Innovation Ecosystem Table

A host of Incubators, Accelerators, UCT Spin-off companies and Funders have been collated which were sourced

from publicly available information to facilitate in searching for a suitable entity to partner with for a variety of innovative related purposes.

INCUBATORS

Entity Name Contact details Physical address Service Offering & + Google location Focus areas

Cape Craft and https://www.thecdi.org.za/ 103, 1st Floor Offers product development support, business support and Design Institute Phone: +27 21 461 1488 7 West Quay Rd market access while being a non-profit company Email: [email protected] V & A Waterfront Other: https://twitter.com/Craft_andDesign https://goo.gl/maps/kghVXQoDyBm

Edge Growth https://www.edgegrowth.com Slade House Strategy & Advisory, SME growth support, fund Phone: +27 21 671 2658 Boundary Terraces management and programme management Other: https://twitter.com/edge_growth 1 Mariendahl Lane Newlands https://goo.gl/maps/9namy8pP76p

Furntech https://furntech.org.za/ 8 Lowe Stoft Street Business incubation & skills development in furniture Phone: +27 21 510 0088 Paarden Eiland manufacturing Contact person: Legshaan Ariefdien Cape Town Email: [email protected] https://goo.gl/maps/B79S6LhyazB2

LaunchLab https://launchlab.co.za/ Hammanshand Road Early-stage start-ups & business incubation support; 10- Phone: +27 21 808 9494 Stellenbosch Central week acceleration programme Other: https://twitter.com/TheLaunchLab Stellenbosch 7599 https://goo.gl/maps/3mRjrHnebYK2

MEST Incubator https://meltwater.org/ Woodstock Exchange, 401a Co-working space where leading start-ups, entrepreneurs Phone: +27 21 201 6898 Albert Road and members of the Pan-African tech community can come Email: [email protected] Woodstock together to meet, work and build Cape Town 7915 https://goo.gl/maps/KbqvBg1hdyB2

New Ventures http://www.newventuresstudio.co.za 312 Imam Haron Road New Ventures Studio is not an accelerator or incubator; Studio Phone: +27 21 696 4157 Lansdowne they simply focus on the process of start-up creation using Email: [email protected] Cape Town a multi-disciplined and highly effective infrastructure 7780 https://goo.gl/maps/2pa2AfWP3s62

Playlogix http://www.playlogix.com/ C1, Estuary Suites Tech startup studio, partnering with entrepreneurs to build Phone: +27 21 555 2019 3 Oxbow Crescent iterations of product that validate customer and business Email: [email protected] Century City needs Cape Town 7441 https://goo.gl/maps/NzVxiuRTXUy

Raymond www.ackermanacademy.co.za/ 9 Portswood Road Offers an inspiring and innovative six-month, full time Ackerman Phone: +27 406 1422 V&A Waterfront programme in entrepreneurial development Academy of Email: [email protected] Cape Town Entrepreneurial Other: 8002 Development http://www.facebook.com/RaymondAckermanAca https://goo.gl/maps/T51sMHHJsE62 demyCapeTown

RLabs Innovation https://rlabs.org/ 66 Tarentaal Road Offers a 12-week decentralized programme where the Incubator Phone: +27 21 699 1453 Bridgetown focus is to develop and accelerate innovative startups and Email: [email protected] Cape Town businesses with product development, innovation strategy 7764 and access to emerging markets https://goo.gl/maps/yHU8n2YTGX32

Savant https://www.savant.co.za/ 2 Francis Street Hardware technology incubator that provides bespoke Phone: +27 21 418 9010 business development support Other: https://twitter.com/savant_sa Cape Town 7925 https://goo.gl/maps/4E15zsmX16D2

Shanduka Black https://shandukablackumbrellas.wordpress.com/ 2nd Floor Enterprise development service provider focusing on the Umbrellas Phone: +27 21 425 8416 7 Anton Anreith Arcade low levels of entrepreneurship and high failure rate of Other: https://twitter.com/sblackumbrellas Foreshore 100% black owned emerging businesses Cape Town 8001 https://goo.gl/maps/tWYcF1uMMcC2

