Incubator / Private investor / Corporate finance advisor
Camel Thorn Capital helps founders and owners build and grow their businesses. We roll up our sleeves to build, invest our own capital alongside you, and advise on the deals that shape your future, all under one roof.
[01] What we do
Most businesses need different kinds of help at different moments. Instead of juggling an incubator, an investor and an advisor, you work with one team that knows your business inside out.
We work alongside founders to turn promising ideas into operating businesses, and early-stage ventures into robust ones.
We invest our own capital in businesses we believe in, with the patience and flexibility that real growth requires.
At this moment we invest our own capital only. We do not solicit investment or raise funds from third parties.
We advise owners and management teams on the transactions and financial decisions that define a business.
[02] Portfolio
The ventures currently in our incubator. We work alongside each founding team to build the business, back it with capital and prepare it for growth.
[03] How we partner
Because we build, invest and advise, we can stay with a business as it grows, bringing the right combination of support at each step.
Test the opportunity, shape the model and plan the launch.
BuildSet up the business, land first customers and fund the start.
BuildInvestStrengthen the team, systems and capital base to scale.
InvestAdviseRaise capital, acquire, merge, or plan succession and exit.
AdviseInvest[–] Who we work with
You have an idea or an early-stage venture and need a partner to help you build it properly, with capital and hands-on support.
You run a profitable business and are ready for the next chapter, whether that is expansion, an acquisition or bringing in new capital.
You are thinking about succession, a partial sale or an exit, and want experienced advice to get the structure and value right.
[04] Our approach
We would rather back fewer businesses and do more for each of them. Every engagement starts with understanding you, your business and what success looks like.
Talk to usWe get to know you, your ambitions and the realities of your market.
We take a rigorous, honest look at the opportunity, the gaps and the options.
We agree a clear plan and how we will work together: building, investing, advising, or all three.
We stay close, measure progress and adapt as the business evolves.
[05] About us
The camel thorn is one of the defining trees of the Kalahari. It thrives where little else can, sending its roots deep in search of water and growing slowly into a landmark that shelters and sustains the life around it.
That is the kind of business we want to help build: resilient, deeply rooted, and valuable to everyone who depends on it. And it is the kind of partner we aim to be, patient, steady, and in it for the long term.
We think in years, not quarters.
We work in the business, not just on it.
Sound numbers and honest advice, always.
Our own capital and reputation, at stake alongside yours.
[06] FAQ
The short version of how we work. If your question is not here, ask us directly.
Camel Thorn Capital helps founders and owners build and grow their businesses. We combine three disciplines under one roof: business incubation, private investment and corporate finance advisory, so you work with one team that knows your business inside out.
Incubation is hands-on building: strategy, business model, go-to-market and setting up operations, finance and governance. Private investment means we invest our own capital in early-stage and growth businesses. Corporate finance advice covers capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, valuations, financial modelling and deal structuring.
Every stage, from idea through launch, growth and transaction. We work with founders who have an idea or an early-stage venture, established businesses ready for expansion, an acquisition or new capital, and owners planning succession, a partial sale or an exit.
Yes. At present we invest only our own capital, alongside founders and owners, using flexible structures tailored to each business and a long-term, partnership-minded approach.
Not at this moment. Camel Thorn Capital currently invests only its own capital: we do not solicit investment, raise funds from third parties or offer securities to the public. Nothing on this website is an offer, an invitation to invest or investment advice, and the same applies to the businesses in our portfolio: links to their websites are for information only. See our legal notice.
Yes. Our corporate finance team advises on equity and debt capital raising, mergers, acquisitions and disposals, valuations, deal structuring and transaction support.
Our current incubator portfolio is Innomotus, Fintradax, Banklify, Saenwerk and 28fitech.
Use the contact form on this page or email info@camelthorncapital.com. Tell us a little about your business and what you are looking for, and we will be in touch.
[07] Get in touch
Whether you are working on an idea, looking for investment in your business or planning a transaction, we would like to hear from you. Tell us a little about your business and we will be in touch.
