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Lebo's style hair salon, which has its headquarters in the Free State in South Africa is looking for funding to expand the business.

I am a young male, and I love my business, but I don't have a big enough space and enough tools to accommodate my clients.

Many young people want to work with me, and if I had the funds to expand the salon I could hire at least five people in my community.

And I have a food business that could hire 10 people if I could get the funding. 

The Product Development Technology Station (PDTS) is located on the campus of Central University of Technology (CUT) in Bloemfontein. The Technology Station develops new ideas into products, or improve existing products with detailed engineering and develop ideas from concept to prototype. In this way, PDTS assists SMMEs by providing them with technological support to design and manufacture innovative new products.

The station makes use of first-class engineering expertise from CUT as well as specialized prototyping equipment from the Centre for Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing (CRPM) to

Limpopo AgroFood Technology Station (LATS) was established to achieve the eight anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), within the context of the National Development Plans (NDP) Framework. LATS is funded by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and housed at the University of Limpopo (UL), Turfloop Campus. LATS serves as a TIA connector in the Limpopo Province that catalyses partnerships between SMEs, industries and Universities to develop an enabled supporting agro-processing innovation for global competitiveness.
 

LATS reduces barriers of access to

AgriFood Technology Station (ATS) is well placed in a state of the art complex on the Bellville campus of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). This includes a Pilot Plant with different processing areas for baked goods, meat products, beverages, chocolate & sweets, spray drying & extrusion and also general heat processing and drying. Besides general and cold stores, there are also several laboratory areas such as an R&D lab (for smallscale product development), Research Lab, Instrument Room, Chemistry Lab, Microbiology Lab and a Physical Food Properties Lab. 

The mandate of the

OneBio is a Cape Town-based biotech early-stage investor and venture builder, turning life sciences into business. It is our mission to build businesses that are original and world changing. We partner with biotech entrepreneurs, providing investment capital and know-how to venture-build companies of the future.

We ideate with them, helping them define and redefine the problem they are solving. We support them along the journey, venture-building alongside them. We get our ‘hands dirty’, and provide expertise, networks, and grant and equity funding; helping them to realise their dreams.

Among

Grabouw Based operation.   We use the dual thrust of Hydro Power and Industrial Hemp to bring Economic opportunity to the greater population of the Grabouw Valley

With the Plentiful river structure and a large number of dams, we are working with the Large Scale Apple Farmers and Fruit juice producers to identify and develop a local electricity grid, the benefits of this are twofold: Dependable low-cost electricity and significant improvement in Grabouw Carbon Footprint.

Industrial hemp has multiple benefits. Firstly drawdown,  with a drawdown rate of approximately 20 tons of toxic gas per

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

Spartan is strictly focused on Small & Growing Businesses … this is who we finance. We’re 100% committed to only helping SMEs grow. It’s in our DNA. It’s in our processes. It’s in the way we engage.

We don’t serve survivalist, micro and lifestyle businesses – we believe we can make a greater impact by financing Small & Growing Businesses. Small & Growing Businesses are defined as commercially viable businesses that have significant potential and ambition for growth.

You will be considered for finance if:

• you are a small to mid-sized business
• > 3 years old
• your annual turnover is R10 –

African rooted capital management firm focused on impactful, alternative investments.

What We Do

We manage investment portfolios on behalf of our clients / investors aiming to grow their wealth over time. Through our investments we also aim to contribute towards inclusive economic growth in Africa.

Savvy Africa Opportunities Fund

Savvy Africa Opportunities Fund, an equity fund that focuses on growth & expansion capital with investments ranging from US$3 mil. in African Listed and Pre-IPO Opportunities. 

Segregated Pan-Africa Mandates

We also offer bespoke Pan-Africa Equity mandates to

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