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What Sets Anza Apart

- Unlike traditional VCs, we go beyond funding—we de-risk innovation by transforming deep tech into investable businesses.
- Our proprietary TechTribe Accelerator & SA Innovation Summit provides high-potential IP-based startups with mentorship and commercialisation support, whilst ensuring early-mover advantage for investors.

- We don’t just write checks—we embed ourselves in the growth journey.
- Our startups receive unparalleled access to technical experts, commercialisation pathways, and market expansion opportunities.
- This ecosystem effect significantly reduces failure risk and enhances exit potential.

- FoodTech: Next-gen agri-innovation, alternative proteins, and food security solutions.
- CleanTech: Climate-focused ventures in energy, circular economy, and water sustainability.
- DigitalTech: Scalable AI, fintech, and enterprise solutions designed for Africa’s digital revolution.

- We hedge against early-stage risk through a diversified, sector-focused portfolio.
- Anza provides a structured path to follow-on capital, leveraging partnerships & later-stage investors for Series A/B growth funding.
- Our first-loss facility for LPs ensures risk-adjusted, high-yield returns.

- Our structured co-investment model & syndication partnerships create a clear pathway to future fundraising for startups, and liquidity for investors.
- We design exit-readiness into every investment, leveraging our network of corporates, PEs, and global acquirers.
Our Focus Areas
Our investments focus on major challenge areas for Africa and Africans, including:

Investing in Food Technology, Investing in growth

Food Security anchors the Anza thesis and is focussed on:
Availability
Reliable supply of food of sufficient quantity and quality.
Access
Households have adequate resources to obtain appropriate food.
Utilisation
Food is nutritious and can be adequately metabolised and used by the body.
Stability
Permanent and durable access to food.

Investing in CleanTech, Investing in Growth
Using a whole value chain approach, the focus is to invest in small and medium sized enterprises, including businesses owned by women and youth, that can pivot from coal and other carbon intensive sectors, to the green economy; emphasis is on transitioning Africa to the green industry, in particular green energy and on unlocking growth through patient and flexible finance.

An investment thesis for Africa’s Just Energy Transition, which will mobilise catalytic climate finance in order to:
Achieve Climate Goals
Support African countries in achieving ambitious climate goals, including the phase-out of fossil fuel energy production, aligned with the global 1.5-2 degree target.
Create Jobs
Creates and preserves high-quality job opportunities, empowering South Africans with secure employment prospects and a brighter future.
Build Capacity
Foster sustainable growth for South Africans by building adaptive capacity in coal-affected communities, empowering them to navigate the transition effectively.
Achieve Net Zero Emissions
Net zero emissions across investors’ assets by 2050 or sooner: driving sustainability, combating climate change effectively.

Investing in Digital Infrastructure, Investing in Growth
There are significant opportunities for digital infrastructure start-ups, in particular – entrepreneurs that create multi-party platforms that share information, services, products, and more.
ANZA Capital is of the view that platform-based, digital infrastructure will be critical in ensuring large-scale, large-consumer-volume services can be effectively delivered – and that Africa represents the best place to develop these services due to the existing infrastructure gap.
