David Murray

David Murray is a director of Cape Venture Partners (CVP), a position he has held for the last 10 years. CVP focuses on assisting technology entrepreneurs achieve commercial success, particularly those facing the challenges of exponential growth. CVP also assists in the commercialisation of early stage ventures, and provides advisory services for entrepreneurs requiring M&A advice. The CVP directors are also entrepreneurs in their own right, and have launched a number of ventures. David is currently Chairman of AzarGen Biotechnologies, which uses a plant based expression platform to produce therapeutic proteins. He also chairs the advisory board of Silulo Ulutho Technologies, which provides technology services to emerging communities. Additionally, David is member of Endeavor's venture corps, which seeks to identify and support high impact entrepreneurs. David is also an adjudicator on the TT100 (Technology Top 100 awards). David has been mentoring Mauritz and Cobus for a number of years, and assisted in the establishment of AzarGen as a commercial venture, along with the necessary fund raising.