The s12J investment tax benefit is coming to an end in South Africa. Investors only have until the end of June 2021 to invest in these opportunities. To find out more, Mohammed Nalla and I welcomed Haroon Jeena to the show, the founding director of Olive Venture Capital Company, an authorised financial services provider. We discussed the way s12J funds …
View PostThe s12J investment tax benefit is coming to an end in South Africa. Investors only have until the end of June 2021 to invest in these opportunities. To find out more, Mohammed Nalla and I welcomed Haroon Jeena to the show, the founding director of Olive Venture Capital Company, an authorised financial services provider. We discussed the way s12J funds …
View PostThe s12J investment tax benefit is coming to an end in South Africa. Investors only have until the end of June 2021 to invest in these opportunities. To find out more, Mohammed Nalla and I welcomed Haroon Jeena to the show, the founding director of Olive Venture Capital Company, an authorised financial services provider. We discussed the way s12J funds …
View PostThe s12J investment tax benefit is coming to an end in South Africa. Investors only have until the end of June 2021 to invest in these opportunities. To find out more, Mohammed Nalla and I welcomed Haroon Jeena to the show, the founding director of Olive Venture Capital Company, an authorised financial services provider. We discussed the way s12J funds …
View PostOne of my favorite pastimes in recent years has been scouring the websites of top US venture capitalist (VC) firms to peak under the hood. Quite surprisingly, most of the top VCs in the world are transparent about their portfolio investments – with the likes of a16z, Craft Ventures and Bessemer sharing investment memos or detailed blog posts as to …
View PostI don’t like tech IPOs (or the nuance “direct listings” for that matter). Before delving into the Coinbase IPO and my thoughts on the company, I want to explain my overall concerns with IPOs. An IPO is the process of a company listing on a stock exchange and raising fresh capital from new investors. In other words, there is cash …
View PostI don’t like tech IPOs (or the nuance “direct listings” for that matter). Before delving into the Coinbase IPO and my thoughts on the company, I want to explain my overall concerns with IPOs. An IPO is the process of a company listing on a stock exchange and raising fresh capital from new investors. In other words, there is cash …
View PostI recently read a Tweet by Michael Seibel, the Managing Director at Y Combinator and co-founder of the world’s leading live streaming platform Twitch, that went along these lines: “Too many founders want to outsource the discovery of product/market fit to their employees. This is a mistake. You don’t outsource the most important goal of your company.” The concept of …
View PostStartups are dynamic organisations on a journey towards growth and profitability. Much like travelling, most people (barring the trust-fund babies and a few others) cannot afford to go on this journey without funding. the_ad id=”3223″ How the journey starts Each journey has a beginning and each startup its own genesis, so there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to startup …
View PostStartups are dynamic organisations on a journey towards growth and profitability. Much like travelling, most people (barring the trust-fund babies and a few others) cannot afford to go on this journey without funding. the_ad id=”3223″ How the journey starts Each journey has a beginning and each startup its own genesis, so there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to startup …
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