Three South African entrepreneurs make it to London

10 Sep 2010

Seedcamp, the European micro seed fund that focuses on early stage start-ups, has announced that it has selected three South African technology start-ups to attend 'Seedcamp Week' in London from 13-17 September 2010.

South Africa has secured three of the 23 available places from the more than 600 teams that have applied over the year. The Seedcamp finalists 2010 include a wide selection of teams from 16 different countries, active in more than 19 cities.

The South African winners were identified from the 11 start-ups who were selected to attend the mini Seedcamp week that was held in conjunction with the inaugural Tech4Africa conference, which brought both a prestigious and sought after line-up of international speakers from the world's most respected web start-ups to South African shores.

The chosen three will now be facing tighter competition since they will be competing with a much stronger field for a possible 50 000 Euro investment from Seedcamp along with the connection to next generation developers and entrepreneurs from a network of over 400 top-tier industry mentors.

"The South Africans we've chosen have unique and original products and offerings," says Reshma Sohoni, CEO of Seedcamp.

Winners

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Overall Sohoni says Seedcamp would like this event to be the first of many and sees South Africa as a great entry-point into the African continent. "Africa has some of the smartest minds in the world and there's a ton of potential here. It's a continent we would definitely like to remain involved in," she concludes.

View the winners on www.cognician.com, www.getagreatboss.com and www.isigned.com.