A venture studio with one company in it.
We originate ideas inside the studio and validate them in the open. Isonke is the first — stock reconciliation for South African wholesale fuel depots, built by someone who worked the problem. It is pre-revenue and in validation, and it is looking for its first paying depot.
For corporates
Turn your budget into a company that survives an audit.
An arrangement where the business could not reasonably keep operating on the resources available is fronting. Intent is not part of that test. A supplier that exists to carry points and nothing else sits inside the definition, whatever anyone meant by it.
That is an offence under section 13O of the B-BBEE Act. A fine, or up to ten years, or for a company up to 10% of annual turnover. It is also not rare. Of 822 complaints to the B-BBEE Commission since 2016, 687 were fronting. That is how these arrangements fail.
We build the substance that defeats it. A founder who worked the problem and holds real equity. Demand validated before anything gets built. A product that runs. Operating capacity you can inspect. The venture stays at least 51% black-owned, which is what makes your spend count. You may hold up to 49% of it.
We show you the structure and the clause it rests on. Your verification expert signs it off, not us. Isonke is the method, run on our own money. Cleymand is 100% black-owned. We have not built with a corporate partner yet.
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