As the recent trend in IPOs and delistings on public markets tells us, an increasing number of companies are looking to private markets for their capital raising needs. This means that retail investors are being shut out of these opportunities, which is particularly problematic as these early-stage opportunities usually offer the highest potential returns.

Mesh.Trade is committed to increasing access for investors, which is why the platform is designed to enable issuers to raise debt and/or equity funding. Naturally, this means that opportunities like Die MOS (an Afrikaans education business) can be brought to an audience of retail and institutional investors, instead of just institutions like would normally be the case in private market deals.

Connie Bloem of Mesh.Trade joined us on this podcast to talk about why access to good quality private assets is so important in the South African market.

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