co-creating innovative solutions that combat business growth constraints and provide SMEs with market access, skills development and funding.
always progressing and proud of our own transformation journey as an organisation, as well as supporting black-owned businesses and partners to drive job creation, for measurable and meaningful impact.
with more than 60 years of combined experience in investment, finance, management consulting and entrepreneurship experience.
with an unmatched track record in designing and implementing one-of-a-kind solutions to scale small and growing businesses, together.
who have deployed substantial capital to early-stage SMEs in the non-governmental small business funding space in South Africa.
We believe in the potential of business as a force for good. Realising this potential requires bringing together passionate people that are bound by a shared purpose; to invest in SMEs that can aid progress towards inclusive and sustainable economic development.
We believe that collaboration between SMEs and established businesses is the key to unlocking greater innovation, impact and growth. We achieve this by building purpose-led partnerships that enable shared and sustainable value creation.
We believe that small businesses (SMEs) have the potential to shape the future for the better. We are committed to pioneering cutting-edge SME development solutions to unlocking growth constraints for game-changing SMEs.
We believe that our people are our biggest assets and greatest competitive advantage. We are a diverse team of highly qualified, experienced individuals united in our mission to scale SMEs for impact.
We believe in the vision of a prosperous Africa through world-shaping SMEs. We champion positive change by empowering small businesses who are solving complex problems to achieve a prosperous, sustainable and inclusive society.
Economic inequality is everywhere, and despite decades of democracy in South Africa, it’s still home to one of the most unequal societies in the world. We are actively contributing to changing this.
SMEs are the single most powerful source of job creation and upliftment. Yet, without help, most fail within the first two years. Our IGNITE solution is designed to combat this, giving SME entrepreneurs the financial support as well as the skills development they need to build a sustainable business that thrives, year after year.
This is Edge Growth – we have been Leading Growth and Igniting Impact since 2007. Join us on a transformational journey.
We invest in finding and retaining exceptional individuals.
Our rigorous “Power Recruiting” process identifies bright, energetic, high performers committed to excellence.
Our experience covers the spectrum of commercial environments, from start-ups through to some of the world’s largest and most innovative enterprises. This depth of skills, expertise, intellect and, above all, passion uniquely positions us to deliver superior SME growth solutions that have meaningful impact.
Edge Growth Chairperson of the Board and Non-Executive Director, COO of African Rainbow Capital (ARC), Director of ARC Financial Services
Brenda is a qualified Ontological Coach through Newfield USA, holds a National Diploma in Accounting and a Management Development Program Diploma with UNISA. She has considerable business and leadership experience in building effective teams, managing projects and stakeholders, growing SMEs, transforming supply chains and assisting organisations to embrace B-BBEE. She serves on various boards and in 2014 was selected as a finalist for Top Young Executive of the Year.
Edge Growth Chief Executive Officer and Board Executive Director
As CEO, Daniel leads Edge in realising its vision for a prosperous Africa through world-shaping SMEs. Under his leadership, thousands of Edge Growth assisted SMEs have thrived and tens of thousands of new jobs have been created. He has been involved in Enterprise Development and Impact Investing across the entire value chain – from developing and implementing strategies for corporates, raising capital and setting up the first-ever ESD funds, to hands-on supporting SMEs on their growth journeys.
Edge Growth Co-Founder and Executive Director, Chief Executive for Edge Blue Skies and NXT-9
Jason is responsible for developing business models to find, fund and scale high growth businesses. He has more than 10 years’ experience working with high growth entrepreneurial businesses. Since co-founding Edge in 2007, Jason has worked with several of the world’s largest firms to develop strategies for growing local enterprises and suppliers. He currently heads up Edge Growth’s innovative Blue Skies division, breaking new ground for growing the business.
Edge Growth Non-Executive Director, and Founder and Chief Executive of Chapter One Innovation
Rorisang is a classic corporate strategist specialising in business model and innovation strategy. He holds an MBA (in social innovation and entrepreneurship) from the UCT Graduate School of Business and a BComm from the UP. He leads the firm in its mission to be a platform for launching market-winners, industry leaders, and world-changers, both in terms of organisational systems and the people that work on them. Rorisang is also an adjunct member of faculty at Duke University CE, delivering a portfolio of corporate education programs.
Edge Growth Non-Executive Director and Deal Executive at African Rainbow Capital (ARC)
Tshepo holds a B Acc Sci (Taxation Honours) from Wits and is a Chartered Accountant CA (SA) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). He looks after deal sourcing, evaluation and execution as well as investment portfolio management. Prior to joining ARC, he dealt with Pan-African mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, venture capital, equity valuations, financial modelling, deal structuring and post-investment monitoring and management.
Edge Growth Group CFO and Executive Director
Richard has a B. Com (Honours) and is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA). He also has an Advanced Tax Certificate and completed the PMD Executive Development Programme at Harvard Business School. Richard’s work experience includes finance roles with Ernst & Young and Reunert Ltd, as well as fifteen years in general management with Marconi, Ericsson and Plessey Wireless Solutions as MD. He also has five years as EVP of management consulting practice, Alexander Proudfoot. Prior to joining Edge Growth, Richard was the business owner and MD of Interact Media Defined and Mining and Technology Events.
As part of our commitment to enabling empowerment in everything we do, we are proud to have achieved a Level 1 Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) rating. We continue to seek more ways to extend our impact on empowerment.
Our 57% equity shareholders include African Rainbow Capital (Pty) Ltd, Maggie Mojapelo and our Edge Growth Employee Share Ownership (ESOP) Trust that benefits top black performers at the company.
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