# Neo Maruatona Ratau

> Neo Maruatona Ratau is a Series B investor at Everest Ventures (Johannesburg) backing Agriculture. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Everest Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everest-ventures)
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neo-maruatona-ratau-21403290/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Neo_Maruatona

Neo Maruatona Ratau is a Private Equity Transactor at Sanari Capital. She is also a non-executive director at Fernridge Consulting and Everest Ventures. Priro to this, she was a corporate finance consultant at Maya Group Advisory and Investments.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Good Nature Agro | Their priority is to generate lasting income with small-scale farmers. They build local community leaders into qualified Private Extension Agents (PEAs) who oversee and train farmers throughout the growing season. They support PEAs to provide frequent trainings and personalized recommendations on how their growers can make their field healthier andmore productive. PEAs promote improved farm practices and deliver a farmer-friendly loan of seeds and additional inputs. At harvest, Good Nature is a guaranteed market for the certified legume seed that their growers produce. Choosing to produce these high-value crops over traditional cash crops - maize and cotton - more than doubles their income. | $8.5M | Series B | Nov 08, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Partnerships/Eleos Social Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-partnerships-eleos-social-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oikocredit International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oikocredit-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Everest Ventures

VC Fund · Johannesburg, South Africa

Everest Ventures is a fresh thinking and entrepreneurial SME finance advisory services & investment management company anchored on traditional values and a sustainable business approach that embraces customer centricity, agility, diversity, critical thinking, technology and strategic collaborations.

1 contacts available at Everest Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neo Maruatona Ratau | Founder and Chair | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-maruatona-ratau |

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## FAQ

### What does Neo Maruatona Ratau invest in?

Neo Maruatona Ratau invests primarily in Agriculture startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Zambia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Neo Maruatona Ratau last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Neo Maruatona Ratau closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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