# New Ventures Studio

> New Ventures Studio is a VC fund in Cape Town backing Wellness, Beauty and Retail. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-ventures-studio
- Website: https://x.com/NewVentures_sa
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newventuresstudio

New Ventures Studio is a VC fund in Cape Town focused on Wellness and Beauty. It is a platform for young individuals who want to be successful entrepreneurs, but realize the importance of up skilling themselves before venturing out into the unfamiliar territory of entrepreneurship.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wellness | 2 | 67% |
| Beauty | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Lifestyle | 1 | 33% |
| Health Care | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-equity Assistance | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nurturer | Nurturer is an impact business that seeks to make natural and eco-friendly products for personal care, household and business cleaning accessible and affordable to every South African. Added to their mission, 20% of Nurturer is owned by a social entreprise that works with young people in the townships around Cape Town. Salesian Life Choicesinvests in vulnerable youth to tackle inequality. The organization provides free services to youth in terms of family stability, health, education and employment aiming at giving young people a fair chance in life. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 22, 2017 | http://nurturer.co.za/ |
| Denarii | Denarii is an outsourced financial management specialist that provide customised and affordable financial expertise in Cape Town.The company conduct financial diagnostic reviews that reveal the true status of your business’ financial health. Then, using the structures and processes already in place, and expanding where necessary, they buildinternal capacity. Plotting the way forward to financial stability and growth.. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 22, 2017 | https://x.com/denariicfo |
| Salvador | Salvador is a healthy food option that provides well-balanced meals at a low cost to workplaces as part of their wellness initiatives.Salvador is a startup founded by Tawanda Manyika, in partnership with New Ventures Studio. Tawanda has worked for McDonald’s for the past six years and believes their excellent operational systems should be usedto provide healthy meals to the masses. |  | Seed | Apr 10, 2017 | https://x.com/SalvadorSA_Food |

3 of 3 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does New Ventures Studio invest in?

New Ventures Studio invests primarily in Wellness, Beauty and Retail startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did New Ventures Studio last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for New Ventures Studio closed in May 2017. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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

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