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SA edtech Startup FoondaMate Secures $2M Seed Funding

FoondaMate, a South African edTech company, has raised $2 million in a seed round headed by LocalGlobe, a UK-based venture capital firm, to grow its Whatsapp and Facebook-based learning chatbot abroad. Other investors included Emerge Education, FirstCheckAfrica‘s Odunayo Eweniyi, Future Africa’s Iyin Aboyeji, and LoftyInc, as well as Luno’s Marcus Swanepoel and Justworks’ Isaac Oates….

SA’s FoondaMate is helping students with limited internet study using WhatsApp, Messenger

SA’s FoondaMate is helping students with limited internet study using WhatsApp, Messenger

Written by TOM JACKSON South African ed-tech startup FoondaMate is enabling students with limited internet access to study online using just WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger.  Basically, by sending a text to the startup’s number on WhatsApp you can search anything you are confused by, get help with maths, and download practice questions and memos. For…