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South Africa’s venture capital ecosystem lacks financial muscle | SA News

Local start-ups continue to encounter hindrances in accessing equity investment.

Local start-ups continue to encounter hindrances in accessing equity investment.

Funding limitations within South Africa’s venture capital (VC) ecosystem have once again been thrust into the spotlight, with an executive openly stating it is undercapitalised.

Patrick Krappie, executive: innovation enabling at the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), made the comments at a recent roundtable engagement it hosted.

The TIA is an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), with a mandate to invest in and support innovators, entrepreneurs and SMEs to commercialise their technology innovations. The agency also has programmes that provide non-financial support to…

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