Knife Capital
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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.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 5 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- 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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Record 888 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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