Keshni Morar

Speaker | Venture Builder | Angel Investor | Fractional Strategy Officer

Most teams do not have a strategy problem. They have an execution gap.

The plan looks sharp. The decks are impressive. Everyone is busy.
Yet growth, revenue or impact stay flat.

I work in that gap as a Fractional Strategy and Operations Partner. I sit next to the CEO or Exco, align strategy, people and capital, and build the rhythms that keep everyone moving in the same direction.

I have operated on all sides of the table for 20+ years:
• Corporate: Group Strategy and M&A at Vodacom, working on multi billion rand deals and cross border growth.
• Venture building: MD of Investable and Director of Founder Institute South Africa, designing and running accelerators, venture studios and scale programmes.
• Capital: Angel investor and shareholder at Jozi Angels, reviewing deal flow and helping founders become truly investable.
• Complex situations: Chief of Staff / 2IC to a CEO through growth, funder fallout and business rescue.

Who I work with:
• Founders and funds that need clear priorities, OKRs, operating models and investor updates that tell the real story.
• Corporates that want innovation, venture building or accelerator programmes that link back to P and L, not theatre.
• Funders and ecosystem builders that need credible, auditable programmes and portfolio reporting.

What you can plug me in for:
• Strategy to execution translation.
• Operating model and governance design.
• Programme and venture portfolio design and delivery.
• Fundraising, capital strategy and stakeholder communication.
• Turnaround, wind down and “clean up the mess” mandates.

How I work:
Short, focused advisory sprints or retained support, usually 1 to 3 days a week equivalent, with a clear mandate and direct communication.

If your organisation is scaling faster than its systems, your innovation arm is busy but not moving the dial, or you need a trusted operator to co design and run founder programmes, send me a message and let us see if there is a fit.

Founder & Managing Director

Focused on Founders who are looking to raise angel to series A funding to scale their businesses. In addition to our advisory services, Founders can participate in a 3-month  programme which includes how to improve pitch materials, generate investor interest, create an investor pipeline, startup valuations, due diligence preparation, negotiation of terms and more.

To apply, please submit your details via - https://www.f6s.com/investable-funding-fix-program/apply

Aarya Legal

Enterpreneurial lawyers. No hourly rates, no tick box exercises. No nonsense and business savvy solutions for your legal, leadership and B-B BEE needs.

KLEVA CONTRACTS

We democratise access to legal services by providing online contract creation, access to legal services and educational material in multiple South African languages.

Kleva Contracts allows entrepreneurs to search for the document they need and create a tailored, South African law contract in a few minutes by answering simple questions. Legal concepts are broken down in plain language videos and blogs. We offer calls, reviews and additional services through network lawyers and partners.

Founder

Novate: Innovative Attorney Services

Who we are:
no.vate – 
to replace something old with something new. to make new. to innovate. From the latin novare
Legal: to replace an old obligation with a new one.
We are not your stuffy traditional firm. We want to change the way  legal services are provided, perceived and the way law is practiced. We want to replace the old traditional approach to law with a new one.
We provide quality corporate legal services to SME’s by offering affordable structured legal packages as well as bespoke services that are in line with the entrepreneurial spirit of constant innovation and quality. We won’t charge for each email or telephone call, we believe in adding value.
We asked ourselves whether there was a different way of doing law. We think there is. 
What we do:
Pro-active: We see legal services as something other than a grudge purchase. Our goal is to build a relationship with the client. We aim to be a partner on the entrepreneur’s path to success, not a backstop when things go wrong.
We take a pro-active approach to legal services, risk management and education of our clients in order to avoid litigation and other risks. The law is a tool for business success.  We tailor an approach by spending  time understanding your business model, company structure and legal needs and creating a plan accordingly.  
We understand that building your business is your first priority and legal risks distract from this. Our task is to avoid and minimise these risks while you focus on your core business - growth.

Key-practice area’s:
Commercial law services
Re-structuring
Litigation
Labour
Debt-collection
Compliance
Legal education/training
B-B BEE strategy
Business strategy
Funding applications

Partner

MIX 98.3 FM

Every second Monday at 6:30 tune in to MIX 98.3 FM as myself, Stevie B and Athi Stoto discuss law for entrepreneurs.

Co-host of "Legally Speaking"

Thlompanang Gender-based Violence Re-education Program

Thlompanang is a schools based volunteer program aiming at redressing the problem of gender-based violence in South Africa. We focus educating school children on sexual violence and how to deal with it effectively but our focus is on building positive values, empathy and going back to traditional values like Ubuntu.

We are based at two Gauteng Schools in the pilot phase. Realogile Secondary in Alexandra and Midrand High school.

Co Founder

European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights

I was a researcher in the Young Lawyers Program at the ECCHR in the Business and Human Rights Unit.  I was involved in preparing an amicus brief on indigenous land rights before ICSID as well as research for the Asian strategic litigation conference to be held in 2013. My focus was Indian and African research in the context of multinational actors and the applicable standards.

Researcher - Business and Human Rights Unit

Webber Wentzel

I did my articles at Webber Wentzel in 2006-2007 before being admitted as an attorney in May 2008.  I had three years PQE in the Insurance and Aviation Litigation team at the time I left the firm.

Associate

University of the Witwatersrand

I lectured in the courses of Family Law and the Law of Succession.  This position involved preparing and delivering lectures, setting the course outline and examinations as well as grading assignments and exams.  The opportunity to interact with students was highly enjoyable.

Lecturer

The constitutional court of SA

I was a researcher and legal clerk to Chief Justice Chaskalson before his retirement in May 2005.  Thereafter I worked for Deputy Chief Justice Moseneke until then end of my tenure.

Researcher

I'm the founder of Aarya Legal with 17 years experience.  If you need outsourced in-house legal, data privacy or fixed fee commercial legal services look no further. 

We have a special focus on the needs of tech start-ups including intellectual property, B-B BEE, fund raising and data privacy expertise (POPI and GDPR). 

I sit on a number of boards and pioneered a women on boards programme. I am also a mentor on a number of acceleration programmes including Google for Start-ups Africa and the Founders Institute.

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