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This time round we have and exciting service to be released to our community at our next networking event.  Come meet, mingle and be the first to know.We are also taking submissions for an elevator pitch competition, a 1 minute pitch on your company or idea. Crowd will vote for the best and winner gets a great prize. Submissions to rogern@siliconcape.comPlease note that there are no costs associated with this event. (Unless we manage to get through the tabs...)Just to clarify about the sim…See More

Entre-prendre : to undertake. Entrepreneurs : Those who are willing to undertake.

a Group for local startups to get together and discuss ideas for their online ventures.

This is an informal meet and greet aimed at early stage start-ups and companies that are offering services and support for these start-ups. It will be a great opportunity for early stage networking and helping support the new start-ups in the Silicone Cape.It will be a very low key, Bring-and-braai where everyone brings their own meat and a public side. (ie Salad or chips) There will be a cash bar at the club.See More

Hello clever and good looking people of the Silicon Cape (and beyond).The time has once again come for us to eat, drink, network and be merry.We will once again frequent the hay bales of the Old Biscuit Mill for an atmospheric evening, and this time you won't have to queue for the cash bar.Thanks to our friends at FNB, drinks will be on the house, and the same goes for snacks. Not bad hey!Now all that is more than enough reason to attend, but to sweeten the deal you will be graced by the…See More

Hi there clever and beautiful people of the Silicon Cape.You are called upon to attend the second Silicon Cape Networking Event.We have an extremely exciting line-up of informative entertainment planned for the evening.* To keep things light hearted and hilarious, we have roped in one of South Africa's Most Amazing entertainers, Rob van Vuuren (from Corne and Twakkie fame), as the MC;* Justin Stanford will give us a short and sweet update on what's been happening in the Silicon Cape;* One of…See More

Andrea Böhmert, co-managing partner of venture capital fund Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa, will present a workshop on how to write a business plan on Friday 5 February from 13h00 - 15h00. Böhmert will highlight the typical shortcomings she sees in business plans submitted to her organization, explain what she likes to see in business plans and provide useful guidelines to follow when submitting a business plan to a venture capitalist. This presentation will be followed by discussion and a…See More

Come and join fellow Silicon Cape community members for the first regular networking evening, aimed at promoting interaction between all participants, from entrepreneurs and service providers through to investors.The keynote speaker for the evening will be Mark Levitt, CEO of Chesscube, who recently raised R10m from local venture capital firm InVenFin. Mark will be talking about how he built a global-facing online company from Cape Town, with a worldwide revenue and user base.Comedian Mark…See More