Working at Edge Growth

Who are we?

Founded:   2007
Outlook:     Make our lives count by applying hard business skills and and experience to reducing poverty
Industry:     Social Venture Capital/ Social Private Equity/ Enterprise Development
Vision:        Be the highest impact ED organisaton in Africa by 2020
Team:        11.. and growing
Impact:       >R50m deployed in high growth SMEs
                  > 550 jobs expected to be created over 5 years.. only just begininning

Edge Growth was founded on hard business skills and experience and a passion to reduce poverty in South Africa through job creation.

Highly equipped from privileged career opportunities, but dissatisfied with the status-quo, unyielding in their desire to leave the world better off for their contribution to it, and committed to excel in their professional and personal development, Edge Growth is a small, but significant instrument of change in our country.

We have developed a unique methodology that unlocks explosive growth in high potential SMEs, thereby unlocking latent socio-economic impact. With a high power team of Investment Professionals together with some of the country’s most experienced investors on our Investment Committee, we partner with disruptive businesses driven by top entrepreneurs, invest capital and apply best of breed tools from the fields of venture capital, private equity and the wold’s leading business strategy consulting firms to unlock growth and build the nation.

“Edge Growth combines leading thinking in building businesses / enterprise development with uncompromising focus on social impact. I experience Edge as a highly rewarding work environment balanced between personal development and nation building impact.” Matthys Mare, Analyst