Developing activities in Cape Town
We gathered a list of services & tools to help you to expand in the Western Cape.
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Loans
Bpifrance offers a range of financing products (debt) as needed (increase your cash flow, grow your business and finance your growth, guarantee your bank loans, innovate) :
- Soft loans (repayable advance, zero yield loan)
- Investment loan to support your fundraising (1€ loan per 2€ raised)
- Loan for Innovation (if your company has more than 3 years)
- Special BPI Loan for South African companies wich want to import french products
Seed funding & VCs
Here is a list of accelerators and funds that can help you grow your business:
- French Tech VCs based in the Western Cape.
- Local Accelerators based in the Western Cape.
- Local Venture Capital investors based in the Western Cape.
- South African Business Angel Network (ABAN)
- African Business Angel Network
- Venture Capital 4 Africa (VC4Africa)
- TIA SeedFunding
Crowdsourcing
Hire Talented People / Find a Job
Job Boards | V.I.E
Cap40 job board
The Cap40 community allows members to publish and access job offers within companies with tight links to France or with operations in French speaking countries.
Companies and candidates can also leave job discussion threads in the forum.
The VIE Programme
The VIE enables businesses to give 18- to 28-year-old candidates a temporary assignment of between six and 24 months abroad. The scheme is open to candidates of all qualification levels not only from France, but also from any other country in the European Economic Area.
Benefits for businesses :
- No admin paperwork to hire a foreign employee
- Financial incentives
- Visibility of the job offer on the VIE career center
Local Job offer platforms
You are an employer ? You are a candidate ? Here is a non-exhaustive list of job portal commonly used is South Africa.
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