Secha Capital
@SechaCapital
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Investing patient capital in Southern African "adolescent" businesses in the missing middle. Address the management gap with our Operator-Investor model.
Joined June 2016
.@SechaCapital backs South African electronics maker Barracuda Holdings as it expands into aerospace and space products. @27four and Shade Tree Capital also participated in the round. https://t.co/8TriIewgSN
impactalpha.com
With Barracuda’s new funding round, Aengus Stanley of Shade Tree Capital, a co-investor in the deal, will join the company as CEO.
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@SechaCapital has led a new investment round into Barracuda, backed by @27four and Shade Tree Capital signalling strong confidence in Barracuda’s growth potential. The funding will help the company scale faster and deepen its market impact. Read more:
innovation-village.com
Secha Capital, acting as lead investor alongside 27four and Shade Tree Capital, has announced a strategic investment in Barracuda Holdings.
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“The Opportunity for Alpha in Africa”. @SechaCapital is delighted to share our contribution to the esteemable Evercore Private Funds Group's annual State of the Market publication. https://t.co/vtLMCXXwwI
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It's #TechTidesTuesday! 🌍 "The standard VC playbook often overlooks critical African contextual factors" - @Rushil_Vallabh 📰 @MasukuAndile's column features Vallabh & Masedi Madisha on @SechaCapital's operator-investor model challenging VC norms. https://t.co/dQuSMqIbbw
africantechroundup.com
Amid Janngo Capital's oversubscribed final close and Techstars’ abrupt exit from Lagos, Secha Capital champions South Africa’s traditional industries with a slow-burn, hands-on investment model—res...
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Thank you for the invite. Such an impressive group and an inspiring day!
Thank you to @SechaCapital for sharing impact investors’ perspectives with our @FNF_Africa GreenPitch Challenge Top 10 at the @RMBCIB Ventures capacity building workshop, in preparation for pitch day!
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Does investing in Africa require a "narrative violation"? We think so. We cannot copy and paste the same playbooks from other markets. Let’s design funds to re-think the flows of the three components with biomimetic, contextual first principles https://t.co/DMrmoayhdL
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Does investing in Africa require a "narrative violation"? Secha Capital's Cameron Ormesher, Tebogo Masekwameng and Brendan Mullen think so. https://lnkd.in/d7zkM3vq Our narrative violation? Every...
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@SechaCapital has announced its recent hire of Nina Verder as principal and operator-investor.🌍🤝 Read the article on our FREE for download app or here: https://t.co/AOwX4Uz3nA
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. @SechaCapital is formally launching its Junior Operator-Investor Network (JOIN). This program will imbue the JOIN cohort with the capabilities and skills to create an arsenal of Operator-Investors in Africa! https://t.co/UTK2fONy84
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Secha Capital is formally launching its Junior Operator-Investor Network (JOIN). This unique and differentiated program will imbue the JOIN cohort with boots-on-the-ground capabilities and execution...
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IG3N and Odyssey are collaborating at Solar & Storage Live. Attendees can expect to learn about cutting-edge financing options and gain insights into the latest advancements in technology. Join us #solarenergy #solarStorage
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Thank you for hosting us, @yaldafrica *@BrendanJMullen
#ibootcampSA2024 An Entrepreneur should know economics and their gross profit should be bountiful. As good entrepreneur, you must first of all know where to get capital from. @brendanMullen, Co-founder and Managing Director, @SechaCapital South Africa. #Yalda4Entrepreneurship
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News via @bneintellinews: South African Venture Fund Secha Capital Raises $16 Million from Blue-Chip Investors: https://t.co/Pu0WdvK2VI
@SechaCapital @27four @sasmefund @cleocapital #SMEs #SmallBusiness #SocialImpact #ImpactInvesting #impinv #SouthAfrica
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.@SechaCapital inks $15.8 million for second fund to back South Africa’s growing businesses. “We’ve identified a gap in the market,” says Secha’s @Rushil_Vallabh. https://t.co/jRr0rbrVcM
impactalpha.com
ImpactAlpha, September 27 – Unemployment in South Africa, the worst in the world, remains stubbornly high. Secha Capital is working to strengthen the ...
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MEDIA RELEASE: Blue-Chip Investors Back Secha Capital and its Operator-Investor Model https://t.co/pab42gNdLi
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Media Release: Secha Capital today announced a first close of its second fund, with R300M in investments from blue-chip investors RMB - Rand Merchant Bank Ventures, 27four Investment Managers, SA SME...
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The high-voltage Giga Rack arrived safely at its new home. Giga Rack offers up-to 902.7 kWh (280 A) of sustained output per unit. The Giga Rack is designed to provide commercial and industrial users with more than 6,000 cycles at 90% depth of discharge (DoD). #eskom Reserve Bank
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We believe that a value-add team that supports the portfolio company with a systematic pursuit of operational value also unlocks a methodical, repeatable exit preparation process, leading to more exit opportunities for the fund and management team. Here’s @SechaCapital's guide:
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Funds "that have expertise in value creation will stand out from those that don’t... ...34% of [funds] listed the lack of value creation planning as one of the most difficult issues to overcome in creating value for their portfolio companies" #OperatorInvestorModel
Private Equity Has Become More Competitive. Here’s How Managers Can Stand Out. https://t.co/6O66e6rT8i
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Five female fund managers in #SouthAfrica exemplify the range of tools #genderlens funds are deploying. Lessons from @lineacapital, @SweepSouthSA, @AfriTrustGroup, #Womvest, @SechaCapital and @Five35V. @Lelemba @burney_ma @HemsVallabh
https://t.co/8p30Nb5Igm
impactalpha.com
ImpactAlpha, September 26 – Gender-lens investing is no longer a niche or little-known strategy. Still, too little capital is making it into the hands ...
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Secha Capital and Hassium Capital Invest in FarmTrace @SechaCapital #deals #privateequity #Africa #agritech
https://t.co/LY1EOXM8zC
#SouthAfrica
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Very excited and proud to announce @SechaCapital's investment in #FarmTrace, a South African agri-tech farm solution. FarmTrace becomes the backbone of farming operations, a vertical operating system which integrates all data and processes on the farm. https://t.co/z3M5RmQoWR
sechacapital.medium.com
See the press release here:
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This was a great panel discussion about the opportunities, paths, sizes and strategies for exits in Africa. A1: I am bullish on exits in Africa! Thank you to the impressive panellists and moderator! @AFRICARENA @zach_cpt @Norrsken22 @launchafricavc @EndeavorSA @SechaCapital
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