The Edge Venture Growth Fund is a growth capital impact fund investing in innovative, scale up businesses in South Africa, which will also leverage Edge's flagship acceleration program, 10Xe. Edge’s vision is to contribute to building the nation by creating jobs and they have been supporting SME’s since 2008.
| Location of HQ Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa |
Website: https://www.edgegrowth.com/ |
Investment Strategy
Edge's team has invested USD $50M in 36 local SMEs across 3 funds. In its 4th fund of USD $30M, Edge is targeting early stage, high growth businesses that are struggling to access capital. The team will invest USD $1 - 3M per business across healthcare, education, digital inclusion, and local manufacturing sectors and aims to create 5, 000 new long-term jobs and impact at least 400, 000 low-income lives.
Primary investment Country/Region
South Africa
Secondary investment Country/Region
N/A
Target next fund size ($M USD)
$35M
Current AUM ($M USD)
$80M
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