Hi everyone, happy 2021!

Welcome to the UpStartVC Podcast, a podcast where we talk to entrepreneurs about the things they’re building and investors about the entrepreneurs they’re backing.

It is hosted by Kamo Motaung an entrepreneur and BCom Honours Investment Management graduate; and, Daryn Munnik, a CFA charterholder currently pursuing a Masters in Development Finance, with research and support from Vuyo Mzini.

Starting with this episode we will also share our background research note in the link at the end.

This week we chat to Mvelo Hlophe one of the founders of a Cape Town based, ed-tech startup called Zaio.

Mvelo is a young and dynamic entrepreneur having started Zaio while still at the University of Cape Town in 2017. In 2019, Mvelo was named the overall winner of the 2019 Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition and in 2020 Zaio was nominated as one of the top 50 innovative ed-tech startups in Sub-Saharan Africa.

You can find out more about Zaio on their website and on social media:

* Website

* Facebook

* LinkedIn

* Instagram:

In this episode we cover the following topics:

* Mvelo’s elevator pitch.

* Why they started Zaio.

* The Zaio business model.

* His fundraising experience.

* What Mvelo would do with a $100k investment.

We have also put together a background research note on Zaio, which is available here:

Zaio Research Note

If you enjoyed listening to the podcast or reading the note, we’d really appreciate a review on Apple Podcasts or if you share your thoughts here.

Cheers

Kamo & Daryn & Vuyo

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