Showing posts with label VC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VC. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Anyone want R50m in venture capital?

Anyone want R50m in venture capital?

Yeah I thought that might get your attention. Had a pretty interesting week with two Venture Capital firms coming up to me - out of the blue - and asking if had any ideas where they can invest funds.

I get to chat to quite a few Venture Capital and Private Equity guys in my spare time and there seems to be a growing theme - "We've got a lot of money sitting on the sidelines and we just can't find anywhere to invest it in SA."

Both firms had problems trying to find places to invest their money - if they go with mass market advertising they get swamped by applications that simply takes too long to work through so they're trying to find smarter ways to find deals.

So I guess I'm throwing it out to the SA entrepreneurs blogosphere - any decent ideas out there for some sizeable investments where guys are open to venture capital or private equity deals?

If you've got some ideas feel free to drop me a 2 page motivation on marc@rival.co.za and we can take it from there....