Knife Capital
Knife Capital is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $300K–$2.5M checks and has 18 portfolio companies in our records.
Seed, Pre-Seed
$300K – $2.5M
$75M
18+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on high-growth African ventures disrupting traditional sectors with tech innovations, including logistics and cloud operations.
How Knife Capital invests
Knife Capital is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS.
Knife Capital typically writes checks of $300K–$2.5M per investment, backed by approximately $75M in assets under management.
Knife Capital has backed 18 companies in our records, including Parcelninja, DataProphet, Quicket.
Meet the Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (18)
Other
Parcelninja
DataProphet
Quicket
Simera Sense
Outsized
Optique
A South African optometry group focused on delivering affordable, digitally-enabled eye care through innovative business models.
Sticitt
A South African-based fintech company dedicated to transforming school payments and promoting healthy financial habits for learners and parents.
Kasha
A digital retail and last-mile distribution platform for access to health and household goods with embedded finance offerings.
Octiv
A complete fitness management software offering, backed by happy-to-help humans; designed to streamline, automate and professionalise the operations of fitness businesses.
InQuba
AI-driven Customer Journey Management software.
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Keet van Zyl, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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