Grindstone Ventures Fund II
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Grindstone Ventures is a post-seed fund that invests in innovation-driven companies from the Grindstone accelerator cohorts. Grindstone itself is a structured entrepreneurship development programme co-owned by Knife Capital and Thinkroom Limited.
Grindstone Ventures Fund II is a venture capital firm headquartered in South Africa. It invests directly in companies, at seed.
“Grindstone Ventures, a female-led and majority owned post-seed fund dedicated to Grindstone cohort innovation-driven companies with demonstrated potential.”
— Grindstone Ventures Fund II, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Stage
- Seed
- Headquarters
- South Africa
- Invests in
- South Africa, Africa, global
Team, as Grindstone Ventures Fund II publishes it
- Catherine Young partner at Grindstone; founder of Thinkroom
- Keet van Zyl investor; set up private equity funds in Southern Africa
- Lucie Fink coordinator
- Sam Stodel manages Grindstone programmes and stakeholder relationships
- Ropah Musvaire programme coordinator
Names and roles exactly as listed on grindstonexl.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
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Record 13398 · added 2026-10-19 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence medium
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