Jumpin Rides now has 5,000 registered members using its carpooling platform and services, as announced by its Co-Founder & Managing Director Pauline Du Paty this Monday morning. The milestone means that Jumpin Rides has doubled its audience in less than 3 months. “As of this morning, the Jumpin Rides community is now officially 5,000 people. We are very […]
Yethu strikes again and accesses a 3-month acceleration program comprising of mentoring, funding and office space. The competition After a 3-month global search that saw Startupbootcamp conduct 15 FastTrack events across 12 countries, 518 applications were received for the accelerator program from 43 countries. Over 400 of those were from Africa, with 220 from South Africa […]
Far Ventures’ achievements since January 2017 January 27th : FinChatBot raised R1.6m in seed funding from angel investor Richard Marsden to further develop the chatbot platform February 6th : Yethu launches the second iteration of their Stokvel management platform in Khayelitsha February 11th : Jumpin Rides recruits Managing Director Pauline du Paty, revamps the design and starts an aggressive customer acquisition strategy March 14th : […]
How will AI Reshape the Future In a world where cars are learning to drive and your phone can understand when you speak (well, not all the time..), it is more important than ever to understand what the widespread use of AI means for us in terms of business and as consumers. In order to […]
Why talk about AI: Artificial Intelligence or AI has gathered a lot of interest recently. Whether it is start-ups riding the hype wave or people being wary of an intelligent machine gaining consciousness, there is misinformation and misunderstanding around the implications of AI in our every day lives. To find out more on how Artificial […]
After a year spent in our offices (more like a garage) located in the gentrifying neighborhood of Salt River, the growing Far Ventures team was feeling cramped. Indeed there was little room to expand our portfolio and even less so to properly launch our incubator. We are proud to announce that we have recently relocated […]
