Early-stage businesses (focus on series A with flexibility to consider later stage rounds where appropriate), that are post-revenue, have demonstrated product-market fit, and are on a path for scale.

Established operational, governance, regulatory, and reporting frameworks, enabling the model to scale efficiently.

Technology enabled financial services focuses on financial services (banking and payments, lending, insurance, savings and investments, asset management), and tangential industries (e.g. education, health, agriculture and climate), where there may be an embedded financial services value proposition or application.

Exceptional founder(s) and credible teams with deep experience, unique insights, aligned incentives, partnership mentality and tenacity to build an extraordinary business.

South Africa (predominantly) and other select framework-driven,  African markets that have either large or emerging, fast-growing financial services industries and enabling macro-economic and regulatory dynamics.