Our portfolio consists of local entrepreneurs with technology products. They came to us with a revenue history and a plan with a great future for global sales.
LUMINOUS - Gaining Insight
Luminous is a world leader in the provision of risk and business management solutions to retail and commercial banks. Their unique product offering lies in the ability to create, share and deliver powerful information instantly to banks as well as the banks’ personal and SMB customers.
Luminous is implemented within a bank’s environment and delivers a set of standard and customised financial reports. The approach is founded on driving value from transactional banking data that enables the bank to proactively make informed lending and risk management decisions and provide enhanced levels of value added advice. It also offers comprehensive financial reporting services for small businesses and personal customers that allows these customers to gain insight, intelligence and business value from that data.
All your users backing up? Thought not. Cibecs is the simplest way to backup and recover data on all desktops and notebooks in your business or corporation. It’s great for users. It’s great for IT. It’s great for your business.
“The investment in Cibecs by Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa is a vote of confidence in local companies’ ability to produce innovative products of an international standard. Our partnership with HP - Ventures Africa not only gives us access to the company’s global network, but also a wealth of international expertise. We find HP – Ventures Africa eager, willing and always ready to lend a hand whenever needed.” Richard Dewing, Chief Executive Officer, Cibecs (Pty) Ltd.
Low cost telecommunication networks have made it possible for even marginalized communities to join the digital age. Dabba Telecoms has been actively building networks in townships, such as Orange Farm, Soweto, Alexandra and Vosloorus.
Document management has now been made simple with KnowledgeTree. It is open source software that connects people, processes and ideas, allowing individuals to collaborate and safely store and access critical documents. It’s about boosted productivity, shared vision and improved efficiencies.
Inala's core competency lies in electronic engineering as applied to the fixed line and GSM telecommunications and Broadcast industries.
Inala's Systems division designs, markets and installs niche systems for the fixed line and GSM telecommunications industry. Inala's proprietary product range includes systems which monitor cellular Base Transmitter Stations (SAM2 system), the complete cellular feeder and antenna system of cellular Base Transceiver Stations (B-MON system) and alarms on 2.048 Mb/s fixed line digital networks (DPAM system).
Inala Broadcast offers integrated turnkey solutions to the Broadcast and Professional HD/DV industries across Africa with offerings ranging from design to physical integration of studio and outside broadcast facilities to media management and digital effects solutions.
Together with Inala Telecommunications Distribution and Inala Services, all four business areas deliver proprietary as well as best of breed products and solutions to clients such as Telkom SA, Neotel, Vodacom, MTN, Zain, CNBC, SABC and eTV.
Global Vision is a leading provider of Marketing Automation technology. Adora, its flagship product, provides companies and their agencies with the technology to deliver on their marketing needs – from targeted marketing campaigns through to measuring ROI on marketing effort. Global Vision is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Enterprise Partner for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
“Our vision is to become a global leader of marketing automation technology as defined by caliber of customers, global footprint, industry awards, and industry analyst opinion,” says Jon Jacobson, MD at Global Vision. “Hasso Plattner Ventures’ not only opens doors for us, but also provides us with the funding we need to continue to invest in ADORA, ensuring its status as a world class platform. The team at HP Ventures has a wealth of experience in helping IT businesses to globalise their products, at the same time adding value at every stage of the process.”
KnowledgeTree® develops leading commercial open source document management software. With a focus on collaboration, simplicity and ease of use, attractive pricing and strong integration with existing office productivity applications, KnowledgeTree is used by small to medium-sized businesses, governments, and enterprise customers all over the world.
