Too much Focus on Late Stage Investment

With international markets in turmoil, the healthy future of the South African economy depends not only on foreign, local and BEE investment into later stage businesses, but also on developing a pipeline of sound, supported and empowered growing South African businesses.
 
This is the view of Julia Long, CEO of Cape Town-based Here Be Dragon (HBD) which is the venture capital company set up by Mark Shuttleworth.