| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.07.2020 | Top startup web events in South Africa this week [20/07/2020] | This week’s line up of events will unpack the critical and important 12J publication along with how SMMEs can navigate their businesses during the current pandemic.
Ventureburn has updated its existing weekly series that highlights all the... |
| 20.07.2020 | Top startup web events in South Africa this week [20/07/2020] | This week’s line up of events will unpack the critical and important 12J publication along with how SMMEs can navigate their businesses during the current pandemic.
Ventureburn has updated its existing weekly series that highlights all the ... |
| 24.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/03/2020] | With the coronavirus (Covid-19) headlining news all over the world, Ventureburn has launched the first edition of a daily roundup on the virus and how it is affecting Africa’s tech startup sector.
Last night South African President Cyril Ra... |
| 24.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/03/2020] | With the coronavirus (Covid-19) headlining news all over the world, Ventureburn has launched the first edition of a daily roundup on the virus and how it is affecting Africa’s tech startup sector.
Last night South African President Cyril R... |
| 23.03.2020 | Silvertree racing to meet demand as online orders at startups spike amid coronavirus | Cape Town based investment company Silvertree Holdings is pressing suppliers to keep providing its stable of ecommerce startups with stock, amid a surge in ecommerce orders in the last two weeks following the onset of the coronavirus.
Comm... |
| 23.03.2020 | Silvertree racing to meet demand as online orders at startups spike amid coronavirus | Cape Town based investment company Silvertree Holdings is pressing suppliers to keep providing its stable of ecommerce startups with stock, amid a surge in ecommerce orders in the last two weeks following the onset of the coronavirus.
Comme... |
| 19.03.2020 | SA venture capitalists prepare for tough times ahead with onset of coronavirus | SA venture capitalists are preparing for tough times ahead, as the onset of the coronavirus threatens to cut short funding rounds and in some cases place strain on their portfolio companies.
Justin Stanford (pictured above), a general partn... |
| 19.03.2020 | SA venture capitalists prepare for tough times ahead with onset of coronavirus | SA venture capitalists are preparing for tough times ahead, as the onset of the coronavirus threatens to cut short funding rounds and in some cases place strain on their portfolio companies.
Justin Stanford (pictured above), a general part... |
| 17.03.2020 | SA tech startups put in place measures to tackle coronavirus | SA’s tech startups are responding to the threat of the coronavirus by putting in place austerity measures and devising new innovative solutions for customers, while instructing employees to work remotely from their homes.
Following Preside... |
| 17.03.2020 | SA tech startups put in place measures to tackle coronavirus | SA’s tech startups are responding to the threat of the coronavirus by putting in place austerity measures and devising new innovative solutions for customers, while instructing employees to work remotely from their homes.
Following Presiden... |
| 27.12.2019 | Are these the biggest SA tech acquisitions of 2019? | This year saw some pretty big acquisitions in the tech sector.
Most notable were Kenyan company DPO’s acquisition of Cape Town based fintech PayFast and Vodacom’s acquisition of 51% of Pretoria based Internet of Things (IoT) startup up IoT... |
| 27.12.2019 | Are these the biggest SA tech acquisitions of 2019? | This year saw some pretty big acquisitions in the tech sector.
Most notable were Kenyan company DPO’s acquisition of Cape Town based fintech PayFast and Vodacom’s acquisition of 51% of Pretoria based Internet of Things (IoT) startup up IoT.... |
| 03.12.2019 | Silvertree invests R5m in former OrderIn co-founder’s new dark kitchen business | Cape Town based investor Silvertree Holdings has invested R5-million in return for a majority stake in former OrderIn co-founder Heini Booysen’s new dark kitchens business.
Also known as a “ghost kitchen”, “virtual kitchen” or “cloud kitch... |
| 03.12.2019 | Silvertree invests R5m in former OrderIn co-founder’s new dark kitchen business | Cape Town based investor Silvertree Holdings has invested R5-million in return for a majority stake in former OrderIn co-founder Heini Booysen’s new dark kitchens business.
Also known as a “ghost kitchen”, “virtual kitchen” or “cloud kitche... |
| 16.10.2019 | Silvertree Holdings no longer just a tech investor after rebrand, new investment | The internet is not the only place to find good businesses to invest in, even for a tech investor, as Silvertree Holdings hopes to attest to.
