Knife Capital
knifecap.com Direct investor
Knife Capital is a venture capital investment manager that accelerates the international expansion of African innovation-driven businesses by leveraging knowledge, networks and funding. It invests in high-growth B2B technology companies with strong IP and global expansion potential.
Knife Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, founded in 2010. It invests directly in companies, from Series A to growth, in enterprise Technology, hardware and Deep Tech, healthcare and educational Technology. Its stated cheque size is from $600k (ZAR10m) for Series A to $8m for Knife Fund III expansion fund. 17 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We find and invest in companies that show the potential for international success with a deep technological competence.”
— Knife Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Invests in
- South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sectors
- Enterprise Technology, Hardware and Deep Tech, Healthcare, Educational Technology, Financial Technology
- Cheque size
- from $600k (ZAR10m) for Series A to $8m for Knife Fund III expansion fund
- Founded
- 2010
- Portfolio
- 17 companies
Team, as Knife Capital publishes it
- Keet van Zyl Partner
- Vivienne van der Westhuizen Group CFO
- Catherine Young Partner
- Thandiwe Maqetuka Investment Associate
- Davey Gant Partner
- Johnathan Smit Investment Manager
- Eben van Heerden Partner
- Craig Ivy Investment Manager
- Joshua Miller Investment Analyst
- Richard Dewing Venture Partner
- Mike Joubert Venture Partner
- Julien Draper Venture Partner
Names and roles exactly as listed on knifecap.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 5 co-investors found.
- Hlayisani Capital 2 shared companies: snapplify.com, d6.co.za
- King River Capital 1 shared company: fundwave.com
- VestedWorld 1 shared company: kasha.co
- Danish Business Angel Network 1 shared company: wkf.ms
- Fark Labs 1 shared company: wkf.ms
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Knife Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://knifecap.com/name, is_investor, layer, hq_country, hq_city, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, status, confidence
- https://knifecap.com/about/type, description, founded, people
- https://knifecap.com/funding/invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size
- https://knifecap.com/portfolio/portfolio_count
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