Young South African entrepreneurs have an opportunity to transform their businesses and take them to the next level, by applying for funding through the second edition of the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) GROW programme in South Africa. OCIF GROW is part of the global Orange Corners incubation and acceleration programme, an initiative of the [...]
CDI Capital is proud to announce the selection of the first group of dynamic young entrepreneurs for the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) GROW programme in South Africa. The OCIF GROW programme is managed by CDI Capital, a subsidiary of the Craft and Design Institute (CDI) non-profit company, and proudly supported by the Kingdom of [...]
Innovation is the heartbeat of progress, and young South African entrepreneurs now have a groundbreaking opportunity to take their game-changing ideas to the next level with the launch of the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) GROW programme in South Africa. The OCIF GROW programme is offering between R200,000 and R1 million in funding to [...]
Two businesses that benefitted from previous rounds of our grant funding made headlines in the past six months with phenomenal achievements. GoMetro announced the successful completion of £9 million in Series A funding; and Jacobs Jam took home the SMME of the Year Award at the 2023 Shoprite Group Supplier of the Year Awards. GoMetro was a recipient of CDI [...]
Applications are now open for the Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) – designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers with pre-revenue innovations can apply for grant funding of up to R800 000. The DISF is a project of the Craft and Design Institute (CDI) with investment funds provided by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and support from [...]
Giancarlo Beukes and Gokul Nair of Impulse Biomedical, won second place in the Social Innovation category at the SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards for their inventive and reusable asthma pump sleeve attachment, addressing the needs of children and the elderly. Impulse Biomedical was one of the businesses we supported through the CDI Design Innovation Seed [...]
The CDI Growth Fund provides grant funding to unlock barriers to growth for SMMEs and this growth leads to the creation of new permanent jobs. To further support these SMMEs, CDI Capital also provides mentorship and access to working capital loans of up to R500,000 to help fund purchase orders and working capital needs linked [...]
The DISF funds designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers with pre-revenue innovative technologies and tech-enabled ideas and products on an 80:20 split. These individuals/businesses are not able to raise funds easily from traditional banks or funding agencies because of the high risk associated with early-stage innovations. The DISF is a project of the Craft and [...]
The DISF funds designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers with pre-revenue innovative technologies and tech-enabled ideas and products on an 80:20 split. These individuals/businesses are not able to raise funds easily from traditional banks or funding agencies because of the high risk associated with early-stage innovations. The DISF is a project of the Craft and [...]
The DISF funds designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers with pre-revenue innovative technologies and tech-enabled ideas and products on an 80:20 split. These individuals/businesses are not able to raise funds easily from traditional banks or funding agencies because of the high risk associated with early-stage innovations. The DISF is a project of the Craft and [...]
