South Africa

ScaleUp helps founder-led businesses grow from small/medium to large enterprises, with clarity and focus. We take companies from founder vision to repeatable growth by building the strategy, structure and rhythm needed to scale.

We use the Scaling Up® methodology (Verne Harnish), facilitated by an experienced entrepreneur who acts as an objective voice in the room, asking the tough questions & offering guidance that drive growth beyond start-up.

We work with ambitious founders who want to get the joy back from running their company by having the ability to step back while their team stays

Smart Amalgamation is an Urban and Regional Planning professional, researcher, and development practitioner with growing experience in spatial planning, transport research, and national policy support in South Africa. I hold a bachelor’s degree in urban and Regional Planning from the University of Venda, where I developed a strong grounding in spatial development frameworks, land-use planning, policy analysis, and sustainable development.

My academic and research interests focus on urban decay, rural town development, spatial inequality, and infrastructure planning, particularly within

ecotera home is a U.S.-based social enterprise and technology developer focused on democratizing environmental monitoring through portable, AI-powered solutions. Founded in 2025, we developed the EcoExposure™ platform, a field-deployable system that combines biodegradable plant-derived reagents, zero-shear optical interaction, and smartphone-based computer vision to rapidly detect and quantify environmental contaminants in water and other complex liquids without laboratory infrastructure.

The platform has been demonstrated across diverse real-world matrices and geographies, including freshwater

Tsholofelo Yarona (Pty) Ltd is a South African ICT and Enterprise Development company that delivers technology-driven business solutions to both public and private sector organisations. We specialise in identifying, sourcing and implementing strategic technology opportunities while supporting business growth through enterprise development, digital transformation and strategic partnerships.

Our long-term vision is to establish the Tsholofelo Yarona Innovation Centre—an ecosystem that promotes innovation, entrepreneurship, digital skills development, artificial intelligence, robotics and emerging

Urban Mzansi Business Overview

Urban Mzansi is a South African multi-vendor e-commerce marketplace that connects consumers with locally owned brands through a modern online shopping platform. Our mission is to make it easier for South African entrepreneurs to build sustainable online businesses while giving consumers a trusted destination to discover and shop authentic local products.

The platform enables independent brands to create their own online stores, manage products, process orders, and reach customers across South Africa without the high cost of building and maintaining their own e