Knife Capital
VC Fund
Cape Town, South Africa
Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. By leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, Knife accelerates the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. Knife have offices in Cape Town andLondon.Knife invests via a consortium of funding partnerships, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company KNF Ventures and select family offices. Knife facilitated lucrative exits of local technology companies to the likes of General Electric, Visa, Garmin and Uber.
- Total investments:
- 40
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 70%
- Fund size:
- $50M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Knife Capital invests in
Stages Knife Capital invests in
Countries Knife Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $2M–$15M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1M–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 14 (35%)
- Information Technology 5 (13%)
- Education 4 (10%)
- Manufacturing 4 (10%)
- Apps 2 (5%)
Stage
- Series A 16 (40%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (18%)
- Funding Round 5 (13%)
- Seed 3 (8%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (3%)
Country
- South Africa 20 (50%)
- United States 5 (13%)
- United Kingdom 2 (5%)
- Kenya 1 (3%)
- Sweden 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Catherine Young
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Davey Gant
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Eben van Heerden
Co-Founder and CEO
|
Co-Founder and CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Johnathan Smit
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Keet van Zyl
Co-Founder and Partner
|
Co-Founder and Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cue is one customer service platform for live chat, chatbots and broadcasts across WhatsApp, Messenger, web chat, email and many other digital channels. | $5M / Series A / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Wamly is the recruitment software, It has given us time back to focus on transformational work. | $3M / Series A / Jul 13, 2026 | ||
| Sticitt is a cashless payment platform. Sticitt services schools, lifestyle and golf estates, as well as events and is assisting one utility company to get clients to pay for water bills using its cashless payments system. | Series A / Jul 03, 2025 | ||
| Simera Sense develops camera control electronics for optical payload and Cubesat imager solutions. | $14.8M / Series A / Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Simera Sense develops camera control electronics for optical payload and Cubesat imager solutions. | $14.8M / Mar 11, 2024 | ||
| Outsized is a digital platform that offers project and contract roles for freelancers posted by clients from consulting firms. | Series A / Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| Kasha is an innovative e-commerce platform based in East Africa, built for women's health, personal care, and beauty products accessibility within urban and rural areas. Kasha offers a comprehensive integrated basket of products that promotes health at all stages of life, including newborn child health, maternal health, menstrual hygiene,family planning, sexual and reproductive health, non-communicable diseases (e.g., hypertension and diabetes), and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. | $21M / Series B / Jul 20, 2023 | ||
| Octiv is a well-known platform for gym management software. | Series A / Sep 01, 2022 | ||
| DataProphet is a developer of machine learning and AI technology to serve the manufacturing industry. The company specializes in optimizing the complex manufacturing processes of key industrial verticals with state-of-the-art machine learning. Its AI-driven solutions leverage the existing data streams from the plant’s production line equipment toidentify process efficiencies. | $10M / Series A / Aug 09, 2022 | ||
| Wamly is the recruitment software, It has given us time back to focus on transformational work. | Seed / Jan 25, 2022 | ||
| See all 40 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Knife Capital invest in?
Knife Capital invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Education startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Knife Capital's check size?
Knife Capital typically joins rounds of $2M–$15M at Series A and $1M–$2M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Knife Capital participates in.
How do I contact Knife Capital?
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Who are the partners at Knife Capital?
The team at Knife Capital includes Catherine Young (Partner), Davey Gant (Partner) and Eben van Heerden (Co-Founder and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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