SAVCA launches VC industry survey |
| 31 May 2010 |
Not enough is known of the exact nature of, scope, impediments, and opportunities and associated data regarding VC activity in South Africa, to this end SAVCA is launching a survey on VC fund managers and their investment activity in South Africa. With an aim to a. Begin to inform an understanding of the structural strengths and weaknesses of the South African VC system; b. Provide strategic guidance for VC Funds, TIA and other government interventions in the space (including the VC/SME tax incentives that have recently been promulgated); and c. Provide empirical data for South African inventors, institutional and other, on the VC industry.
To conduct this survey we solicited proposals from various suitable professional entities to conduct such a survey. The SAVCA Board accepted the proposal of Venture Solutions, a South Africa innovation management and commercialisation consultancy. Venture Solutions will be arranging and conducting all interviews and will be contacting the VC members soon to set meeting appointments. SAVCA would like to encourage all VC participants to meet with Venture Solutions and share as much information as possible about past transactions, activities, reasons for investing, reasons for not investing as well as inputs on specific interventions that you believe may have a significant impact on the growth and prosperity of the VC asset class.
Please contact the SAVCA Offices should you wish to participate and have not yet received our notifications on the survey.
Author : SAVCA
www.savca.co.za |
