Davey Gant 2026 speakers

“Davey Gant is a Partner at Knife Capital, a venture capital investment manager that accelerates the international expansion of African innovation driven businesses through Knowledge, Networks and Funding. At Knife, he is Head of Legal and also leads strategic compliance and risk management across the portfolio, working closely with founders and management teams to build the governance structures that growing businesses need to attract investment and scale with confidence.

Davey began his career in law and went on to advise ultra-high net worth families on managing risk across multiple jurisdictions, experience that gave him a deep understanding of how structure, foresight and trust shape long term outcomes. He holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge.

Knife Capital has a strong track record of venture capital exits to global companies including General Electric, Visa, Garmin, Uber Eats, SoftBank and Ticketmaster, and is currently raising Fund V. Davey has spoken on governance in African tech at events including the AfricArena London Summit.”