Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Savant is the only dedicated hardware technology incubator in South Africa. Savant fills a critical gap in the early-stage funding space. We provide a supportive, founder friendly environment for very early-stage hardware technology innovators and founders. With over 20 years of experience supporting early-stage hardware technology innovators and founders, the Savant team prides itself in providing a supportive, founder-friendly environment for our portfolio companies, which ultimately enhances the probability of the success of our investments.

Savant Venture Fund focuses on investing in

Phatisa is a leading African private equity fund manager.focused on investments across the African food value chain, plus affordable housing; whilst balancing commercial returns with impact objectives.

Established in 2005, the firm focusses on investments across the African food value chain, plus affordable housing; whilst balancing commercial returns with impact objectives. Phatisa has three funds under management, totalling more than US$ 400 million, managed by a team of over 35 dedicated staff with a proven track record of managing private equity funds and commercial businesses throughout

Paper Plane is an early stage venture capital firm based in South Africa.

Paper Plane Ventures was founded in late 2014 by Stuart Van der Veen  and Michael Stannard, initially as an advisory firm. Using surplus cash from consulting, the firm took options in various local startups and even in a Finnish startup, converting the options to equity in the 2017, the same year that the VC was acquired by Platform Investment Partners..The firm offers investors access to an innovative telecom and technology focused investment team with an “excellent” track record in capital deployment, merges and

The Jua Kickstarter Fund invests in early stage entrepreneurs and also equips them with mentoring and guidance to grow their businesses.

The Jua Fund is an early-stage, Pan-African, Venture Capital Fund that invests the first check into exceptional founders at the pre-seed and seed stage. We are sector agnostic and back tech and tech-enabled companies with a typical check size of up to $250k. Our portfolio companies then have a direct line to capital to scale from pre-seed, to Seed, to Series A and beyond. Our goal is to develop the continent through empowering a new generation of African

One Thousand and One Voices is a private equity company investing around the world.

1K1V invests in sub-Saharan Africa with an exclusive LP base of leading family offices. 1K1V looks to drive economic development and create stable jobs through deploying private family capital. 1K1V targets investments among Sub-Saharan Africa across a variety of sectors, including agribusiness, healthcare and education to name a few. To-date, 1K1V’s investments have created or sustained over 5,600 jobs and financial wellbeing to over 45,000 people.

Naspers is a global internet firm that invests in technology in markets across the world.

Naspers is not only a global consumer internet group and but also one of the largest technology investors in the world. Operating and investing in countries and markets across the world with long-term growth potential, Naspers builds leading companies that empower people and enrich communities. The group operates and partners a number of leading internet businesses across the Americas, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia in sectors including online classifieds, food delivery, payments, travel

The Diageo Empowerment Trust SA builds and sustains vigorous economic growth through aiding new businesses entering the economy in South Africa.

The Diageo Empowerment Trust SA was started to build and sustain vigorous economic growth through aiding new businesses entering the economy. By focusing on black empowerment, we will help businesses and strengthen communities in South Africa. The Diageo Empowerment Trust SA has three initiatives. 1) Helping promising sorghum farmers compete for new markets. The Trust is already working with identified farmers in the Eastern Cape and will move into

VINTAGE CAPITAL is an investment holding firm that implements a diversified investment strategy with interest in various sectors.

VINTAGE CAPITAL is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has partners in major global capital markets including Europe, Asia and North America. The company also conducts advisory work including, investment due diligence, capital raising, balance sheet restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions.

We are a sector agnostic company but have a bias towards Energy, Information Communication and Technology (ICT), Financial Services, and Agriculture.

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BEDCO is a parastatal of the Government of Lesotho, with a mandate to support entrepreneurial capacity building programmes, startup incubation, business advisory and technical training as well as develop Basotho enterprises by assisting in their establishment, promotion and growth. 

Key priority areas under the strategic plan include enterprise development; financial sustainability, stakeholder collaborations' organisational effectiveness; and human capital development.Under enterprise development; BEDCO develops and implements entrepreneurship programmes in the priority sectors namely

Subtropico Limited is a public investment holding company with a focus on the agricultural services sector and related value chains.

We acquire meaningful interests in companies with the potential to generate strong cash returns and growth.

As a well-established and respected investment holding company, our strategy is guided by our vision for the future of the South African market. Subtropico’s investments are highly diversified, yet we keep a strong focus on investing in future-proof industries.

Food is and always will be a fundamental need, and the strong growth of the South African