HBD - Venture Capital / Media Office


	1 2 3 4 5 HBD in the News It's time to ditch our inferiority complex Julia Long The Times, 18 March 2008 South African entrepreneurs need to have more faith in their business ideas, writes Julia Long. As a dynamic nation, South Africa has huge potential for entrepreneurial success. Then why aren't we tapping into it? According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report, we have not even scratched the surface of our potential. Read more... HBD backs catering software firm SAinfo reporter SAinfo, 18 February 2008 HBD Venture Capital - the venture capital company founded by "space tourist" Mark Shuttleworth - has announced an investment of R9-million into technology start-up orderTalk, a creator of highly sophisticated online restaurant ordering software that has its back office operations in Cape Town. Read more... HBD invests in orderTalk Cape Business News, 14 February 2008 Cape Town-based HBD Venture Capital – the venture capital firm founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2000 – announced today that it had concluded terms for an investment of R9-million in orderTalk, the creator of highly sophisticated online restaurant ordering software. This latest announcement brings to three the number of investments made by HBD in early stage South African entrepreneurial businesses in the past few months. Read more... HBD invests R9m in online restaurant software Moderator travelwires.com, 14 February 2008 Western Cape - Cape Town-based HBD Venture Capital the venture capital firm founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2000 announced today that it had concluded terms for an investment of R9-million in orderTalk, the creator of highly sophisticated online restaurant ordering software. Read more... HBD super-sizes its fund Paul Vecchiatto ITWeb, 14 February 2008 HBD Venture Capital has taken a R9 million stake in online restaurant communications company Ordertalk.com as part of an overall strategy to extend its private equity investment fund by another year. Read more... Shuttleworth invests in leading SA software company SA The Good News, 13 February 2008 Mark Shuttleworth’s venture capital firm has made a R9 million investment in a South African technology company that has developed the world’s most sophisticated online restaurant ordering software. Read more... Shuttleworth firm orders a serving of success Business Report, 13 February 2008 Cape Town - HBD Venture Capital – the firm founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2000 – on Wednesday announced a R9-million deal with orderTalk, the creator of highly sophisticated online restaurant ordering software, bringing to three the number of investments made by HBD in early stage South African entrepreneurial businesses in the past few months. Read more... Dates in the desert Chimwemwe Mwanza Finweek, 15 September 2007 As cellphone users experience an explosion in applications, mobile commerce vendors remain upbeat that phenomenal growth for the sector might be just around the corner. Read more... Mobile Banking by Fundamo Brandon McGee Mobile Banking, 17 September 2007 In case you missed it I recently wrote an article for Mobile Money and Banking about two lesser known yet formidable mobile banking vendors: M-Com and SRM Technologies.Today, I would like to add Fundamo to that list. . Read more... HBD catches SA Cab Paul Vecchiatto ITWeb, 21 September 2007 Mark Shuttleworth's HBD Venture Capital has snapped up a R10 million stake in taxi operator SA Cab, as it eyes the firm's call centre technology and predicts 2010 will be a boon for the local transport sector. Read more... Shuttleworth firm backs SA Cab Melissa Britz Fin24.co.za, 19 September 2007 Cape Town - HBD Venture Capital, started by local entrepreneur and afronaut Mark Shuttleworth, has invested R10m in a local metered taxi operator. Read more... 1 2 3 4 5		Julia Long