Grindstone PROGRAMMES
We select the top innovative startups and scaleups for our agile accelerator programmes to provide them with knowledge, networks, funding readiness and market readiness as their foundation of exponential growth.
Conceived in South Africa, we have successfully graduated 115 companies across Africa and the rest of the world. We are the top startup accelerator in South Africa, Africa and beyond.
Grindstone Accelerator
The Grindstone global accelerator focuses on four pillars, which were developed by identifying an entrepreneur’s crucial needs at every stage of the business lifecycle.
Grindstone Regional
In the past decade, Grindstone has experienced impressive organic growth by supporting startups through our various programmes. Our expansion into new regions has played a significant role in this growth.
Grindstone Plus
We're excited to announce that a new service will soon be available for Grindstone cohort graduates, Grindstone alumni, Knife Capital portfolio companies, and Thinkroom partner companies. This service will provide access to an exclusive startup ecosystem where you can take advantage of bespoke SME services at members-only rates, lifelong learning opportunities, networking events, and more.
As a member of this new service, you'll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs who are enthusiastic about exploring new products and services. Our community is built on the idea of collective value, where we contribute more to the group than we take.
Stay tuned for more information on this exciting new service and how it can benefit you and your business. We look forward to welcoming you to our thriving startup ecosystem.
Grindstone Ventures
Grindstone Ventures is a female-led venture capital fund that invests in people. The people who found early-stage innovation-driven and/or technology focused scaleups.
Our focus? Diversity and inclusion.
Grindstone Alumni
The Grindstone Alumni programme invites you to connect with a supportive network of fellow entrepreneurs who are on a similar journey to you, joining a robust community of entrepreneurs, corporates, funders, and ecosystem builders. With Grindstone Alumni, you can learn, connect, engage, and grow together.
Grindstone Impact
We believe entrepreneurs have the ingenuity and agility to develop solutions to society’s biggest challenges. That’s why we created Grindstone Impact – a social impact accelerator dedicated to growth engineering startups.
Grindstone Academy
Would you like to learn how to manage your business more efficiently, profitably, and competitively? You can with Grindstone’s startup academy, featuring a Learning Management System designed for entrepreneurs.
