About DeNovo

A project gateway, not a broker.

We sit between serious projects and serious capital, and make the connection work — every opportunity passes a commercial, legal, funding and credibility screen before it reaches an investor.

Our Purpose

Sourcing, screening, packaging — and staying in it to close

DeNovo Capital Projects sources large, credible opportunities, vets them properly, packages them to an institutional standard, and connects them with the right funders, investors and buyers — then helps carry the transaction through to close.

We are not a broker-for-anything. We are a project gateway.

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Gateway, not broker

We don't represent one side and chase volume. We screen, we package, and we stay engaged until the deal closes cleanly — for whichever side trusts us with the introduction.

The Gateway Discipline

The process behind every opportunity we put forward

Most opportunities never reach an investor's desk in a state worth funding. Ours do, because we run every project through the same disciplined process before we market it.

1

Ownership & authority

Who owns the asset, and who has the authority to transact — established in writing and with evidence.

2

What's really being sold

What is genuinely being sold or funded, and what it is really worth.

3

Capital fit

What capital is required, and which funder or buyer is the right fit for that specific opportunity.

4

Risk & mitigation

What the legal, regulatory and execution risks are, and how they are mitigated.

We work alongside your own legal, technical, valuation and financial advisors — not in place of them. Claims are either supported by documents or clearly flagged as unverified. Confidentiality and your interests are protected from first contact.

Leadership

Technical depth. Legal rigour. One table.

DeNovo Capital Projects is co-founded and run hands-on by two people whose backgrounds rarely sit in the same room: an engineer who understands how assets actually work, and an advocate who understands how agreements actually hold up.

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SP van der Walt

Co-Founder

A metallurgical engineer with an MBA, specialising in manufacturing, property, mining, retail and education services. Brings a working knowledge of how real assets actually operate and generate value — not just how they're priced — to every project DeNovo screens.

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Morne Pienaar

Co-Founder

An advocate specialising in law, labour and business management, with specific expertise in quality management systems — ISO 9001, 45001 and 18001. Brings the legal structuring, governance and compliance discipline that makes a DeNovo engagement defensible end to end.

Why DeNovo

Why a DeNovo introduction carries weight

Technical, legal and commercial strength under one roof

Our team combines hands-on metallurgical and industrial expertise with legal and deal-structuring depth — so we understand both the asset and the agreement.

A real screen, not a sales pitch

We say no to weak deals, which is exactly what makes our "yes" credible.

Direct relationships, not cold lists

When we take an opportunity to market, it goes to funders, investors and partners we already have a working relationship with.

End-to-end

From first screen to signed deal, we stay in it.

Bringing a project, or deploying capital?

Either way, the conversation starts the same way — honestly, and with a clear view of what it would take to move forward.

This website is prepared for information purposes only and does not constitute a formal offer, prospectus or guarantee of returns. DeNovo Capital Projects acts as facilitator only and does not provide regulated financial, legal or investment advice.