GrindstoneX has selected ten female-led startups from South Africa to participate in its accelerator program

GrindstoneX South Africa

GrindstoneX South Africa

The three-year GrindstoneX accelerator program, which seeks to empower female entrepreneurs while generating jobs, has selected ten South African startups. 

Grindstone, founded in 2014 and owned jointly by Knife Capital and Thinkroom, provides support to high-growth, innovation-driven companies in order to facilitate expansion. 

The youth development initiative of the international consumer internet company and technology investor, Naspers, is called Naspers Labs. 

The two organizations have teamed up to create GrindstoneX, which will annually identify the top 10 female-founded South African businesses and put them through Grindstone’s 12-month growth engineering curriculum. 

The members of the first cohort, which have now been selected, are as follows: 

GrindstoneX, which leverages the expertise and accomplishments of Grindstone’s growth engineering programs, is made possible by financial backing from Naspers Labs.

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