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South African Intellectual Property Fund | Investment Strategy
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Unique Offer to Potential Portfolio Companies:
The Fund strengthens the competitive advantage of its portfolio companies and enhances their ability to create shareholder value in the following ways:
- Access to quality IP from South African research institutes and universities.
- Access to the technical skills of scientists and technologists that work in South African research institutes and universities.
- Access to equity finance.
- Access to the breadth and depth of QAFM’s venture capital, technical and business skills and experience
- Assistance in building the organizational capabilities required for business success.
- Assistance with BEE strategies and implementation.
Unique Offer to Research Institutes:
The Fund assists South African research institutes and universities to optimize the commercialization of their technologies by:
- Increasing the domestic demand for their IP
- Increasing their collaboration with industry
- Increasing the level of collaboration among research institutes
Unique Offer to Investors:
Sustainable economic growth is a prerequisite for the realization of quality returns. The experience of other countries shows that IP-driven SMEs make a positive and disproportionate large contribution to economic growth and shareholder value creation. Thus the Fund's strategy provides a sound basis for quality investment returns for its investors.
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