The Cape Town based investment company — which has invested in a string of ecommerce companies sin... |
| 16.10.2019 | Silvertree Holdings no longer just a tech investor after rebrand, new investment | The internet is not the only place to find good businesses to invest in, even for a tech investor, as Silvertree Holdings hopes to attest to.
The Cape Town based investment company — which has invested in a string of ecommerce companies si... |
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| 23.08.2019 | Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists? | Who would you turn to if you were a SA tech startup looking for venture capital (VC)?
South Africa’s VC sector has grown substantially in recent years, with over R1-billion invested in startups and early-stage companies in 2017, according ... |
| 23.08.2019 | Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists? | Who would you turn to if you were a SA tech startup looking for venture capital (VC)?
South Africa’s VC sector has grown substantially in recent years, with over R1-billion invested in startups and early-stage companies in 2017, according t... |
| 21.08.2019 | One-size-fits-all view on Africa and other mistakes VCs make | A one-size-fits-all view of the African market or simply transplanting Silicon Valley startup models on the continent, will doom those looking to invest in Africa, argue venture capitalists active in Africa.
While the African venture capit... |
| 21.08.2019 | One-size-fits-all view on Africa and other mistakes VCs make | A one-size-fits-all view of the African market or simply transplanting Silicon Valley startup models on the continent, will doom those looking to invest in Africa, argue venture capitalists active in Africa.
While the African venture capita... |
| 20.08.2019 | VC is growing in Africa, but sector still hobbled by lack of follow-on and seed funding | Ten years ago when Cape Town venture capitalist Justin Stanford and entrepreneur Vinny Lingham launched Cape Town’s startup initiative Silicon Cape there was hardly an angel or VC fund in sight in South Africa, local or foreign — and barely... |
| 20.08.2019 | VC is growing in Africa, but sector still hobbled by lack of follow-on and seed funding | Ten years ago when Cape Town venture capitalist Justin Stanford and entrepreneur Vinny Lingham launched Cape Town’s startup initiative Silicon Cape there was hardly an angel or VC fund in sight in South Africa, local or foreign — and barely... |
| 31.07.2019 | $50m Lateral Capital to review 1000 possible deals a year to back six investments | Lateral Capital, a $50-million Africa-focused venture fund plans to sift through 1000 potential deals a year to invest in six of these, says co-founder and managing partner Rob Eloff.
Earlier this month, Lynk — a Kenyan online marketplace ... |
| 31.07.2019 | $50m Lateral Capital to review 1000 possible deals a year to back six investments | Lateral Capital, a $50-million Africa-focused venture fund plans to sift through 1000 potential deals a year to invest in six of these, says co-founder and managing partner Rob Eloff.
Earlier this month, Lynk — a Kenyan online marketplace f... |
| 19.06.2019 | Silvertree exits CompareGuru in sale to SA’s SureStart | Online insurance distribution company SureStart today announced that it had acquired CompareGuru, an independent insurance comparison platform, from SA investment company Silvertree Internet Holdings.
SureStart claims that it enables anyon... |
| 19.06.2019 | Silvertree exits CompareGuru in sale to SA’s SureStart | Online insurance distribution company SureStart today announced that it had acquired CompareGuru, an independent insurance comparison platform, from SA investment company Silvertree Internet Holdings.
SureStart claims that it enables anyone... |
| 04.01.2019 | 10 people in the SA tech startup sector you should follow in 2019 | The new year is here, 2019 is here. Why not get started by following and connecting with some key decision makers in the SA tech scene.
Here are 10 people — from entrepreneur and investor Michael Jordaan to Matsi Modise, the head of startu... |
| 04.01.2019 | 10 people in the SA tech startup sector you should follow in 2019 | The new year is here, 2019 is here. Why not get started by following and connecting with some key decision makers in the SA tech scene.
Here are 10 people — from entrepreneur and investor Michael Jordaan to Matsi Modise, the head of startup... |
| 20.12.2018 | Eight SA tech entrepreneurs who made headlines in Ventureburn in 2018 | A local startup founder accused in the US of stealing $600 000 from investors by faking details of his startup, a mysterious angel investor and an entrepreneur who admits he “never saw it coming” when his tech company was hit by a financial... |
| 20.12.2018 | Eight SA tech entrepreneurs who made headlines in Ventureburn in 2018 | A local startup founder accused in the US of stealing $600 000 from investors by faking details of his startup, a mysterious angel investor and an entrepreneur who admits he “never saw it coming” when his tech company was hit by a financial... |
| 12.11.2018 | Obsession with raising $1bn to become a unicorn is wrong says Silvertree man | It is wrong and flawed for investors and entrepreneurs to focus on creating the next unicorn (a tech company with a billion-dollar valuation) charges investor Manuel Koser, co-founder and managing director of Silvertree Internet Holdings.
