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MI Capital is an investment, asset management and advisory firm.
We oversee the assets of the Maharishi Invincibility Institute (MII) with the objective of delivering meaningful investment returns to support MII’s mission of offering free, world-leading education to underprivileged youth, thereby changing their lives and the lives of their families for the better.
We also offer our investment and advisory services to like-minded institutions and individuals who would like to partner with us or invest alongside us.
Profits from our services are used for True Empowerment by supporting MII in providing a free-access, world-leading education to marginalised youth in South Africa and economically restoring our great country.
We are a B-BBEE investor and advisor, having completed over 15 successful BEE ownership deals. Our services also include enterprise development, supplier development, skills development including managing large scale learnerships, as well as procurement and development spend consulting provided by Maharishi Invincibility Institute.
We enable corporates with related diversification by investing in revolutionary technologies aligned to their industries.
We have vast experience and success in developing global platform assets using our build-and-buy skills.
Our goal through MII is to educate 100,000 leaders for South Africa
Our goal through MI Capital is to build a self-sustaining and self-reinforcing Circle of Greatness to educate South Africa’s youth, rebuild South Africa, have a positive impact on our world and generate significant returns for our partners and investors.
Our competitive advantages are self reinforcing. The MI Capital philosophy is to build a “circle of greatness”.
Founder and CEO of the Maharishi Invincibility Institute.
Pioneer of the free university-education movement in South Africa.
Founded with Sir Richard Branson, the Branson centre of entrepreneurship.
Chair of E3 – employability, entrepreneurship education – for national SA school system.
28 years’ experience in education and social entrepreneurship.
Maximising investment profits, capital gains and/or value to return to investors or partners.
Maximising profits after investment returns and management costs to be distributed to The Maharishi Institute to fund the ongoing MII purpose.
Having a real positive impact on South Africa and the world through our investments and to be the premier impact investment partner of choice for impact capital.
Invest in companies that share our philosophy of Head, Heart, and Hands.
Invest in growth-based assets for an absolute return, using a times money and quantum investment principle.
Invest in companies that can be a Platform Asset, which in themselves can be leveraged for a build and buy strategy, with the ability to compete in foreign markets.
Directionally invest in the impact categories of Education, Smart Infrastructure, Renewables, Financial Services and Healthcare.
Applying our knowledge, experience and a winning mindset to set our path and deliver on our goals. Growth mindset and always passing the ball forward.
Being driven by our purpose and living a culture of duty, love, integrity and humility. Doing good, having fun and working with people we love.
Working hard, getting involved and executing on our mission thoroughly and consistently. This is our life’s work, and we are fully engaged and committed to achieving our goals.
In 2007, our director, Dr Taddy Blecher founds the Maharishi Invincibility Institute, a non-profit with the single-minded focus of providing a world-leading, free-access education to previously disadvantaged youth of South Africa.
Between 2007 and 2022, MII goes on to educate over 22,000 graduates with a 95%+ job placement rate adding over R10bn to the SA economy and back into the hands of SA families.
Over this period, MII becomes 75% self-funding through a combination of entrepreneurship, BB-BEE investments, and pay-it-forward initiatives.
From 2013-2022 Darren Kramer, head of ENS M&A and Corporate Finance, works with Dr Blecher to set up these investments and deals to assist with driving the MII vision of becoming a self-sustaining institution of free world-class education for South Africans.
Over this same period, Darren builds his own capital advisory company, CapitalGate, and focusses on building Incubeta into a multi-billion-dollar global platform asset.
In 2022, Darren and his partners exit Incubeta with over 11 times their initial investment.
Dr Blecher and Darren form a joint vision of setting up a dedicated for-profit investment company that is 51% owned by MII to manage MII’s assets as well as external investors and partners’ funds to engage in corporate venturing and private investment activities so that investors can invest and earn a return alongside MII while MII becomes a fully self-sustaining institution that will educate SA’s youth for generations to come.
In 2023, MI Capital is founded, and Yaakov Goldfein joins to help realise the vision.
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9 Ntemi Piliso Street,
Ferreirasdorp,
Johannesburg, 2197