Sakhile Xulu is the Managing Partner of Seed South Capital, a majority black-owned and managed firm that has become one of the leading-emerging voices in the early-stage intellectual property commercialisation domain in South Africa. Working with institutions across the intellectual property commercialisation value-chain, organisations like the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), and a few publicly financed research and development institutions in South Africa.
Seed South Capital is in the process of establishing The Sisungula Commercialisation Fund, a first of its kind in South Africa, the R350 million fund is positioned to be a market development, launch, growth, and expansion fund that will scale research and development from higher education institutions, science councils, public entities, and the private sector. The fund has received co-investment support from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), specifically the Sovereign Innovation Fund (SIF).