• Investor

VaalbaraVC

Venture Capital & Growth Equity are a patient, socially driven micro-venture-capital and growth-equity investor supporting South African, heterodox entrepreneurs with global vision.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Online / mobile
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Building HR capacity
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Value / supply chain development
    • Sector development
    • Governance structure
    • Due diligence
    • Exit strategies
    • Technology development or adoption

  • Investment Instruments

    • Equity
    • Quasi-Equity

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Invest Directly

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Information and communication technology
    • Manufacturing
    • Supply chain services
    • Logistics & distribution
    • Financial services
    • Water & sanitation
    • Land conservation

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Base of the pyramid
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Science, engineering or invention based businesses
    • Resiliency / climate change
    • Ethical sourcing

  • Impact objectives

    • Agricultural productivity
    • Employment generation
    • Energy and fuel efficiency
    • Health improvement
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Sustainable energy
    • Access to financial services
    • Access to clean water and sanitation
    • Access to energy
    • Sustainable land use
    • Pollution prevention and waste management

  • Verticals

    • AgTech
    • Data analytics
    • E-commerce
    • FinTech
    • Hardware
    • Software as a service (SaaS)
    • CleanTech
    • EdTech
    • Biotech
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