Accelerator

Grindstone is a structured entrepreneurship development programme that assists high-growth innovation-driven companies to get the fundamental building blocks in place to scale quickly and become sustainable and fundable.

Grindstone offers a range of programmes:

GrindstoneXL programme

Every year a limited number of scale-up entrepreneurs participate in our highly successful GrindstoneXL programme, where participants are taken through a nine-month duration of intense learning, scaling and growth by looking at everything required to become highly fundable. 

Sponsorships

Grindstone has

Startupbootcamp AfriTech is the leading accelerator for startups, supporting and scaling innovative and disruptive technology companies across the African Continent. The Startupbootcamp AfriTech office is located in the old Foundry in Greenpoint at Ideas Cartel, which operates under Inner City Ideas Cartel.

Currently, Startupbootcamp AfriTech has the ASIP Accelerator Program running. 

The ASIP Accelerator is anchored by leading corporate sponsor Telecel Group an entity that aims to support the next generation of early-stage African tech startups disrupting key industry verticals that include

The Indalopreneurs Just Transition Enterprise Support Programme (I-JTEP) is implemented as a part of the Strategic Partnership for the implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPIPA) programme.

Its central objective is to contribute efforts that enable South African businesses to develop innovations that facilitate a just transition,  and it seeks to support entrepreneurs within the Limpopo and Mpumalanga coal-dependent communities and value chains.

The programme is financially supported by the European Union’s Partnership Instrument and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature

The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (iED) is a non-profit organisation committed to the promotion of innovation and the enhancement of entrepreneurial spirit, and we invest in entrepreneurship daily.

As a state-of-the-art international organisation, a certified Center of Excellence, and a digital innovation hub (DIH), iED produces and transfers know-how, boosts entrepreneurial cognitive processes, and supports entrepreneurial ventures across Europe. We bridge the gap between research and the market in order to provide realistic and smart solutions that facilitate the growth of

Process Energy and Environmental Technology Station (PEETS) is located at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Mapulong Building, Doornfontein Campus. The primary mandate of the UJ-PEETS is to contribute toward improving the competitiveness of Industry in the green economy through the application of specialized knowledge and technology transfer. UJ-PEETS facilitate the interaction between academia, industry (especially SMEs) and government. To achieve our mission, UJ-PEETS supports various capacity building and policy influencing initiatives to grow the green economy, while providing

The Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMMEs in South Africa (GCIP-SA) is part of a global initiative aimed at promoting clean technology innovation and supporting entrepreneurs in growing their SMMEs and start-ups into viable, investment-ready businesses.

Type of support offered:

• Training, mentoring, access to capital, showcasing and awards.

Resources available for participants:

• Business training methodology, general and specialist mentors.

Applicant eligibility criteria:

• Be new and ground-breaking or incorporate adaptation of existing technologies, or use existing

The company operates in different sectors where I have business consultants including entrepreneurs training, design and printing services, dishwashing liquid soap production, and biscuits production.

Wakaduku Investment specializes in the installation of; 

• CCTV
• Gate motors
• Welding
• Electrical general
• Electrical fence and many more related services.

This company focuses on various services that improves the township economy and also reduced the high rate of unemployment in our township. The services include; cleaning services, lawn care services, home-based, corporate and events catering, mobile laundry services, mobile car wash, urban farming, farmers market vendor, and Kasi vibes hub for entertainment.

Linda M Trading is a woman-led and owned cleaning company.