Springlab http://springlab.co Unit 4 Technology incubator offering business development Phone: +27 21 448 0496 Kipling Place support, marketing, investment and office space for Email: [email protected] 337 Lower Main Road entrepreneurs Cape Town 7925 https://goo.gl/maps/u1cacRSxwLP2

The Bandwidth http://www.citi.org.za/bandwidth- Corner of Spine Road and Mew Way Initiative operative by CITI (The Cape Innovation & Barn barnkhayelitsha/ Ilitha Park Technology Innovative) offering funding, social capital and Phone: +27 21 409 7099/ +27 21 361 0145 Lookout Hill business skills to financially incapable businesses. Shared Email: [email protected] Khayelitsha office space solutions are available as well Cape Town 7784 https://goo.gl/maps/ftHPZS9jNgK2

The Barn - http://www.citi.org.za/bandwidth- Block B, 3rd Floor Initiative operative by CITI (The Cape Innovation & Woodstock barnwoodstock/ Woodstock Industrial Centre Technology Innovative) offering funding, social capital and Exchange Phone: +27 21 409 7000 (Woodstock Exchange) business skills to financially incapable businesses. Shared Email: [email protected] 66 – 68 Albert Road office space solutions are available as well Woodstock Cape Town 7925 https://goo.gl/maps/ioi4RqfsKPJ2

The Business http://www.thebusinessplace.co.za/ The Hub Assists entrepreneurs with tender application processes, Place Phone: +27 21 683 1354 (Philippi) / Philippi Village assisting them to unlock opportunities in the public and + 27 79 208 1636 (Khayelitsha) Cwang Crescent private sector Email: [email protected] Philippi Cape Town https://goo.gl/maps/noNqvu7TmBq

The Startup http://thestartuphatchery.co.za/ 3rd Floor, Block B, The Startup Hatchery is virtual incubator for entrepreneurs, Hatchery Phone: +27 21 409 7000/ +27 82 936 7544 Woodstock Exchange innovators and change makers. They provide a hands-on Contact person: Tania Cunningham 66- 68 Albert Road virtual learning experience through online entrepreneurship Email: [email protected] Woodstock training, mentorship and business support accessible Other: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the- Cape Town anywhere, anytime startup-hatchery/?originalSubdomain=za 7925 https://goo.gl/maps/9NarR9M51TM2

UCT GSB Solution http://gsbsolutionspace.uct.ac.za/ 9 Portswood Road An ecosystem for early-stage start-ups and a research and Space Phone: +27 21 406 1606/ +27 21 406 1430 V&A Waterfront development platform for corporates Email: [email protected] Cape Town Other: https://twitter.com/uctgsbsolutions 8002 Philippi Village https://goo.gl/maps/X77o2Y1uo3A2

ACCELERATORS

Entity Name Contact details Physical address Service Offering & Focus areas + Google location

Global Cleantech https://www.tia.org.za/ 4th floor, Central Park Business Acceleration Programme. Implemented by The Innovation Phone: +27 (0) 21 442 3780 Business Park GEF (Global Environment Facility), UNIDO (the United Programme Email: [email protected] 2 Fir Road Nations Industrial Development Organization) and TIA (GCIP) Other: https://twitter.com/CleantechSA Observatory (the Technology Innovation Agency) to promote clean Cape Town technology innovation 7925 Opportunity for investments, business development https://goo.gl/maps/UGw8QBay2Ru

Grindstone https://www.knifecap.com/grindstone/ 3B Lagoon Beach Office Park Structured entrepreneurship development programme Accelerator Phone: +27 21 555 1933 Lagoon Beach Drive for high-growth innovation-driven companies Email: [email protected] 7441 https://goo.gl/maps/tnFZ4JT7eEs

