Themba Sithole

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Co-founder & COO at Basil Care · Climate analytics · data, enterprise sales

Basil Care
Johannesburg, South Africa · SAST (UTC+2)
11+ years experience
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
English, Afrikaans
Raising
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Overview

Co-founder & COO of Basil Care, working on climate analytics. Signed 370 paying customers, 17 of them enterprises. Raised $11 million across 3 rounds. Before that: KPMG and Vodacom. Most at home with HR tech and climate tech.

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  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Questions about climate analytics
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
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Skills
carbon accountingclimate techenterprise salesdataHR tech
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $8M Series A for fleet telematics for manufacturers in Southeast Asia

Stage
Series A
Raising
$8M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$873k from an existing fund
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
28% month-on-month growth after 24 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

28% month-on-month growth after 24 months. Looking for investors who know mobility and can help with pricing.

Johannesburg, South Africacarbon accountingenterprise saleshr tech
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Nov 2024 - Present
    Basil Care · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Grew the team to 108 people across 5 countries.
    • Previously built and sold a small climate analytics company.
    • Signed 228 paying customers, 18 of them enterprises.
  2. Finance Manager
    Apr 2023 - Nov 2024
    KPMG · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 5 straight quarters.
  3. Financial Analyst
    Dec 2020 - Apr 2023
    Vodacom · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 9 straight quarters.
  4. Finance Director
    Mar 2017 - Dec 2020
    PwC · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Ran diligence on 3 acquisitions.
  5. Senior Financial Analyst
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2017
    Visa · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 5 straight quarters.

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Education

  1. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
    BEng, Economics
    2001 - 2005

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