Knife Capital is a growth equity fund manager with a specific focus on sustainable technology-enabled ventures. The company was named South Africa’s best VC in 2012. Some more recent achievements include the exit of radar startup iKubu to Garmin in 2015. In 2017 the company invested in its first international deal, while in 2018 some of its investments included healthtech 5nines Technologies.
Knife Capital also runs the Grindstone Accelerator, a structured entrepreneurship development programme that assists high-growth innovation-driven companies to become sustainable and fundable.