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Keet van Zyl

Playbook For Raising Venture Capital In South Africa

Entrepreneurs constantly disrupt the balance of competition by unlocking inventive commercial opportunities and creating new markets in…

5 min readMar 11, 2019

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Playbook For Raising Venture Capital In South Africa

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Keet van Zyl

SARS Section 12J Venture Capital Companies — Hype Versus Substance

February gets a bit hectic in South African investment circles as companies and high net worth individuals gain more visibility on…

6 min readFeb 20, 2019

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SARS Section 12J Venture Capital Companies — Hype Versus Substance

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Keet van Zyl

10 Defining Moments That Shaped the 2017 South African Startup Ecosystem

2017 in South Africa is a very hard year to define… Most people are limping into 2018 battle-scar ridden and trying to figure out what the…

5 min readDec 28, 2017

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10 Defining Moments That Shaped the 2017 South African Startup Ecosystem

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Keet van Zyl

Save the African Startup Gazelle and Forget the Lesser-Spotted Unicorn

With entrepreneurship conference season hitting South Africa, coffee-infused conversations about the lesser-spotted African Unicorn are…

3 min readNov 16, 2017

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Save the African Startup Gazelle and Forget the Lesser-Spotted Unicorn

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Keet van Zyl

10 Defining Moments That Shaped the 2016 South African Startup Ecosystem

2016 was the year where fake news was real and real news was fake. We endured motions of no confidence, the Saxonwold Shebeen, inverted…

6 min readDec 28, 2016

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10 Defining Moments That Shaped the 2016 South African Startup Ecosystem

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Keet van Zyl

What advice would you give yourself 10 years ago?

We are generally very quick to give advice to others, but don’t always follow this advice ourselves. In a recent post Brad Feld warned…

4 min readSep 9, 2016

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What advice would you give yourself 10 years ago?

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Keet van Zyl

KNF Ventures: Exciting Combination of Knowledge, Networks, Funding & Tax Incentives to Catalyse…

At Knife Capital we are passionate about addressing the challenges facing the South African early-stage investment environment and aim to…

4 min readFeb 23, 2016

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KNF Ventures: Exciting Combination of Knowledge, Networks, Funding & Tax Incentives to Catalyse…

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Keet van Zyl

10 Defining Moments That Shaped the 2015 South African Startup Ecosystem

2015 was a year of grinding it out and building momentum... More and more investors, business accelerators and corporate venturers are…

4 min readDec 31, 2015

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Keet van Zyl

The value of building a business with an exit in mind

It is easier to invest in private companies than it is to unlock value from these investments. While the venture capital (VC) and private…

5 min readAug 13, 2015

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The value of building a business with an exit in mind

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Startup Down

Five Years of Knife Life!

— The Entrepreneurial Journey of a South African VC

5 min readJul 1, 2015

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Five Years of Knife Life!

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Keet van Zyl

Keet van Zyl

Venture Catalyst • Scale-up Investor @KNF_VC • Business Builder • Entrepreneurship Activist • @KnifeCap Co-founder • Blending Knowledge~Networks~Funding

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