Venture Capital

Cape Venture Partners  is a provider of business advisory services to clients in Technology, Media & Telecom businesses.

Specifically, Cape Venture Partners provide specialist advisory services to technology companies and entrepreneurs. We focus on both the high growth, early stage phase where entrepreneurs face many challenges, as well as advising more established companies with additional growth opportunities. We are passionate about developing entrepreneurs, and our style is very hands on. Our services include training, mentoring, interim management and incubation.

Shuttleworth Foundation invests in projects and people engaged in social change.

The Shuttleworth Foundation is a small social investor that provides funding to dynamic leaders who are at the forefront of social change. We look for social innovators who are helping to change the world for the better and could benefit from a social investment model with a difference.

The Foundation is at its core an experiment in open philanthropy and uses alternative funding methodologies and collaborative ways of working to ensure that every fellow receives the necessary support to succeed.

Our ideal

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

KNF, managed by Knife Capital, is a venture capital fund that invests in innovation-driven startup in South African. 

KNF Ventures is a SARS Section 12J Venture Capital Company - enabling qualifying investors to claim amounts invested as a full and permanent deduction from taxable income. By leveraging Knowledge, Networks & Funding, KNF Ventures accelerates the growth of South African innovation-driven SMEs and generate enhanced returns for investors.

Endeavor South Africa is a non-profit network in South Africa that identifies and supports innovative, high-impact entrepreneurs.

We select Endeavor Entrepreneurs by searching the globe, identifying founders with the greatest growth potential, and inviting them to participate in our proprietary international selection process. We support Endeavor Entrepreneurs with our unrivaled global network, peer-to-peer community, and demand-driven services. We elevate Endeavor Entrepreneurs as aspirational role models and provide avenues for them to mentor and inspire others to reimagine what is possible

Capital Appreciation Limited is an investment company specialized in equity participation in companies operating in the financial technology sector.

Capital Appreciation is focused on investing in and growing businesses that deliver compelling, innovative and disruptive technology solutions to Financial Institutions and other clients, allowing them to develop and introduce new products, deliver value to their customers, improve efficiency and control, and eliminate unnecessary operating costs. We provide a platform for growth.

Caleo Capital is a privately owned investment manager that provides wealth management and corporate advisory services.

Caleo Capital comprises the following core offerings: Family Office, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Impact Investing, Fiduciary Services, and Global Banking. We believe that investment transcends a monetary connection between two people. It’s a partnership of ideas, values, and philosophies, where the benefit is shared. Where common purpose creates aligned outcomes. Where your wealth journey is our wealth journey. Where a meaningful

Cactus Advisors is a pan-Africa focused, multi-disciplinary business advisory firm that helps owners and management of companies achieve growth and performance through clear strategic thought (operations and management) and financial acumen (capital raising, mergers & acquisitions, divestitures).

Cactus Capital is the micro VC fund arm of Cactus Advisors that specializes in investing in high-growth, high-impact early stage African tech ventures.

Cactus Advisors was founded in 2013 by Zachariah George, who is also the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Startupbootcamp Africa – the

African Rainbow Capital is an investment company focusing on the financial services sector and industry.

African Rainbow Capital (ARC), which was formed in 2015, is a fully Black owned and controlled company of significant scale focusing on opportunities in the South African and African financial services and diversified investments (non-financial) industries. We focus on acquiring a shareholding in businesses that deliver exceptional returns on equity.

ARC is a 100% subsidiary of Ubuntu-Botho Investments (UBI), a Black owned and controlled company which was created in 2004 with its initial

Silvertree Holdings is a holding and operating company that invests in early and mid stage digital companies in Sub-Saharan African markets.

ilvertree is an entrepreneur-led investment growth partner scaling consumer and digital brands in Africa. From founding in 2013, the Silvertree portfolio has grown to include 12 companies employing 400 people across 13 locations in 3 cities. Silvertree follows an owner-operator approach and puts its own capital at risk by investing from its balance sheet and has generated returns of 13x to shareholders in 4 years. We support entrepreneurs by providing