraffe reports massive traction in first two months | After having launched in Gauteng, South Africa earlier this year, mobile employment startup Giraffe has seen massive traction so far, with nearly 10 000 jobseekers in just two months. It’s furthermore presented job opportunities to over a t... |
| 23.04.2015 | Mobile startup Giraffe reports massive traction in first two months | After having launched in Gauteng, South Africa earlier this year, mobile employment startup Giraffe has seen massive traction so far, with nearly 10 000 jobseekers in just two months. It’s furthermore presented job opportunities to over a t... |
| 23.01.2015 | Mobile startup Giraffe launches to help fill SA’s unemployment gap | South Africa’s unemployment rate hovers somewhere above the 20% mark with almost half of that number consisting of the country’s youth.
A new startup, called Giraffe, hopes to change these figures after just launching a mobile technology t... |
| 23.01.2015 | Mobile startup Giraffe launches to help fill SA’s unemployment gap | South Africa’s unemployment rate hovers somewhere above the 20% mark with almost half of that number consisting of the country’s youth.
A new startup, called Giraffe, hopes to change these figures after just launching a mobile technology th... |