Impact Amplifier http://www.impactamplifier.co.za/ 5th Floor, Exchange Building Offers accelerator and training programmes to prepare Phone: +27 21 418 3336 28 Saint Georges Mall high growth impact businesses ready for investment Email: [email protected] Cape Town 8000 https://goo.gl/maps/Ee1mmzXpDwK2

National Youth https://tinyurl.com/yckvdxuy Shop P 18a Piazza Plays a significant role in ensuring that government, Development Phone: +27 21 415 2040 Golden Acres Shopping Mall private sector and civil society, prioritise youth Agency Contact person: Stephen Curry 27 development and implement lasting solutions which Email: [email protected] African Bank & address youth development challenges. Other: https://twitter.com/NYDARSA Cape Town City Centre Cape Town 8001 https://goo.gl/maps/XZ32TeXUTgN2

Rise https://thinkrise.com/ 66-68 Albert Road Access to mentors, technology and networks Phone: +27 21 003 7282 Woodstock Email: [email protected] Cape Town Other: https://twitter.com/thinkriseglobal 7915 https://goo.gl/maps/8nrp1P5Cqes

Startupbootcamp– https://www.startupbootcamp.org/ 4th Floor, Cartel House Supports early-stage technology founders in rapidly AfriTech Email: [email protected] 113 Loop Street scaling their companies, by providing access to Other: https://twitter.com/Sbootcamp Cape Town international networks of applicable mentors, partners 8000 and investors in their industry https://goo.gl/maps/sYPBk5zXPH92

SPIN-OFF COMPANIES

Entity Name Contact details Physical address Description + Google location

Abalobi www.abalobi.org UCT-Environmental & Geographical Non-profit organisation that is an open, Email: [email protected] Science Building transdisciplinary and social learning endeavour Other: https://twitter.com/@abalobi_app South Lane centralised on traditional fishers Cape Town 7701 https://goo.gl/maps/T5fTUv234V32

Antrum Biotech https://bit.ly/2pCJwAZ K Floor Provides quality diagnostics for important diseases at Phone: +27 741988300 Old Main Building affordable prices Hospital Observatory Cape Town 7925 https://goo.gl/maps/huHf79Ts5Y32

ATTRI http://attri.co.za/ Suite 205 Advanced Tumor and Trauma Reconstruction Implants Phone: +27 83 424 3404 / +27 82 345 0062 Library Square, Email: [email protected] Wilderness Road Claremont, Cape Town 7708 https://goo.gl/maps/v13RKayMh5U2

Cape Bio Pharms https://www.capebiopharms.com/ Unit 2 Utilises plant-based protein expression Phone: +27 83 456 2760 The Powder Mill Email: [email protected] 6 Sunrise Circle Cape Town 7405 https://goo.gl/maps/eGL8Rr8htVo

Cape Catalytix http://capecatalytix.com/ Century City (Northgate Business Park) Manufactures catalysis test units that have been Phone: +27 83 450 6981/ +27 72 828 5038 29 Gold Street supplied by UCT to other institutions in for Brooklyn their research Cape Town 7405 https://goo.gl/maps/wQkrNGynhcU2

CapeRay http://www.caperay.com/ Suite 2 Low dose x-ray technology development Phone: + 27 21 702 4299 51 Bell Crescent Email: [email protected] Westlake Cape Town 7945 https://goo.gl/maps/r64UcBiGuWk

Cell - Life http://www.mhealthsolutions.co.za/ Cell-Life Improving lives of people infected and affected by HIV Phone: +27 21 469 1111/ +27 021 469 1126 1st Floor CPUT BARC Building in South Africa through the appropriate use of mobile Email: [email protected] Cnr Brandweer/Waterloo Street technology Gardens, 8001 Cape Town South Africa https://goo.gl/maps/wxC1iNhVt972

Dream Haven http://www.rci.uct.ac.za/dream-haven-pty-ltd Wilderness Road Focused on medical devices that address sleep apnoea Claremont Cape Town 7708 https://goo.gl/maps/Sf4MowC2yNK2

