# Knife Capital

> Knife Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 69%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: Feb 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/knife-capital
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/KnifeCap
- Website: http://www.knifecap.com

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Knife Capital. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Knife Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/knife-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 36% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 13% |
| Education | 4 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 10% |
| Apps | 2 | 5% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 16 | 41% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 23% |
| Seed | 3 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 20 | 51% |
| United States | 5 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| Kenya | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Catherine Young | Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catherine-young-b6a6 |
| Davey Gant | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davey-gant |
| Eben van Heerden | Co-Founder and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eben-van-heerden |
| Johnathan Smit | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johnathan-smit |
| Keet van Zyl | Co-Founder and Partner | 19 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keet-van-zyl |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cue | 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 | Wamly is the recruitment software, It has given us time back to focus on transformational work. | $3M | Series A | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| wamly | Wamly is the recruitment software, It has given us time back to focus on transformational work. | $3M | Series A | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| wamly | Wamly is the recruitment software, It has given us time back to focus on transformational work. | $3M | Series A | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| Sticitt | 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 | Simera Sense develops camera control electronics for optical payload and Cubesat imager solutions. | $14.8M | Series A | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| Simera Sense | Simera Sense develops camera control electronics for optical payload and Cubesat imager solutions. | $14.8M |  | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| Outsized | 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 | 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 | Octiv is a well-known platform for gym management software. |  | Series A | Sep 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hlayisani Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hlayisani-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Industrial Development Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industrial-development-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [African Infrastructure Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/african-infrastructure-investment-manager) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aglaé Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aglae-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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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 Funding Round stage. Most of the 39 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. 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?

Public channels for Knife Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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