Funded Startups & Projects

Qwili is a vibrant, African-run company specialising in the creation of a digital sales ecosystem that empowers merchants to offer value-added services to consumers who often face barriers to accessing these services. Originating in Cape Town with deep roots in the rural Eastern Cape, our digital sales ecosystem has expanded its footprint, now serving Merchants across South Africa.

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RapidDeploy is the leading cloud-native platform for public safety. RapidDeploy was acquired by Motorola Solutions in 2025, and is now part of its ecosystem of safety and security technologies.RapidDeploy’s Next Generation 911 (NG911) product suite accelerates emergency response and enhances decision-making.
 

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Founded in 2020 by a fleet owner, Right Now Response (RNR) was built to revolutionise how businesses manage repairs and maintenance. Their people-first approach and cutting-edge technology make managing events seamless and transparent.

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South African Astronomy Observatory (SAAO) Network's Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is upgrading its Robert Stobie Spectrograph (RSS) with a new single monolithic CCD detector to replace the old, fragmented one, improving performance and throughput by eliminating chip gaps and leveraging new fringe-suppression techniques. This new detector will be similar to the one used in the RSS-Red arm, with the goal of being operational by early 2026.