Sponsorship
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Lead Sponsors
E Squared
E Squared Investments is a South African impact investor operating in the venture capital and private equity space. We back responsible entrepreneurs who drive both commercial growth and social impact, with the aim of building an economically inclusive Africa. We support early-stage ventures, providing long-term, patient funding and development support to businesses that generate sustainable value and advance social change.
E Squared is a strategic partner to the Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies (AGGP), supporting its mission to create jobs and alleviate poverty through the development of high-impact entrepreneurs across the African continent.
Our vision is an economically inclusive Africa, created by responsible entrepreneurs, with meaningful opportunities for everyone, and a mission to empower and invest in responsible entrepreneurs who drive economic development, transformation, and social upliftment across Africa.
Our focus is on start-ups and scale-ups that:
- Create meaningful economic opportunity
- Drive transformation and social upliftment
- Address unemployment and inequality
- Demonstrate sustainable commercial potential
E Squared takes a long-term view, recognising that impactful entrepreneurship requires time, support, and strategic guidance. Our unique approach combines capital investment with a commitment to purpose-driven growth, helping entrepreneurs become catalysts for development and change.
Jersey Finance
Jersey Finance is a not-for-profit organisation that works closely with key partners to represent and promote Jersey as a forward-thinking international finance centre (IFC). We have a presence in Jersey, London, Dubai, Johannesburg, Hong Kong SAR, New York, Shanghai and Singapore.
Jersey's relationship with Africa is broad, deep and based on shared interests. Our Island acts as an investment gateway for African investors to the UK, European and global markets.
As an award-winning IFC, we look forward to a continued relationship with financial services professionals and partners in Africa, providing investors with opportunities to effect positive change and make a difference with their capital.
Co-Sponsor
SA SME Fund
The SA SME Fund is a venture capital fund of funds manager, investing through top-tier South African VC firms to support high-growth South African startups. By backing innovative businesses, it drives entrepreneurship, job creation, and economic growth, fostering a dynamic venture capital ecosystem in the country.
Associate Sponsor
Edge Growth
Leading Growth. Igniting Impact.
Edge Growth specialises in maximum impact SME development, offering end-to-end solutions, addressing growth constraints like access to finance, market and skills. Our offering includes:
- ESD Strategy for corporates, growing SMEs in their value-chain
- Investing in and developing SMEs through funding
- Scaling businesses to their full potential through accelerator programmes
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RealFin Fund Services
Working Better Together
RealFin has been a trusted partner to some of SA’s leading alternative asset fund managers for more than a decade. RealFin is the provider of choice in the domestic alternative investment industry, offering a complete service offering to fund managers.
Our clients have ranged from larger institutional players to smaller boutiques.
In an ever-changing legislative environment, specialist skills are required to ensure compliance. To this end, it is the vision of RealFin to be a provider of choice in the domestic alternative investment industry, by ultimately offering a complete service offering to alternative investment managers.
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E Squared Investments
E Squared is a South African impact investor that supports start-ups and growing ventures driving both commercial and social returns. It provides entrepreneur-friendly, patient capital to businesses at all stages, from pre-seed to maturity, along with end-to-end business support through post-investment value creation programmes.
Partnering for growth, E Squared takes a longer-term investment view and works alongside start-ups, incubators, accelerators, and investors to capture and nurture entrepreneurial talent. E Squared supports founders across all sectors to build businesses that create sustainable commercial value, attack poverty in a meaningful way, and address unemployment and inequality in South Africa.
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Camaku
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Big Marketplace Africa
BIG Marketplace is Africa’s SME trust infrastructure — an AI-powered platform that eliminates deal flow friction through one universal profile. We deliver a vetted pipeline of investment-ready enterprises, ecosystem-wide benchmarks, and real-time portfolio tracking. By combining credibility, transparency, and data, BIG Marketplace enables smarter capital deployment and accelerates sustainable venture growth.
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IDF Capital
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