Edge Growth Ventures

Co-founder of Edge Growth (2007) and executive director who develops business models to find, fund and scale high-growth businesses. He heads Edge Growth's Blue Skies division and has over a decade of experience with entrepreneurial businesses.

Group CFO and executive director of Edge Growth, a Chartered Accountant (SA) with a Harvard PMD. His career spans finance roles at Ernst & Young and Reunert, general management at Marconi, Ericsson and Plessey, and management consulting at Alexander Proudfoot.

Philani Mzila is an Investment Principal at Edge Growth focused on early-stage ventures in financial services, green economy, industrials, and underserved markets across South Africa. He has invested over $180 million in more than 30 companies across African countries, with experience in private equity and venture capital across agriculture, FMCG, property, technology, and financial services. Mzila holds a BCom in Investments and Corporate Finance from the University of the Witwatersrand and an MPhil in Development Finance from Stellenbosch Business School, and is a Chartered Development Finance Analyst.

Board chairperson and non-executive director of Edge Growth, also COO of African Rainbow Capital and a director of ARC Financial Services. A qualified Ontological Coach with accounting and management diplomas from UNISA, she has extensive experience building teams, growing SMEs and supporting B-BBEE.

Non-executive director of Edge Growth and Executive Head of Business Advisory, Principal Investments and Transformational Equity at FNB. A Chartered Accountant with over three decades of experience, he previously was a Partner at Deloitte and an executive at Nimble Group.

Non-executive director of Edge Growth and General Manager at Knowledge Pele, with over 15 years of cross-sector experience in community development and social impact. She holds a Master's in Public Administration and is pursuing a Master of Management in Innovation Studies.

Non-executive director of Edge Growth and CEO of Bayakha Infrastructure Partners, with over a decade of institutional investment experience at South African pension funds. He chairs the Namibian Infrastructure Development & Investment Fund investment committee and specialises in infrastructure deal origination and fundraising.

Non-executive director of Edge Growth and founder/CEO of Chapter One Innovation, specialising in business model and innovation strategy. He holds an MBA and BComm and is an adjunct faculty member at Duke University CE.

Non-executive director of Edge Growth and Deal Executive at African Rainbow Capital, focused on deal sourcing, evaluation, execution and portfolio management. He is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and CGMA with a background in Pan-African M&A and corporate finance.