Browsing: Thomas Pays

Electronic payments specialist i-Pay has secured R10m in venture capital funding from Kalon Venture Partners, which it intends using to expand to other countries outside South Africa. The company, which facilitates bank-to-bank

Start-up Adopt Him, which was launched last week, wants to shake up online dating in SA by making men pay to use the site and attempt to woo female users. The site is free for female subscribers. The website is the latest venture from one of the cofounders of controversial and now-defunct penny auction site Smokoo

Auction website Smokoo.co.za has swept into SA’s online space, stirring a flood of criticism and scepticism about its business model. However, founders Jian Li and Thomas Pays are adamant