GAIAONICA is a proudly African company focused on revolutionizing Green Technology. Our core focus is on combining nature’s innovations with humanity’s innovations to produce efficient yet sustainable products - aka Biomimicry, a relatively new science. About a decade ago, Biomimicry companies were among the rarest in the world, but the industry is now growing quickly. However, in Africa, it is still rare. We’re going to change that. Currently, we are aiming to improve renewable energy products by observing nature to not only increase the generation of energy but also to increase accessibility

SEED was founded at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg by UN Environment, UNDP and IUCN as a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy. SEED is based on the understanding that the promotion of social and environmental entrepreneurship is pivotal for environmentally friendly and socially inclusive development and poverty reduction.

SEED works with growing enterprises and aspiring entrepreneurs in its Enterprise Support programmes to strategise, optimise and award achievements in eco-inclusive entrepreneurship.

SEED offerings 

The South African Renewable Energy Business Incubator (SAREBI), was established in 2012 by the Small Enterprise Development Agency Technology programme (SEDA) to incubate businesses in the renewable energy sector.

Its mission is to help energy entrepreneurs in the renewable, clean, alternative energy and energy efficiency sectors to build scalable, profitable and sustainable businesses.

It assists businesses in various stages of development with support services ranging from operational support to enterprise skills training to manufacturing support to coaching.

Sarabi's enterprise skills

Process Energy and Environmental Technology Station (PEETS) is located at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Mapulong Building, Doornfontein Campus. The primary mandate of the UJ-PEETS is to contribute toward improving the competitiveness of Industry in the green economy through the application of specialized knowledge and technology transfer. UJ-PEETS facilitate the interaction between academia, industry (especially SMEs) and government. To achieve our mission, UJ-PEETS supports various capacity building and policy influencing initiatives to grow the green economy, while providing

beAfriBusiness is a development company foundered by a young South African entrepreneur, who develops projects in the Solar, Water and Agri Sector, beAfriBusiness develops projects in countries with high scarcity of water and arable land, farmers are encouraged to use solar energy and smart Agri technology to increase produce and productivity. Water is a critical input for agricultural production and plays an important role in food security. Due to population growth, urbanization, and climate change, competition for water resources is expected to increase, with a particular impact on

TriVest is a leading provider of equity for growth capital financings, middle market corporate acquisitions and recapitalizations. Since its founding, TriVest has experienced a huge demand for capital in the early stage sector in Southern Africa, where innovative early-stage and start-up companies often lack the financial, managerial and network resources for expansion and growth.

TriVest prefers to invest in quality small to medium sized companies, which possess or promise strong and defendable market positions in growing or fragmented industries. TriVest always co-invests with company

Seed South Capital is an organization built for the times, today’s societal demands call for pragmatic solutions to address the widespread economic inequality. We cannot and should not admire the problem anymore.

We invest in early-stage companies, transforming these into B-BBEE compliant business enterprises, forging a new class of youthful entrepreneurs.

We take a hurried approach to patient investing. Solving inequality means building businesses, not simply buying and selling companies.

  • We support exceptional South African entrepreneurs who promote African indigeneity, culture, and

Sanari Capital is a South African private equity investment company. We specialise in founder-run, owner-managed and family-owned businesses with a high growth agenda.

Sanari Capital was founded in 2013. Our aim is to build businesses that are sustainable, scalable and saleable.

We manage investments in companies in the lower- and middle-market in South Africa and selectively in other African markets. Our team has the knowledge, commitment and passion to fuel the success of businesses with potential by providing high quality, rigorous and customised private equity solutions to complement

 

SABAN (South African Business Angel Network) is the non-profit, professional association for the South African early stage investor community. Established in 2016, SABAN represents a sector that plays a vital role in South Africa’s future, notably in the funding of Start-Ups. SABAN members fuel SA’s growth through the creation of wealth and jobs.

OBJECTIVES

– Raising awareness of Angel investing activity 

– Capacity building / training

– Networking with peers

– Research

– Accreditation

– Seeding Angel Groups in major economic hubs

– Lobbying for regulatory improvements

– Recognise

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