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Sandboxes and Scaleups
From Experiments to Enterprises
Formerly Manuh Collective
Join a community of startups and growth partners building pilots, partnerships, and go-to-market strategies that accelerate commercialisation
How?
Learn with the Community
Access a global network of responsible tech entrepreneurs, scholars, practitioners, freelance professionals, and venture partners.
​Mentoring, peer learning, expert-level deep dives, and working groups through the Nav Circle.
The Nav Circle is a community-focused hub functioning as a sandbox and knowledge-exchange platform to enable ethical global collaborations. It serves as both a talent pipeline and a resource hub for early-stage tech startups and venture builders.
Your support as a mentor of Ariel Robotics was instrumental, and your commitment extended beyond one-on-one mentorship. Your presence and guidance during our pitch practice sessions with the wider cohort of South African founders was particularly impactful. You offered constructive feedback, strategic clarity, and a calm, focused energy that helped several founders strengthen their narratives and delivery ahead of our showcase.
- Nicole Gray (ALX Ventures, South Africa)
Why?
Build a strong venture ecosystem
Over 90% of startups fail—often from poor product–market fit, cash flow issues, or weak teams. About 50% of VC-backed ventures never return capital, and nearly 90% miss growth targets. Product-heavy startups are especially vulnerable if scaled too fast, while service-focused, locally grounded ventures tend to be more resilient, often backed by angels or crowdfunding.
We believe in building strong, context-specific venture ecosystems—not agnostic to market landscapes or user cultures, but designed to be interoperable for commercialisation across domains and geographies.
We don’t fund or build your product. We help you launch, test, and scale—optimizing pilots, partnerships, positioning, and pricing.
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Think of us as human playbooks—sharing lessons from our own wins and mistakes to help founders troubleshoot and safeguard growth.
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