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Foondamate

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Cape Town, South Africa

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Tao Laine Boyle

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Dacod Magagula

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Odunayo Eweniyi

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Odunayo Eweniyi

Marcus Swanepoel

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Marcus Swanepoel

LoftyInc Capital Management

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LoftyInc Capital Management

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3 weeks agoTechCrunch

Edtech FoondaMate eyes speedy takeoff after $2M funding

10 months agoTechweez

FoondaMate and Meta Team Up to Bring AI to Classrooms

10 months agogadget.co.za

SA study tool wins Meta Llama Impact Grant

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Edtech FoondaMate eyes speedy takeoff after $2M funding

https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/24/south-africas-edtech-foondamate-eyes-speedy-takeoff-after-2m-funding/

FoondaMate and Meta Team Up to Bring AI to Classrooms

https://techweez.com/2025/05/29/meta-foondamate-ai-learning-connected-africa-2025/

SA study tool wins Meta Llama Impact Grant

https://gadget.co.za/safoondamate52t/

South African edtech secures Meta's Llama Impact Grant

https://htxt.co.za/2025/05/south-african-edtech-secures-metas-llama-impact-grant/

FoondaMate

https://www.forbes.com/profile/foondamate/

FoondaMate Teaches Via WhatsApp, Powered By Meta AI

https://dataconomy.com/2024/06/07/foondamate-whatsapp-powered-by-meta-ai/

FoondaMate launches in Nigeria to help students study on Whatsapp

https://techcabal.com/2022/10/18/south-african-ed-tech-foondamate-expands-to-nigeria-with-local-whatsapp-number/

SA Edutech Startup FoondaMate Raises $2-Million in Seed Funding

https://www.itnewsafrica.com/2022/05/sa-edutech-startup-foondamate-raises-2-million-in-seed-funding/

Tech Funding News

FoondaMate picks $2M, South Africa’s edtech uses WhatsApp & Messenger to teach the underprivileged

https://techfundingnews.com/foondamate-which-delivers-learning-material-to-the-underprivileged-via-whatsapp-messenger-secures-2m/

How South African edtech startup, FoondaMate, is helping students study with WhatsApp

https://peopleofcolorintech.com/front/how-south-african-edtech-startup-foondamate-is-helping-students-study-with-whatsapp/

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