“The effect of releasing capital into the economy is enormous,” argues AJ Coetzee, CEO of Summit Deals. Yet in the venture capital system, funding still takes months to reach entrepreneurs – even with willing parties across the value chain. Drawing on his experience in global dealmaking, AJ explains how they are working to fix this gap so capital can move faster between investors and founders. In the end, he says, making that happen depends not only on better systems, but on trust, integrity, and the conviction to keep going when the journey gets hard.
