Knife Capital
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| Industry | Venture Capital, Impact Investing |
| Founded 📆 | 2010 |
| Founder 👔 | Andrea Böhmert Eben van Heerden Keet van Zyl |
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Key people | Andrea Böhmert (Partner) Eben van Heerden (Partner) Keet van Zyl (Partner) |
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| 🌐 Website | www.knifecap.com |
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Knife Capital is a Southern African venture capital and impact investor that invests in technology-enabled ventures for a sustainable impact on innovation, job creation, and growth. The firm was founded in 2010 out of what was HBD Ventures and, in addition to its core fund management activities, Knife Capital provides consulting, training, and business acceleration services to high-growth ventures in Southern Africa. Knife Capital is also involved in the Silicon Cape Initiative. [1][2]
The Firm
The Knife Capital team is involved in skills, technology, knowledge transfer, and entrepreneurial initiatives in the Southern African region. In 2013, the firm launched the Grindstone Accelerator, an initiative focused on enabling high-growth technology-enabled companies to become sustainable and fundable. The firm also provides a periodic Executive Education Program in partnership with UCT Graduate School of Business, to equip investors and entrepreneurs with a deep understanding of the high-growth investment process.
KnifeCap manages HBD Venture Capital's South African portfolio of investments. HBD VC was a South African Venture Capital Fund founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2000. HBD (an acronym for "Here Be Dragons"—a term used in ancient times to mark uncharted territories on maps) offered growth capital to a range of early-stage businesses.
In November 2013, an announcement was released stating that Knife Capital was entering into negotiations to be acquired by African Dawn Capital Limited, a Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed company, with the Knife directors retaining control in a reverse takeover.
KNF Ventures
In early 2016, Knife Capital launched its latest fund called KNF Ventures. This fund aims to target earlier-stage investments than previous funds. KNF stands for Knowledge, Networks, and Funding. [3]
Grindstone Accelerator
The Grindstone accelerator is a growth and funding platform by Knife Capital to assist post-revenue high-growth technology-enabled SMEs to accelerate strategy execution.[4]
YueDiligence
In 2015, Knife Capital launched YueDiligence, an interactive web-based tool that aims to increase due diligence efficiency for entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers through process automation.[5]
See also
- YueDiligence
- Venture Capital
- Andrea Bohmert
- Nona Creative
References
- ↑ "LeadingVC".
- ↑ http://ventureburn.com/2012/08/south-african-vc-knife-capital-receives-international-recognition/ venture capitalist of the year
- ↑ "Knife Capital announces R100m fund to amplify more SA startups – Ventureburn". 16 February 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ http://ventureburn.com/2013/08/knife-capital-grindstone-programme-will-take-you-out-of-your-comfort-zone/ Grindstone
- ↑ "SiliconCape".
External links
- Michelle Atagana (18 November 2013). "African Dawn Capital in talks to acquire Knife Capital". VentureBurn.
- Caroline Vutagwa (12 August 2013). "Knife Capital Introduces Grindstone Programme To Sharpen Company Skills". Tech Moran.
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