Catalytic Capital · For African University Commercialisation
Two routes to back the supply side of African innovation.
MARATTO™ commercialises African university research and innovation at scale. Whether you deploy returns-seeking capital or catalytic grants, your cheque sits at the front of a continental flywheel.
For Investors
Returns-seeking capital
Returns-seeking capital backing the largest organised deal flow of African university spin-outs and licensable IP the continent has produced.
Explore the Investor routeFor Donors
Catalytic capital
Catalytic capital seeding permanent commercialisation capability at named African universities. Catalytic, not perpetual. The university owns the asset.
Explore the Donor routeThe Model
One model. Two capital types. Three flywheel motions.
Seed → Compound → Scale
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Seed
Catalytic capital funds the first few cohorts at a named university. Ventures take time to form, IP takes time to license, and revenue takes time to compound. The earliest grants underwrite the runway before founding-equity returns can cycle back at meaningful scale.
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Compound
The university takes founding equity in every spinout MARATTO commercialises. Returns flow back to fund the next cohort, then the one after. The model compounds rather than depends.
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Scale
The commercialisation function becomes permanent at the institution. MARATTO™ moves to the next university. The flywheel keeps turning at the one we just left.
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