2ndBase Inc Information

Most advisors talk strategy. We get on planes. 2ndBase is the expansion partner for venture-backed companies entering Africa, Southeast Asia and the Gulf — built on 15+ years of doing it, not writing reports about it: leading iflix's African expansion as part of the team that launched 28 countries in 14 months and raised $280m, and building PriceCheck into Africa's largest price-comparison marketplace before exiting in 2015. Three ways we work: ▸ Expansion Readiness Audit — 3 weeks, fixed fee. Which markets, in what order, at what cost, with which landmines. Board-ready. ▸ Fractional Expansion Executive — 3–6 months as your CEO/CMO/GM in-market. We build it with your team, then hand over. ▸ Full Market Launch — end-to-end, with skin in the game via equity or success fees. For venture funds: an annual portfolio partnership — quarterly expansion reviews, founder office hours, one relationship that de-risks every portfolio company before they spend. Selected outcomes: ▸ UBU International — 60-person team hired and structured, core platform shipped in 9 weeks, 7,000+ merchants signed, 380 apps launched in a year, $10m seed secured. From a standing start. ▸ Vodacom Super-App — conceived, built and presented an MVP to the Vodacom Board; go-to-market adopted in full into the national mobile commerce roadmap — the direction that evolved into VodaPay. ▸ MyFanPark — led three consecutive funding rounds; restructured IP, banking and legal architecture for international scale. ▸ Clicks Group — reshaped digital strategy for one of SA's largest retailers, including subscription as a recurring-revenue engine. ▸ YCP × BMI — Africa roll-out study and go/no-go for a global advisory firm's client. Our Readiness Audit, delivered. Focus: marketplace mechanics, super-app architecture, mobile commerce, fintech, and AI-enabled platforms across emerging markets. Weighing a market? → 2ndbase.co