The second phase of UCT GSB Solution Space and ayoba’s e-Track program, which assists early-stage ventures in transitioning from proof of concept to investment readiness, has selected fifteen startups.
The e-Track program, which is funded by ayoba and administered by UCT GSB Solution Space, a specialized center of the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, is an early-stage venture acceleration and capacity-building program for high-impact entrepreneurs.
There are two separate stages to it. The Venture Launch program, which is suitable for participants who have or wish to develop both for-profit and non-profit scale-ups, is phase one. Its main objective is to validate the venture concept.
A UCT GSB certificate and an invitation to pitch for phase two, where only 15 startups are chosen, are awarded to all who successfully complete phase one. A pitch day, where ventures present to a room full of possible investors, venture capitalists, and capacity builders who could help the startup reach even greater heights, marks the culmination of phase two, which aims to accelerate the development of the validated venture.
Ten of those startups are from South Africa, and those have now been announced. They include Dormify, Natihub, Regasis, Tetafi, Voco, Eazy Way Rides, ElektroPlug, Legal Tech Eco System, and Zipterview.
Two Kenyan startups, Ça Va Commoditech Ventures and Hoptics, as well as Doorcas Africa from Nigeria, Guaro Farms from Ethiopia, and Yee FM from Uganda, were also chosen.
