27four Private Markets

27four Private Markets is a division of the 27four Group of Companies offering private equity, gender lens and venture capital funds.

The 27four Nebula fund backs high growth African companies as they get market traction solving social problems and continues to fund them as they meet milestones. The expectation is to achieve high returns and meaningful impact, while reducing risk.

What makes NEBULA different

Invested Companies

Nebula Funding Criteria

Impact Outcomes

What makes NEBULA different

Focus on early-stage disruptive technology

  • Revenue generating from strong reference clients
  • Preference for B2B, B2B2C
  • Clear benefit of tech to clients
  • Series A onwards

Quick scalability into large markets

  • Must have received funding from at least one reputable
    funder
  • Commercial participation or partnership with larger more
    established entities

Strong founding teams

  • Balance of technical and business skills

Exclusive intellectual property

  • Hard to replicate

Positive social impact

  • Creates better access, cheaper prices or other
    positive change for society

Geography: South-African linked companies and mostly in the Agnostic sector.

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Invested Companies

Medical Diagnostics Sector
Uses AI-powered diagnostic software to expand medical diagnostics into underresourced areas. This has been supplemented with a low-cost, highquality camera that can retrofit any microscope instantly enabling digital tele-pathology.

Telemedicine Sector
Provides easy and affordable telemedicine solution providing access to doctors, nurses and mental health professionals at significantly more affordable rates than in person consultations.

Cyber Security Sector
Transaction authentication provider for financial institutions. Mobile, browser, MNO and biometric authentication with low friction.

Fintech Sector
Floatpays partners with employers to offer their employees on demand pay, a market leading savings wallet and money management tools to help them better manage and enjoy their hard-earned income.

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NEBULA Funding Criteria

Pipeline deals

  • Project Student
  • Project Insure
  • Project Circle
  • Project College
  • Project Call Centre
  • Project Paediatrics

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Impact Outcomes

Vitruvian MD
So far in the Venture Capital Fund there are 5 signed commercial contracts for products with different clients. Currently 45 cameras have been sold as part of the uptake of the VisionMD camera. 3 out of 5 clients were converted for the conversion and upsell of the Vision MD telepathology that generates recurring revenue from AI usage. The set ARR was at least $30k, however the in progress ARR is ranging at $53k. Which is a great turnover so far. Most of the milestones to be reached they are in progress, like the patent it is yet to be filed, the Phase 1 FDA Approval was received and has progressed to Phase 2. Currently the team has a commercial level of tooling but this is not sufficient to scale industrially.

27four expects to exit after the next 5 years and during the Vitruvian Series B raise at a 4x revenue multiple.

Kena Health

During March 2024, Kena signed an in-kind equity deal with one of South Africa’s largest retailers. Through this deal, the investor will earn more or less 10% equity in Kena in exchange for bringing the company massive customer acquisition over the next 18 months. If this first phase succeeds, Shoprite has the option to invest cash to top their shareholding up further. The deal will reduce Kena’s cost of customer acquisition to zero over the next 12 months. Kena has signed a number of new B2B(2C) customers during the quarter, that have added R500,000 in revenue.
27four has taken the view that the most likely exit route is through strategic acquisition. Old Mutual, Shoprite or Dischem are ideal candidates with existing relationships with Kena and the Founder.

Entersekt has started rolling out their security systems in the US and Europe. They currently service 4 of the 5 large banks in SA and other financial institutions.

Floatpays is focussed on their sizeable market in South Africa at present. They have long term plans to roll out into other countries through their agreement with Tyme Bank but at the moment they have sufficient market in SA.

In the Process

Two deals were declined at IC:

  • Bixbio was found to be too early for the Nebula fund
  • Resolute Edtech was found to have unit economics that made the business tough to scale, given the constrained addressable market and price entry point of their product. The team liked this deal because of its potential impact but after thorough debate, fully agreed with the view of the IC that the deal was not a fit since it is more of a B2C scaling company than a true B2B.

Another great initiative with the “Venture Capital” Nebula Fund, one product was developed in connection with the University of Pretoria and NHLS (VitMD). VitMD supported Wits University in obtaining a $100k grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, of which $50k will be paid to VMD to run further trials on Malaria module. Which demonstrates that the fund cares about the communities and the role in can play to better the society.

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