Grindstone

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 various programmes and streams that we run on an annual basis. Corporates and funders can sponsor one or many different streams under the sponsorship option, suited to their needs.

Corporate Programmes

Corporates can allocate funding to bespoke programmes they want to run through innovation budgets, Enterprise Development or Skills Development budgets for entrepreneurs who meet their objectives, and who are in their supply chain objectives

Online Academy

Our online academy has the content you need as an entrepreneur, in short, consumable units, to improve your skills and knowledge in areas including Culture & Strategy; Sales & Marketing; Market Positioning & Messaging; IP, Product & Technical; Finance, Valuation and Exit; HR; and Legal Compliance. The online videos and content allow you to learn at your own pace.

Click here to apply for the accelerator programme 

Grindstone Ventures

Grindstone Ventures is a female-led post-seed fund that invests post-seed equity and quasi-equity investments in early-stage innovation-driven and/or technology companies with strong intellectual property and evident growth potential, with the aim of delivering capital growth and sustainable cash yields over the long term.

Click here to apply