The Edge Venture Fund is a growth capital impact fund investing in innovative, scale-up businesses in South Africa managed by Edge Growth, a leading fund manager that has been supporting SMEs since 2008.

Edge Growth achieves real transformation by partnering with corporates and growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who in turn create jobs for the unemployed. We grow SMEs by addressing the key constraints they face:

  • Access to finance
  • Access to corporate markets
  • Access to skills

We partner with our committed corporate clients to design and implement bespoke ESD solutions that

Aqoon consultancy is a Windhoek based advisory firm with substantial experience in representing corporate and individual clients.

We offer accounting & bookkeeping, strategy & consulting, debt collection, taxation and project management to organizations and individuals throughout the country.

Paean Capital is a specialised independent, majority empowered, financial services group, focusing on corporate finance advisory and private equity. Its mission is the creation of clients' and partners' wealth. "Paean" is "a song in praise" of corporate finance advisory and private equity.

Paean Capital comprises:

Paean Advisors, a corporate finance advisory boutique, and Paean Private Equity, a private equity fund manager, focused on investing in market leading businesses, working with management teams and realising value within its portfolio companies.

Values and culture

The Principals'

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

Founded in 2018, Tshele is a professional Geosciences consulting & Sourcing Company, 100% Black Woman Owned, Level 1 BBBEE contributor, based in Johannesburg.

We focus on providing geosciences services to the mining and built environment sector, including procurement of goods and services. Tshele has a dedicated team of qualified and experienced geologists, geotechnical engineers, geophysicists and supply chain professionals.

In April 2021, the Lesotho Law Society recognised Orchid Legal Consultants as a business. The firm's main goals are to stop lawsuits before they start, preserve client assets worth protecting, and save client revenue. Along with labor law, the company specializes in corporate law, commercial law, and governance.

Imvelo Ventures is a black-owned and black managed VC fund that invests to fast-track the ambitions of South African entrepreneurs.

Offerings; 

  • Long term patient capital with no predefined exit horizon
  • Business building support
  • Access to extensive business networks
  • Strictly minority investments
  • Board participation by experienced directors
  • No fees are charged to the investees
  • Strong BEE credentials
  • Business competitive strategy and strategic marketing inputs
  • Financial, structuring and general business planning advice
  • Active, hands-on management support if required

BD Brothers focuses on finding early to mature first time ventures and assist them financially and strategically.

At BD Brother's we take the time to find inventors and innovators in various fields and advice them on the most strategic moves they can make, financial and business strategizing like market feasibility. We take pride in making simple ideas, and complex ones see the light of day as viable businesses. At BD Brother's we take the time to find inventors and innovators in various fields and advice them on the most strategic moves they can make, financial and business strategizing like

The Transnet Enterprise Development Hub, in collaboration with the Department Of Small Business, Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), South African Revenue Services (SARS), Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP), and Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is a coordinated government effort focusing on enterprise development.

Services that SMMEs can expect from the Transnet Enterprise Development Hub include:

  • Business development and support services
  • Financial support
  • Procurement advisory services
  • Central Supplier Database

The Entrepreneurs Hub (eHub) seeks to be a leading reliable and value-adding entrepreneurship forum by connecting aspiring entrepreneurs with start-ups, while expanding start-ups’ horizons with expert guidance and mentorship from industry leaders.