This Month’s Shout Out Goes To

  Invequity

Invequity primarily drives growth in the South African economy and builds bespoke private equity funds for clients. Harnessing the rules for private equity funds alongside the codes of good practice in B-BBEE through investments, Invequity targets a just economy, social well-being, and environmental health. As a conscious investor, their impact focuses on transformation investments that are good for people, planet, and profit. This includes education, technology, localisation, connectivity, water, waste, and renewable energy infrastructure.

Invequity helps businesses maximise business attractiveness, maxmise business competitiveness, avoid reputational, tax, and legal risks, add economic value to businesses, retain wealth and intellectual property, and contribute positively to economic growth.

They also help businesses through transformational objectives, be it 10%, 25%, or 51% Black Ownership, while assisting companies to improve their B-BBEE Scorecards. Invequity itself is a Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor, 100% Black Owned and a 77.6% Black Women Owned Fund Manager that has further advantages that help make a difference in the South African economy, such as:

● Improve the B-BBEE score by contributing up to 22 Ownership points on the B-BBEE scorecard and avoid a 1 Level drop for this priority element.

● Advantages for competitive tendering, new revenue opportunities, and procurement.

● Qualify to receive Enterprise and Supplier Development grants.

A business’s B-BBEE participation is measured across five key elements that reflect its contribution to inclusive socio-economic growth.

These elements are:

● Ownership

● Management Control

● Skills Development

● Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD)

● Socio-economic development

Identifying three elements of these five is a priority for businesses to achieve minimum compliance: Ownership, Skills Development, and ESD.

To learn more about B-BBEE, qualifying as a small and large enterprise, benefits for investee businesses, compliance, and more, speak to Invequity at https://invequity.co.za/contact/.