DroneSAR http://dronesar.com/ Rondebosch Provides low cost Synthetic Aperture Radars for Email: [email protected] Cape Town agricultural applications 7701 https://goo.gl/maps/2LBLM8BMStj

Elemental https://bit.ly/2If1UIL Library Road Makes use of Computational fluid dynamics which Numerics Rondebosch enable modelling of the dynamics of fluid flow Cape Town 7701 https://goo.gl/maps/dr6crPvcHXw

Hot Platinum http://www.hotplatinum.com/ 10 Mymoena Crescent Focused on the development and manufacturing of Phone: +27 21 699 0667/ +27 21 556 8469 Athlone Industria innovative induction heating systems for processing Email: [email protected] Athlone precious and base metals Cape Town 7764 https://goo.gl/maps/R3mYGN8BsAN2

HyPlat http://www.hyplat.com/ Chemical Engineering Department HyPlat is a specialist fuel cell technology company Phone: +27 21 650 4827 New Engineering Building focused on delivering best-in-class products to the Email: [email protected] sector Other: Cape Town, 7700 https://www.linkedin.com/company/hyplat-pty- South Africa ltd/ https://goo.gl/maps/DoLJrY6aNps

Impulse http://impulsebiomed.com/ Health Sciences Impulse is a UCT multi-medical devices start-up aimed Biomedical Phone: +27 83 450 6981/ +27 72 828 5038 Barnard Fuller Building, Anzio Road, at providing necessary health-care technologies Email: [email protected] Observatory, Cape Town, 7935 https://goo.gl/maps/889ZuA9CuSC2

9 Portswood Road V & A Waterfront Cape Town, 8002 https://goo.gl/maps/T51sMHHJsE62

Lumkani http://lumkani.com/ 19 Kent Street A social enterprise that addresses the challenge of Phone: +27 63 109 5401 Woodstock shack/slum fires in urban informal settlements in Email: [email protected] Cape Town South Africa and across the globe 7925 https://goo.gl/maps/PzjoPGMG3CR2

Nurture Restore https://nurturerestoreinnovate.wordpress.com/ HW Pearson Building Integrates ecological research, business Innovate Phone: +27 82 354 9842 University Avenue entrepreneurship, and socio-economic needs Email: [email protected] Rondebosch Cape Town 7701 https://goo.gl/maps/gWLWMxVTksN2

PST Sensors https://www.pstsensors.com/ 102 Gateway Park Printed Silicon Technology company focused on printed Phone: +27 21 300 0037 Berkley Road electronics and sensors Email: [email protected] Ndabeni Cape Town 7405 https://goo.gl/maps/CYu7e4oT6MT2

Strait Access https://www.straitaccesstechnologies.com/ 313 Chris Barnard Building Redefining treatment of heart valve disease by Technologies Phone: +27 21 406 6341 Anzio Road extending transcatheters solutions for Rheumatic Heart Email: [email protected] Observatory Disease patients Other: 7925 Cape Town https://goo.gl/maps/hnh6Y2RuRU82

FUNDERS

Entity Name Contact details Physical address Description + Google location

SA Medical http://www.mrc.ac.za/ Francie Van Zijl Drive SAMRC funds research and innovation in prevalent Research Council Phone: +27 938 0911 Parow Valley Cape Town communicable and non-communicable diseases. Email: [email protected] 7501 Other: https://twitter.com/MRCza https://goo.gl/maps/eFrufQSVRdU2

Technology https://www.tia.org.za/ 4th Floor TIA is a national public entity that functions as the key Innovation Phone: +27 21 442 3780 Black River Business Park institutional intervention to bridge the innovation void Agency Email: [email protected] Fir Road between R&D from higher education institutions, Observatory science councils, public entities, private sector and Cape Town commercialisation 7925 https://goo.gl/maps/7ETGKGYcuU32