Kenyan Firm Bags Ksh13M, Joins Top US Companies in Program
Members of Kidato, a Kenyan ed-tech startup accepted into Y Combinator accelerator
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Kenyan tech start-up, Kidato was named as one of the three African companies that joined the exclusive Silicon Valley Y Combinator - a US seed money startup accelerator that has helped launch thousands of top startups.
Kidato, which offers online learning for K-12 students (2 to 18 years of age), joined the Y Combinator Winter cohort in January where it got Ksh13 million and will showcase its capabilities to global investors end of March 2021, with a possibility of getting more funding.
GreaseBoss co-founders Peter Condoleon, Steve Barnett and Tim Hall. Source: supplied.
Queensland startup GreaseBoss has been selected to take part in the prestigious Silicon Valley Y Combinator accelerator program, shortly after banking $100,000 in grant funding from the Qld state government.
Founded during the COVID-19 lockdown, the startup secured the grant funding from the Advance Queensland Ignite Ideas Fund, to help with a rollout across Australia.
It has since signed its first major pilot contract, bringing mining giant Glencore on board.
And, since January, chief executive Steve Barnett and his co-founders Peter Condoleon and Tim Hall have been taking part in the Y Combinator program.