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What Knife Capital III Means for South Africa’s Startup Ecosystem

by Joel Nwankwo
August 9, 2023
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Venture capital is an important instrument for financing early-stage businesses that are considered high-risk. This is why it is expedient to finance small businesses and startups in Africa, which has typically been out of reach for traditional financial institutions.

Several VC firms have also been set up to target startups in South Africa, and Knife Capital is one such firm. The growth-stage investor announced it had reached the final close of its $50 million fund. The third fund fills a crucial funding gap experienced by startups during expansion.

By concentrating on South African business owners in the Series B stage, Knife Capital III (as it has been nicknamed) will continue to see to the development and expansion of South African Startups. The VC firm claims that these startups have promise and demonstrate significant returns through exit flexibility. Additionally, it will invest with local investors in companies from other African nations.

Knife Fund III received commitments from a wide range of investors, including the team itself, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), the SA SME Fund, and its new Venture Capital Fund of Funds, Standard Bank, AfricaGrow (a German Fund of Funds backed by DEG, KfW, and AllianzGI), Skybound Capital, Fireball Capital, and the Draper-Gain family office in partnership with Rand Merchant Bank.

A significant fraction of all deals with startups in South Africa are investments in early-stage businesses. In 2022, it accounted for over half of all transactions, up from just under a quarter in 2018. In the nation, the Knife Capital III fund will seek to balance early-stage and expansion financing.

What Knife Capital does is look at the business from the exit backward. While the African innovation space is growing, at some stage, we feel listings would be much more prevalent in the exit space to local and international partners instead of as a trade sale to a strategic partner. Keet van Zyl

VC funding is a fundamental factor for entrepreneurs, who in turn, grow the economy through innovative products and services and ultimately create employment opportunities. This is exactly what Knife Capital has done since its first fund, Knife Capital Fund I or HBD Venture Capital when it closed a $10 million private equity fund.

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    Joel Nwankwo is a tech journalist. He is passionate about telling stories as it relates to Africa's social and financial tech advancements. You can reach him at joel.nwankwo@techeconomy.ng

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