Knife Capital is a private equity firm. Team members are concentrated in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Among the 10 companies in the known portfolio are Octiv, Kasha, Sticitt, DataProphet, Outsized and Principal Software(d6 education).
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Investment focus
- Stage
- Growth
Who to pitch at Knife Capital
Knife Capital portfolio companies (10)
- Octiv
- Kasha
- Sticitt
- DataProphet
- Outsized
- Principal Software(d6 education)
- Simera Sense
- Optique Optometrists
- VoxCroft
- wamly
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About Knife Capital
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education, and focus areas Africa expansion, Analytics, Books and Consumer Goods; known deals cluster at Growth.
The team counts 4 people in our database. Catherine Young (Managing Partner), Keet van Zyl (Chief Executive Officer) and Johnathan Smit (Senior Associate) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Knife Capital shares portfolio companies with 10 other investment firms, among them Hlayisani Capital, OUTSIZED VENTURES and Beyond Capital Ventures.
Frequently asked questions
What is Knife Capital?
Knife Capital is a private equity firm whose team is concentrated in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Knife Capital invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education; listed focus areas include Africa expansion, Analytics, Books and Consumer Goods. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Knife Capital invest at?
The known deals of Knife Capital include Growth rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Knife Capital?
3 of the 4 people on file at Knife Capital are listed as contacts for the firm. All 4 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Knife Capital?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 4 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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