South Africa

We provide venture capital for companies and strategize their route to market dominance. We offer resources from day one that will set companies up for accelerated growth.

• Seed Capital. Tap into our resources and find a partner who has the foresight to see the potential in your dream.
• Start Up. Our team of experts will assist in refining your product value proposition and set you on course to grow your market share and become profitable.
• Growth Capital. Through providing expansion capital we will help you grow your business and position you as a market leader.

We fund technology-enabled

Kgatelopele Venture Capital and Private Equity Pty is a 100% black-owned firm that seeks to invest in a variety of businesses. The name Kgatelopele is derived from a Setswana phrase meaning “taking a step forward to realise success.

The firm focuses primarily on private equity and venture capital asset classes. The firm targets mostly black under-developed businesses that have a potential for growth if supported. The firm seeks out companies with potential for growth and with the main aim to raise capital, put in talent and strategy needed to permanently strengthen the company and raise its

Kalon Venture Partners is the disruptive technology VC team with the most dynamic and well-experienced executives in the SA tech VC space with a combined 200 years of technology, business building, venture capital and entrepreneurial experience. Kalon is not just about funding and smart capital. It’s about smart returns. We believe you will achieve great returns if you create as much non-financial as financial value.

IsimoVest is an early stage, venture investment company, focused on helping entrepreneurs develop their businesses, from concept to market peneration.
We invest in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds.

We are technology agnostic, but focus on technology enabled businesses, with a proven unique selling proposition, geared to have significant positive, impact on the communities and markets it serves.

Ishe Africa is a female-led $10MM venture capital fund, domiciled in Mauritius, investing in technology and technology-enabled start-ups in Sub-Saharan Africa, the second-fastest-growing region in the world. The Ishe Africa team consists of operators, software developers, business developers and finance professionals with experience across the region. We believe that this will be instrumental in supporting portfolio companies with their regional expansion, a key to our investment philosophy.

iPartners Africa (iPA) is the leading African Venture Capital management company in innovative, owner managed businesses with high growth potential. We are also committed to job creation, BEE and Social Impact.

Invenfin is a strategic venture partner owned and backed by the Remgro Group. We invest in high growth businesses with international ambitions.

The Intsika Impact Fund is a BMF initiative and was founded in 2021. It has since developed a rich network of local business partners. We make early and transformational investments in companies that have the potential to do great things. Our dedicated team is made up of seasoned investors who are looking to partner with hard-working, visionary entrepreneurs.

The Intsika Impact Fund responds to the growing market opportunity to promote SMME’s to bolster job creation and drive the transformation of the South African Business Landscape.  The Fund is designed to fill a gap in the array of

Horizon Equity Partners is one of South Africa’s longest established private equity firms with an investment track record dating back to 1992. Our executives have collectively initiated and managed equity investments in over 40 companies across a wide range of industry sectors, but with an emphasis on technology, media & telecommunications.

We specialise in the provision of growth capital and buyout capital to small and medium sized enterprises at all stages of development except start-up.

Knife Capital manages HBD Venture Capital’s South African portfolio of investments.

HBD VC is a South African venture capital fund founded by Michael Shuttleworth in 2000. HBD (an acronym for ‘Here Be Dragons’ – a term used in ancient times to mark unchartered territories on maps) offered growth capital to a range of early stage businesses. The fund is now fully invested and its current focus is on growing its investments to achieve successful exits.