South Africa

6 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 26, 2017 by Wayne Silberman · said 54 times in 28 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Jan 26, 2017 neutral
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South African VCs mostly target post-revenue Series A deals over seed
“I think you find that a lot of a lot of players in the venture space in South Africa are looking for post-revenue opportunities, you know, typically series A.”
Wayne Silberman Jan 26, 2017 ▶ 11:43 EP 551: Sortd, 200,000 users, $500k invested so far, launched2014, othe rbusness funding this that does $1m/yr. Raising $1m sortd
May 18, 2017 positive
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Delivv.io's operating costs in South Africa are one-eighth of Western markets
“Yeah, they're probably one-eighth the price it would cost us to run the business. In Europe or North America.”
Trevor Wolfe May 18, 2017 ▶ 7:38 663: How He Gets Mega-Brands to Pay Him $5,000 To Test Their Ads Before Going Live with Delivv.io CEO Trevor Wolfe
May 18, 2017 positive
Opinion
Trevor Wolfe calls Havayek the most founder-friendly VC in South Africa
“There's a local fund here called Havayek, and former private equity guys that probably the most founder-friendly firm, VC firm in, in South Africa”
Trevor Wolfe May 18, 2017 ▶ 13:17 663: How He Gets Mega-Brands to Pay Him $5,000 To Test Their Ads Before Going Live with Delivv.io CEO Trevor Wolfe
Nov 6, 2018
Disclosure
Kennedy: Procurement Express Operates from Rural South Africa
“We came here because we've always been You know digital nomads, if you like, for the last 1015 years, and when it came to settle down, we just wanted to be near, near, near family, and, but kind of had a world-class business, even from a small town like this, …”
James Kennedy Nov 6, 2018 ▶ 2:25 1200 How He Got First 250 Customers, $65k in MRR from South Africa HQ
Oct 16, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Don Brown: Interactive Intelligence prioritized acquiring distributors over tech tuck-ins
“We didn't exactly do a roll-up. We did a few tuck-in acquisitions along the way. I'm an engineer by you know, by training, and so I always think I can build something better than anybody else, and that makes it kind of hard to do acquisitions, at least for tec…”
Don Brown Oct 16, 2019 ▶ 14:23 1544 1 Day After $1.4B Exit He Launches LifeOmic to Tackle Precision Health Using AI and Machine Learning
Oct 8, 2022 positive
Disclosure
South Africa is an optimal hiring market for English marketing content
“We have a lot of marketing staff in South Africa, which has been a great location for hiring in terms of marketing content.”
James Isilay Oct 8, 2022 ▶ 7:33 How We Acquired our PLG Competitor to Break $30m in Revenue
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