# Grindstone

- **Website:** <https://grindstonexl.com>
- **Primary alias:** `grindstonexl.com`
- **Founded:** 2013
- **Employees:** 2+
- **Location:** Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- **Company kind:** PARTNERSHIP

## Description

Grindstone is a global growth engineer that empowers startups to achieve greatness. With a focus on resilience, patience, and real grit, they understand what it takes to start and scale a business. Grindstone offers bespoke interventions based on each entrepreneur's unique journey, addressing gaps and providing access to knowledge, networks, funding, and markets. Their programmes, such as the Grindstone Accelerator and Grindstone Ventures, support high-growth entrepreneurship and innovation-driven companies with demonstrated potential. The impact of their approach is measurable, with previous cohorts experiencing an average revenue growth of 51% year-on-year. Grindstone's team, led by experienced entrepreneurs and investors, believes in the power of entrepreneurship and works towards creating a thriving ecosystem of successful companies. Joining the Grindstone alumni community offers founders access to a supportive network and continued resources, including advice and exclusive rewards through Grindstone Plus.

## Industries

- 📊 Publishing and Printing _(under Business and Consumer Services)_
- 📊 Business and Consumer Services

## Links

- [twitter](https://twitter.com/GrindstoneXL)
- [facebook](https://facebook.com/Grindstonexl)
- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/grindstonexl)

## Logos & icons

- icon _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/iddJwIaSRM/w/266/h/266/theme/dark/icon.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1781185604575)
- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/iddJwIaSRM/w/820/h/138/theme/light/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1781185604483)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amethyst Smoke | #a79dbe | dark |
| White | #ffffff | light |
| Affair | #714897 | light |
| Victoria | #5b4390 | accent |

## Fonts

- system-ui — asset _(system)_
- Arial — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/iddJwIaSRM/w/1500/h/500/idFSmzSEUj.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1781185604799)

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