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Venture Capital & Funding Seminar 19 Sept

SPII (Support Programme for Industrial Innovation) is designed to promote technology development in industry in South Africa through the provision of financial assistance for the development of innovative products and/or processes. SPII will be invited to present their venture capital funding schemes aimed at ICT companies.

Programme:

08:50 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:05	Welcoming Address: CITI
09:10 - 10:00	SPII Presentation: Farouk Mangera
10:00 - 10:30	Q&A: Farouk Mangera
10:30 - 12:00	15 minute interview slots per company

Funding will focus on:

Seed capital-R&D, proof of concept, product development, market research and business plan development

Qualifying criteria for companies:

Development should represent significant advance in technology
Development and subsequent production must take place within South Africa
IP to reside in South African registered company
Available to all South African registered enterprises
Government funded institutions (e.g. CSIR) do not directly qualify for support
No simultaneous applications from the same company

The areas of the IT sector that the IDC is dedicated to include:

Information technology, mainly software development
E-commerce
Telecommunications (mobile, fixed-line, satellite, virtual networks)
Electronics
New ICT technologies
Specialist engineering projects
New technologies in Financial Services
Mining technology
Other technologies, e.g. chemistry, biotechnology

What	Seminar
When	2008-09-19 from 09:00 am to 01:00 pm
Where	125 Buitengracht Street, BWB Events Room
Contact Name	Amanda Chetty
Contact Email	amanda@citi.org.za
Contact Phone	(021) 409 7000
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