As "social venture", we advise companies, non-profit organizations and investors on management and financial topics regarding their projects and initiatives that have a positive and measurable socio-economic and/or environmental impact. Our initial focus is on social housing developments in South Africa and renewable energy projects. In the future, we intend to extend our consulting services to projects and initiatives in the fields of education, medicine, agriculture and entrepreneurship, as well as to offer them in other African countries.
The complementary skills and life experiences of our founders enable us to realize our mission and contribute to the achievement of the UN's 17 SDGs.
Steyn Fourie
Steyn Fourie (1959) was born and raised in South Africa. He is a trained architect (University of the Free State, Bloemfontein) and holds an MBA degree (Kellogg School of Management, Chicago). Steyn has been a self-employed real estate developer for the last 25 years with a focus on multi-unit buildings, student dormitories, apartment buildings, motel buildings, low income housing etc.
In 2014, Steyn founded The Housing Hub, a real estate developer focusing exclusively on the development of social housing communities in South Africa.
Bulelani Ngcuka
Bulelani Ngcuka (1954) was born and raised in South Africa. He is a trained lawyer (University of Fort Hare, Alice and University of South Africa, Pretoria) and holds an MA degree in International Relations (Webster University, Geneva). Bulelani very early on became an engaged citizen and political activist during the Apartheid regime and experienced its brutality while being jailed. Bulelani was a central figure and architect of South Africa’s political transformation since the early 1990-ies. He was a member of the Mandela Reception Committee at the time of his release from prison in February 1990. In 1998, Bulelani was appointed National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), a position he held until he resigned in 2004. In 2006, Bulelani founded Vuwa Investments and has been its Executive Chairman since 2007. He is married to Phumzile Miambo-Ngcuka, former Deputy President of South Africa and currently serving as Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
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Sven-Roger von Schilling
Sven-Roger von Schilling (1967) was born in Germany and raised in Germany and the UK. He is a trained business economist (DHBW Mannheim) and holds an MBA degree (Kellogg School of Management, Chicago). Sven worked as management consultant in both Europe and the US before being appointed as CFO to several tech SMEs, (Cleantech, IT) two of which he “IPO-ed”. In 2010 he co-founded European CleanTech I, Germany’s second SPAC, wihch he IPO-ed that same year as its CEO. Sven founded the consulting boutique svs CapitalPartners in 2012 and has been advising SMEs, entrepreneurs as well as ambitious start-ups on capital raisings, M&A projects and restructurings ever since.