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Capital seekers
We assist all types of businesses and commercial enterprises to find investors. The more common types of capital seekers we encounter are:
- inventors with new products that need to be commercialised
- entrepreneurs with new projects or special situations
- fast-growing businesses that need to raise capital for expansion
- turnaround companies that require funding for recovery.
For start-ups, please note that our investors are looking for projects that:
- can be expanded globally
- have a unique competitive advantage (e.g. a patent)
- are expected to show extremely high growth
- have a large international market
- require equity, not loan, funding.
We can't help with the following types of projects:
- franchises
- "lifestyle" businesses that don't have obvious expansion possibilites (e.g. restaurants or coffee shops)
- property developments
- retail shops
- hotels or guesthouses
- films
- commercial farming or game farms
- new mining projects.
We can help if the investment amount you require is R1 000 000 or more.
For smaller investments, we would normally raise capital for you from a network of private investors - often called "angel investors". These investors prefer to invest in industry sectors that they are familiar with. Many like to have a hands-on role in their investee companies.
For larger investments, we may source funding from venture capital or private equity funds or corporates. Sometimes it is also possible to secure government financing, or even debt funding from banks.
We can advise you on how to realise your idea to best advantage. For example, if you are an inventor, the best approach may be to simply license or sell the invention. This is a service that we provide.
Our fees
We charge a raising fee on any investment in your venture that we procure and we take an equity stake in the business. Both the raising fee and the equity stake are success-based i.e. if we don't source an investor, we don't get paid nor do we receive a shareholding.
The raising fee will never make us rich - in fact, it barely keeps the wolf from the door. We hope to realise our returns through the growth in the value of our shareholding - which requires growth in the value of your company.
In other words, your success is our success and vice versa.
What happens next?
If you are interested in working with us, this is the usual sequence of events.
- You send us your business plan or an executive summary thereof. We are happy to sign our standard non-disclosure agreement, if you so require.
- We study the business plan/executive summary and, if there is a possibility of helping you, we will seek further information by email, 'phone or in person. If we can't help, we'll let you know. For logistical reasons, we regret that we are unable to return your business plan or other collateral material to you if you send it to us in hardcopy form.
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