Txapita Mobility wins Seedstars Maputo

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Txapita Mobility wins Seedstars Maputo

11:04 CAT | 04 Nov 2019

Txapita Mobility will now represent Mozambique at the Seedstars Africa Summit

Mozambican startup Txapita Mobility has been crowned the winner of Seedstars Maputo. This, following a pitch event which took place last Friday (1 November) in the city.

The Maputo-based mobility startup has developed a mobile app and web service that provides users with real-time public transit information.

The startup will now represent Mozambique at the Seedstars Africa Summit which will be held in Johannesburg in December where it will get a chance to win a spot to pitch for $500 000 in equity funding at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland.

In all, 10 startups were selected to pitch at the event.

Hardware startup Output Tech Solution, which has developed Xiphefu a device that can be used to remotely control electricity supply to devices without using the internet, was placed second. This, while online food ordering and delivery platfrom Cliko came in third.

The startups pitched in front of a jury panel that included UX Information Technologies co-founder Frederico P Silva, FSD Mozambique digital finance services manager Carlos Valente Mondle, Ka Da Terra Supermercados’ Ursula Daniela Pais, Agility senior vice president Africa Deanne de Vries, Standard Bank Mozambique head of investment banking Joao Guirengane and Seedstars regional manager for Africa Claudia Makadristo.

The 10 startups named by Seedstars World are :

Milliban Technologies : A platform that gives users access to basic products and services at a competitive price.

Cliko : Online food ordering and delivery platform.

Design Thinking : Mobile insurance platform that claims to issue insurance policies to clients in less than three minutes.

Ethale Publishing : Publisher of local fiction, e-books and audiobooks in Portuguese and Swahili.

POSsoft Multiservice : Develops and provides management software for small businesses.

Explicador Inc : Platform designed to connect students and education professionals to expand tutoring services.

Txapita Mobility : Developed a mobile app and web service that provides users with real-time public transit information.

TxekaMoz : Election monitoring platform.

Output Tech Solution : Developed Xiphefu, a device that can be used to remotely control electricity supply to devices without using the internet.

Somodec : Online music streaming platform that specialises in Mozambican music.

Seedstars World’s next stop in Africa is Zambia for Seedstars Lusaka at Bongo Hive this Wednesday (6 November).

[No MF] Txapita vence o Seedstars Maputo 2019 https://t.co/I2QPIjbJuQ

— Menos Fios (@MenosFios) November 3, 2019

Txeka Pitch at SeedStars Maputo at Standard Bank incubator.

Txeka Platform was part of the 10 final StartUps to the SeedStars Pitch Competition.#Entrepreneurship #StartUps #SeedStars #Tecnology #GenderEquality pic.twitter.com/21zf1B8PiO

— Txeka (@TxekaMoz) November 2, 2019