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Learn how the CDI’s Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) enabled the businesses to reach important development milestones and has helped them to unlock further investment.
CDI Jobs Fund project creates 669 permanent new jobs
The Craft + Design Institute (CDI) is celebrating the close-out of a five-year R48.5m project, funded mainly by the National Treasury’s Jobs Fund, which enabled 50 SMMEs to create 669 new permanent jobs and fast-tracked 23 South African innovations. The total project funding also included matched funding from the Technology Innovation Agency (an entity of [...]
DISF grant beneficiary LIQID Medical wins at Hello Tomorrow Global Innovation Summit
LIQID Medical, one of the businesses that received grant funding from the CDI’s Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) has gone on to win in the Digital Health and Medical Devices category at the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit in Paris this March. Hello Tomorrow is a renowned international start-up competition dedicated to unlocking the power of [...]
CDI Growth Fund 2022 – NCC Environmental Services on growing their income and creating over 500 jobs
CDI Capital is a niche emerging impact funder, and subsidiary of the Craft + Design Institute (CDI) non-profit and the implementing partner of the CDI Growth Fund. As an impact funder, CDI Capital is committed to creating positive social and economic impact in the SMME sector and the South African economy. The CDI Growth Fund [...]
CDI Growth Fund 2022 – Aegir Project Brewery: The benefits of funding for expansion and job creation
CDI Capital is a niche emerging impact funder, and subsidiary of the Craft + Design Institute (CDI) non-profit and the implementing partner of the CDI Growth Fund. As an impact funder, CDI Capital is committed to creating positive social and economic impact in the SMME sector and the South African economy. The CDI Growth Fund [...]
Design Innovation Seed Fund: Meet South African innovator LIQID Medical
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 [...]
Key milestone achieved on CDI Growth Fund – 639 jobs contracted
The CDI Growth Fund has achieved an important milestone with its portfolio of 27 SMMEs – it has now reached a total of 639 contracted jobs, which is 7% above target. CDI Capital is a niche emerging impact funder, and subsidiary of the Craft + Design Institute (CDI) non-profit and the implementing partner of the CDI [...]
Design Innovation Seed Fund Impact (DISF) achieves key target with new innovations supported
After opening a new round of application in July 2022, the DISF has now met its target with regards to the number of projects onboarded in its current allocation of funding. 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 [...]
New grant funding round for cutting-edge local technologies
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 [...]
Design Innovation Seed Fund Impact Report 2022: Discover how our grant funding has helped local innovators
The DISF provides grant funding on an 80:20 split to designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers with pre-revenue innovative technologies and tech-enabled ideas and products, to help them take the next step towards commercialisation. These businesses are generally not able to raise funds easily from traditional banks or funding agencies because of the risks involved. [...]