On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
Are venture builders SA’s new VCs?
South Africa doesn’t need more venture capitalists to expand the country’s pool of small businesses: it needs venture builders (VBs), who are prepared to…
Isolation: a problem for current and future African entrepreneurs
Talking with African entrepreneurs, one of the recurring topics is the difficulty of sufficient funding in seed- or early-stage with internationally acknowledged and well-connected…
4 reasons big-time VCs are investing in emerging markets
With technological advancements in developing nations speeding the growth rate of high impact tech start-ups, many American venture capital firms are now looking further…
The hows and the whats — 5 tough questions VCs ask
Over the past six months I have spoken with a wide variety of people who have shown, in varying degrees, interest in investing in…
