Seed Engine
seedengine.co.za Direct investor
Seed Engine is a South African organisation that runs an entrepreneur education programme (Seed Academy) and, through the WDB Growth Fund, takes equity positions in growth-stage businesses. The fund is an impact fund aimed at increasing participation of youth and women entrepreneurs in South Africa's economy.
Seed Engine is an investor headquartered in South Africa. It invests directly in companies, at growth. Its stated cheque size is R1.5 – 10 million subject to a single asset limit of 10% of fund size.
“WDB Growth Fund, a Section 12J Fund, is an impact fund focused on increasing the participation of youth and women entrepreneurs in South Africa’s economy. The Fund takes equity positions in growth stage businesses.”
— Seed Engine, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Stage
- Growth
- Headquarters
- South Africa
- Invests in
- South Africa
- Cheque size
- R1.5 – 10 million subject to a single asset limit of 10% of fund size
Team, as Seed Engine publishes it
- Faith Khanyile Chair Lady Seed Engine / Non-Executive Chairperson WDB Growth Fund
- Donna Rachelson Non-Executive Director & Seed Group Chief Executive Officer
- Malcolm Segal Non-Executive Director and Member of the Investment Committee – Seed Engine & WDB Growth Fund
- Dr Isaac Oupa Monamodi Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee – WDB Seed Fund
- Thandie Mashego Non- Executive Director and member of the Investment Committtee – WDB Seed Fund
Names and roles exactly as listed on seedengine.co.za. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Seed Engine publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.seedengine.co.za/name, hq_country
- https://www.seedengine.co.za/wdb-growth-fund/is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status
- https://www.seedengine.co.za/board-investment-committee/people
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Record 18865 · added 2026-10-26 · link last verified 2026-10-26 · confidence medium
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