For innovators: We are the catalyst for your creativity - Propella helps IT and manufacturing innovators and entreprenuers to go from zero to hero.
For innovators: We are the catalyst for your creativity - Propella helps IT and manufacturing innovators and entreprenuers to go from zero to hero.
Propella can help you to take your product or IT solution to the market.
If your innovation can improve the lives of people living in cities around the world, we'd like to engage further but first we need to know a bit more...
Contact us as soon as you have a prototype.
Please give us a call.
Propella can help you to take your product or IT solution to the market.
If your innovation can improve the lives of people living in cities around the world, we'd like to engage further but first we need to know a bit more...
Contact us as soon as you have a prototype.
Please give us a call.
We look into the following sectors :
We look into the following sectors :
This is the chance you've been looking for to make your big idea a reality.
Be sure to bookmark this page and to return regularly to apply for the next FutureMakers adventure. Applications open every few months, so you need to keep visiting the site for dates.
This is the chance you've been looking for to make your big idea a reality.
Be sure to bookmark this page and to return regularly to apply for the next FutureMakers adventure. Applications open every few months, so you need to keep visiting the site for dates.
This is the recruitment stage, to find out more about where we are involved in our community, click through to our diary
This is the recruitment stage, to find out more about where we are involved in our community, click through to our diary
Is referred to as a Ideation and is undertaken as a Bootcamp. This will typically be where the entrepreneur merely has a business idea. When the entrepreneurs apply to the programme, the idea will not have been validated and the product will not have been developed. The purpose of Stage 1 is to confirm the right jockey and to validate his / her business idea.
Is referred to as Incubation. At this stage, the entrepreneur will have completed the ideation process or entered the programme with market research that proves a well-defined business problem and solution and (or) product proof of concept in development and (or) pre-revenue stage. The purpose of Stage 2 is to validate the business, proving it to be a viable opportunity.
The purpose of Stage 3 is to ensure the product and business foundations are solid and that possible seed investment can flow. The end of the acceleration journey is marked by the opportunity to apply for further commercialisation support. Stage 3 business and product development activities will be for 12 weeks. Co-working space will be made available for a maximum of 12 months.
This is the recruitment stage, to find out more about where we are involved in our community, click through to our diary
Is referred to as a Ideation and is undertaken as a Bootcamp. This will typically be where the entrepreneur merely has a business idea. When the entrepreneurs apply to the programme, the idea will not have been validated and the product will not have been developed. The purpose of Stage 1 is to confirm the right jockey and to validate his / her business idea.
Is referred to as Incubation. At this stage, the entrepreneur will have completed the ideation process or entered the programme with market research that proves a well-defined business problem and solution and (or) product proof of concept in development and (or) pre-revenue stage. The purpose of Stage 2 is to validate the business, proving it to be a viable opportunity.
The purpose of Stage 3 is to ensure the product and business foundations are solid and that possible seed investment can flow. The end of the acceleration journey is marked by the opportunity to apply for further commercialisation support. Stage 3 business and product development activities will be for 12 weeks. Co-working space will be made available for a maximum of 12 months.
Propella have positioned themselves to assist both B2E (Business to Entrepreneur) and B2B (Business to Business) applicants that are seeking assistance in developing their innovative products, processes and/or services within the following areas:
The industrial incubator will consider applicants who already have a proof-of-concept or early stage prototype. Applicants are required to make an online submission on the website. Once the applications are screened internally and align to Propella’s vision and focus areas, then applicants would be required to present their innovations to a panel. Should the panel endorse the application, the start of a 3-year journey with Propella would commence.
Propella offers both virtual and physical incubation services. The warehouse facility is well equipped and ideally suited to low volume production. Prototyping support facilities such as 3D printing, 3D scanning and small part machining and molding are available, together with a well-resourced workshop that has all the basic tools required for manufacturing. There is also a network of skilled technical and business support. If there are products that demonstrate great growth / market potential, Propella would also be willing to engage in ‘cash for equity’ discussions.
Propella have positioned themselves to assist both B2E (Business to Entrepreneur) and B2B (Business to Business) applicants that are seeking assistance in developing their innovative products, processes and/or services within the following areas:
The industrial incubator will consider applicants who already have a proof-of-concept or early stage prototype. Applicants are required to make an online submission on the website. Once the applications are screened internally and align to Propella’s vision and focus areas, then applicants would be required to present their innovations to a panel. Should the panel endorse the application, the start of a 3-year journey with Propella would commence.
Propella offers both virtual and physical incubation services. The warehouse facility is well equipped and ideally suited to low volume production. Prototyping support facilities such as 3D printing, 3D scanning and small part machining and molding are available, together with a well-resourced workshop that has all the basic tools required for manufacturing. There is also a network of skilled technical and business support. If there are products that demonstrate great growth / market potential, Propella would also be willing to engage in ‘cash for equity’ discussions.
Content covered for Industrial innovators is determined by an in-depth diagnostic conducted on the business and technology as the venture enters the programme. A journey is charted and agreed on that best utilises the resources made available by Propella and the objective and times frames of the innovator.
Typically, an advisor and mentor are assigned to the innovator who also receives access to the Propella Content Platform and bi-weekly workshops offered by Propella.
The following key development stages are covered over a maximum period of 3 years;
Content covered for Industrial innovators is determined by an in-depth diagnostic conducted on the business and technology as the venture enters the programme. A journey is charted and agreed on that best utilises the resources made available by Propella and the objective and times frames of the innovator.
Typically, an advisor and mentor are assigned to the innovator who also receives access to the Propella Content Platform and bi-weekly workshops offered by Propella.
The following key development stages are covered over a maximum period of 3 years;
We completely understand that start-up ventures need capital and that the "go to" for most is ofter the standard "Friends, Family & Fools" options. Propella assists with the application for funding through its network of government and private sector institutions.
Propella has been contracted by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) to
implement to an SMME Seed Fund, aimed at assisting knowledge economy-based
SMMEs in the Eastern Cape to access bridging finance to advance their innovative
ideas to market. The monetary value of the grant funding will range from R50 000
(minimum) to R650 000 (maximum) per project.
We completely understand that start-up ventures need capital and that the "go to" for most is ofter the standard "Friends, Family & Fools" options. Propella assists with the application for funding through its network of government and private sector institutions.
Propella has been contracted by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) to
implement to an SMME Seed Fund, aimed at assisting knowledge economy-based
SMMEs in the Eastern Cape to access bridging finance to advance their innovative
ideas to market. The monetary value of the grant funding will range from R50 000
(minimum) to R650 000 (maximum) per project.
Information to be confirmed.
We will be in contact with you to let you know that we’ve received your application and what the next step is.
It may be a referral to another Enterprise Development Agency, a call to find out more or an invitation to come in for a chat.
If there is mutual interest, you will be invited to present to a Selection Panel who make the final decision regarding incubation. And then the journey begins.
Typical support includes:
We will be in contact with you to let you know that we’ve received your application and what the next step is.
It may be a referral to another Enterprise Development Agency, a call to find out more or an invitation to come in for a chat.
If there is mutual interest, you will be invited to present to a Selection Panel who make the final decision regarding incubation. And then the journey begins.