Due Date: October 5, 2018
Applications are open for the IBM South Africa/Tshimologong Digital Development Start-up Velocity Program 2018 IBM South Africa, through its Equity Equivalence Financial Investment Program (EEIP) together with Tshimologong Digital Development Precinct have actually created a program to allow the velocity of Development Phase Tech and Digital Startups.
The Start-up Velocity effort remains in the format of a Bootcamp to allow advancement through a series of brief, extensive and extensive modules and a financial investment in the effective Start-up to development (resources, facilities and innovation). The Bootcamp includes modules on numerous Organisation and Innovation subjects targeted at Startups.
Advantages
- Once the Bootcamp is total, a round of pitching for a financial investment of approximately R500 k in services occurs.
Eligibility
- Business needs to be functional, a going issue and commercially sustainable and feasible;-LRB- **************).
- Business is an innovation focused Start-up– i.e. a small/medium sized service that takes an innovation service/product (hardware or software application) to the marketplace;-LRB- **************).
- Business is 51% black-owned and handled;-LRB- **************).
- The candidate is associated with business’s day-to-day operations and management on a full-time basis, and is not utilized by other organisation or Organ of State;-LRB- **************).
- Business is signed up and locateded, within the borders of South Africa;-LRB- **************).
- Business remains in the early/mid phases of development (older than one year);-LRB- **************).
- Business can not be presently taking part on other Business Advancement program at IBM or at any of its rivals;-LRB- **************).
- The candidate should state if they are a relative or direct partner of an IBM staff member consisting of the nature of the relationship;-LRB- **************).
- Organisations that are a franchise or NPOs (Non-Profit Organisation) or NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisation) are not qualified to take part.
Application
To find out more, go to IBM Start-up Bootcamp