S... |
| 12.11.2018 | Obsession with raising $1bn to become a unicorn is wrong says Silvertree man | It is wrong and flawed for investors and entrepreneurs to focus on creating the next unicorn (a tech company with a billion-dollar valuation) charges investor Manuel Koser, co-founder and managing director of Silvertree Internet Holdings.
... |
| 08.11.2018 | Silvertree move to take majority stakes in startups nets mixed view from founders [Updated] | SA investment company Silvertree Internet Holdings is buying up companies left, right and centre — ahead of a planned listing in 2023 — relegating many of the founders to mere operators of the businesses they once founded. Not all are happy... |
| 08.11.2018 | Silvertree move to take majority stakes in startups nets mixed view from founders [Updated] | SA investment company Silvertree Internet Holdings is buying up companies left, right and centre — ahead of a planned listing in 2023 — relegating many of the founders to mere operators of the businesses they once founded. Not all are happy... |
| 30.10.2018 | SA’s best business opportunities right now include pet products and security, according to one top tech investor | Manuel Koser, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Silvertree Internet Holdings. Supplied
Manuel Koser is one of the most successful tech investors in South Africa – he helped to establish a number of leading online pioneers including online... |
| 02.08.2018 | Is Silvertree’s co-entrepreneur model the answer to Silicon Valley? | What is a co-entrepreneur? A glorified manager or a true entrepreneur? For Silvertree Internet Holdings managing director and co-founder Manuel Koser a co-entrepreneur is any entrepreneur whose business the holding company buys out and then... |
| 02.08.2018 | Is Silvertree’s co-entrepreneur model the answer to Silicon Valley? | What is a co-entrepreneur? A glorified manager or a true entrepreneur? For Silvertree Internet Holdings managing director and co-founder Manuel Koser a co-entrepreneur is any entrepreneur whose business the holding company buys out and then... |
| 24.07.2018 | Silicon Valley VC model doesn’t work in Africa, argues Silvertree Holdings man | The Silicon Valley venture capital (VC) model doesn’t work in Africa and other emerging markets, argues Manuel Koser, the managing director and co-founder of Silvertree Internet Holdings.
The funder likes to refer to itself as a “investmen... |
| 24.07.2018 | Silicon Valley VC model doesn’t work in Africa, argues Silvertree Holdings man | The Silicon Valley venture capital (VC) model doesn’t work in Africa and other emerging markets, argues Manuel Koser, the managing director and co-founder of Silvertree Internet Holdings.
The funder likes to refer to itself as a “investment... |
| 14.03.2017 | 9 Nigerian internet startups that have been acquired by local and international firms | Share this article:
The acquisition of Nigerian internet startups is a fairly new phenomenon. This is quite understandable, considering that the movement started barely over 7 years ago, with the likes of Wakanow, Jobberman and iROKO as pio... |
| 08.02.2017 | Silvertree acquires Nigeria’s TopCheck to become Africa’s biggest comparison group | Share this:
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| 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... |
| 23.03.2016 | SA’s Silvertree and Swiss-based firm Ringier buys Nigerian DealDey | - |
| 12.01.2016 | VC to pump $10m into South African, African startups [update] | Update: This article has been updated to include additional commentary from PriceCheck founder and CEO Kevin Tucker.
Cape Town-based venture capital firm Silvertree Internet Holdings has announced a US$10-million investment destined for Sou... |
| 12.01.2016 | VC to pump $10m into South African, African startups [update] | Update: This article has been updated to include additional commentary from PriceCheck founder and CEO Kevin Tucker.
Cape Town-based venture capital firm Silvertree Internet Holdings has announced a US$10-million investment destined for So... |
| 04.09.2015 | We Are Monsters web agency to join Silvertree’s high-growth portfolio | South African web and mobile development agency We Are Monsters will enter a partnership with Silvertree Internet Holdings, a pan-African tech investment firm which recently boasted investments totalling R20-million made within the first se... |
| 04.09.2015 | We Are Monsters web agency to join Silvertree’s high-growth portfolio | South African web and mobile development agency We Are Monsters will enter a partnership with Silvertree Internet Holdings, a pan-African tech investment firm which recently boasted investments totalling R20-million made within the first se... |
