Side Meetings – 14 Feb

TIA Offerings – Funding and infrastructure support This session will provide an overview of the funding opportunities offered by TIA to support startups and university students. It will also highlight the technical infrastructure support available to help tech-based ventures scale and commercialise their innovations. In addition, one TIA-supported startup will be profiled to showcase its […]

The Impact Tasting Table: Philanthropies role in innovation – INVITE ONLY A curated pitch and pairing experience on a wine farm, bringing together impact funders and philanthropic foundations. UVU Bio and UVU Africa share what we are building, the pipeline we are supporting, and specific partnership and capital opportunities. Who should be invited: Philanthropic foundations

ping-pong competion and connection OneBio is calling all biotech and DeepTech enthusiasts, founders, researchers, and investors, who are eager to connect with the local ecosystem in a fun, informal, and dynamic setting. OneBio Biotech & Beers is a much-loved Cape Town tradition, bringing people together throughout the year to spark connections over a burger, a

SWEAT Africa Padel Partnership experience Stellenbosch Network and Stellenbosch University invite venture capitalists, limited partners, and founders to step off the sidelines and onto the court for a two-hour padel session designed to connect minds through movement. This unique Paddle Partnership experience blends meeting, sweating, collaborating, and competing—because some of the best ideas are sparked in motion.

lunch: VCs, LPs, and Funders for African tree innovation programme CERI’s Biotech Incubator (CERIBIO) at Stellenbosch University, in partnership with Open Start-up International (OST), will convene leading venture capitalists, limited partners, and global funders for an exclusive lunch focused on expanding an ambitious initiative known as the “African TREE.” This bold programme seeks to incubate

PITCHING COMPETITION – ZAR 100,000 prize This Pitching Competition Side Event at SWEAT Africa serves as the qualifying round for the SWEAT Africa Main-Stage Pitch Competition. This side event aims to give promising biotech and hardtech startups exposure to a new audience of investors and industry leaders attending SWEAT Africa. The top finalists selected from

Wellcome: strategy, investment and partners in africa Wellcome is a global charitable foundation that  supports science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone. We fund research around the world, across a broad range of fields and disciplines, to understand life, health and wellbeing and to deliver equitable health solutions.  We have four programmes of