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Newtown Partners

Venture capital · Cape Town, South Africa · Middle East and Africa

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Newtown Partners is a Cape Town-based investment firm founded by Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen that invests in technology companies and manages corporate venture and credit funds. It runs strategies ranging from early-stage venture capital to private credit growth finance, including the Imperial Venture Fund, the Newtown Angel Syndicate, the RLabs Seed Fund I and the Newtown Impact Credit Fund.

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site last read 7 Nov 2026

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