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Knife Capital

South African venture capital manager helping African technology businesses grow into international markets

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About Knife Capital

Knife Capital manages venture capital from a South African base. It works with African businesses built on innovation and aims to speed up their expansion abroad by offering money, contacts and expertise.

What Knife Capital does

  • Venture investment: manages funds that back technology companies from Africa.
  • Grindstone Accelerator: a programme lasting twelve months, started in 2013, that helps early-stage South African start-ups shape a strategy that investors can support and prepare for an eventual sale.
  • KNF Ventures: a second fund started in 2016 and set up under a South African tax incentive scheme for venture capital companies.

Clients

Early-stage and growth technology businesses in Africa. Earlier exits include an analytics company bought by General Electric, a mobile financial services firm bought by VISA and an online food ordering platform bought by Uber Eats.

Key facts

  • Based in: South Africa
  • Founded: 2010, from the South African venture arm of Here Be Dragons
  • First fund: took over seven existing portfolio companies

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Sep 2026.

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