Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. By leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, we accelerate the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. We have offices in Cape Town and London and invest via a consortium of funds under management, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company: KNF Ventures and Draper-Gain Investments.

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2023 = ❌ and what a year it has been… New fund close 💰, backing amazing founders 🦾, portfolio co’s gaining traction 📈, awesome events 🪩, team changes ⚠️ and big exits in progress 🔜. Thanks to team Knife 🔪, our investors 💸, investee co’s 🦄 & supporters 💙. Cheers! 🍾

We are extremely excited to spearhead this Series A #venturecapital investment round in Outsized ~ a transformative force in the highly-skilled freelance economy across growth markets in Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Remarkable growth to date behind a blue-chip client base with a team that can execute and do justice to the scale of the opportunity! Well done to Niclas Thelander, Anurag Bhalla, Johann van Niekerk, FASSA & Azeem Zainulbhai! Every interaction with you guys gave us more reasons to invest. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eGupa2Rf

What a journey it was to get there but Knife Capital closed out on Knife Fund III! We are delighted to bring together such a credible investor base with a reason to care about the growth of #venturecapital investments in #Africa. Thanks to the early-stage investment ecosystem for always leaning in with support. And every single company we invested in along the way to build our track record. We are all entrepreneurs, after all. 🍾 
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Welcome to Team Knife Capital, Ayanda Siphosethu Bolani!! Here’s to a fruitful #venturecapital career of Finding, Making, Growing & Exiting some amazing high-growth African innovation-driven ventures. And having fun & Champagne in the process to celebrate the journey! 🍾

Insightful conversations this week at Investec Entrepreneur Series! Andile Khumalo sharing deep business growth knowledge, Katlego Maphai unpacking the back story to cracking Yoco‘s value proposition and Keet van Zyl giving the inside view of the growth of Venture Capital in SA...

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