Frequently Asked Questions - Funding


The Shuttleworth Foundation understands and appreciates the great need for bursaries in South Africa but carries a mandate that prevents it from providing for them. Instead, funding is focused on driving change, innovation and policy reform in the areas of education and technology.

No, the Foundation will only consider funding for non-profit initiatives. Entrepreneurs with proposed for-profit projects should visit the HBD Venture Capital website

This nature of funding falls outside of the scope of the Foundation's mandate. Inkululeko Technologies is a related organisation that can provide implementations of tuXlabs at schools and can be contacted on +27 21 959 9304.

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