As South Africa’s only hardware technology incubator, Savant focuses on science-based (not ICT) technology with global market appeal and strong Intellectual Property protection. Situated in the heart of Cape Town, SA’s innovation capital, Savant has a wealth of entrepreneurial networks and supplementary services at its fingertips. Described by some as one of the best-kept secrets of the local and international tech scene, Savant boasts an incubation success rate of 95%.
South Africa punches above its weight in tech innovation. However, there is a shortage of investors at incubation and seed stages due to risk-averse local financial institutions, government funding mechanisms falling short, and a gap between the small pool of angel investors and second-round funding.
Taking a unique Choose the Tech – Build the Team approach, Savant has developed a locally relevant process for taking South African tech businesses to market. Savant focuses on establishing successful and sustainable businesses, raising funding, finalising product development and industrialisation, launching products onto local and global markets, and providing premium quality, bespoke ongoing entrepreneurial support to inventors and tech originators.
Savant’s small team of technically grounded MBA’s brings unrivalled skills to the seed-stage incubation space of South Africa. Savant’s team are experts in de-risking early stage businesses to ensure the company portfolio holds a promising pipeline of projects for investors.
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