It’s Women’s Month and LaunchLab is celebrating the inspirational female entrepreneurs in our community. One being Abigail Meaker, founder and Chief Brand Officer of FaceBoard, a learning platform using a blend of educational technology, gamification, and social learning. FaceBoard bridges the gap in learning as it appeals to all types of learners. A large amount of the South African population…
Time: 16:30pm – 18:30pm | Date: 25 July 2019 | Venue: Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab Please join us for an exciting Stellenbosch Digital LaunchLab Talk with G-J van Rooyen the co-founder and CEO of Custos Media Technologies, a Stellenbosch-based startup that combines digital forensic watermarking with blockchain-based detection of media leaks. G-J will be speaking to us about ‘Building a…
When Jacobus Kriel pitched Drive-Buy at a LaunchLab pitch event hosted for ATTACQ back in 2016 everyone loved him from the start. Big wavy kuif, charismatic personality, lego men in his pitch deck and he came from the film industry so he knew some of the tricks of the trade. He could have made the perfect pitchpreneur. For those that…
Last week the inaugural Stellenbosch University (SU) IdeaSmash final pitching event took place. The SU IdeaSmash is an initiative in collaboration with the Office of Research and Innovation, and the Stellenbosch University Student Representative Council (SRC). We were looking for entries from innovative Stellenbosch University students who are creating businesses that contribute to research, development, and design of new products…
