About

PoweredbyVC is a venture capital fund management and strategic consulting business. 

It was established in 2010 by members of the South African venture capital division of HBD - a privately owned emerging market investment group founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2000.

In terms of our fund management services, we continue the active management of HBD Venture Capital’s South African portfolio of investments. We are also in the process of raising additional Venture Capital funds from third party investors ... read more

What we do

HBD Venture Capital
PoweredbyVC manages HBD Venture Capital's South African portfolio of investments ...
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Knife Capital
PoweredbyVC is rebranding to Knife Capital and currently in the process of raising a Growth Equity Fund of between R100m and R150m  ... read more

AngelHub
PoweredbyVC co-founded AngelHub: a manager-led Business Angel Investment Group that pools funding, expertise and networks from a diverse range of investors ... read more

Strategic Consulting
PoweredbyVC provides strategic consulting services related to the venture capital niche to companies with high growth ... read more