Pollination Capital is the entity through which Johann de Lange offers his expertise in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) advisory services. While Pollination Capital contracts directly with clients, it operates as an approved M&A Advisor under the Worth.Business brand. Worth.Business, a specialist valuer with extensive market exposure in M&A transactions, is actively expanding its valuation and M&A support team, assisting and collaborating with its approved M&A Advisors to provide comprehensive services to clients. In this arrangement, Pollination Capital and Worth.Business work hand-in-hand, leveraging each other's strengths to deliver high-quality M&A advisory services, all under the Worth.Business brand.
The following M&A services are offered:
Acquisitions
M&A Facilitation and support
Sell-side M&A
Transaction Structuring
Restructurings
History in a nutshell
Pollination Capital has its roots in Intellifin, a financial consulting business established in 2003. Intellifin initially focused on consulting services within the corporate finance sector but has expanded to also include corporate tax services. These tax services are now offered by Intellifin Corporate Tax Consulting in association with Nubis.Tax.
The M&A transaction advisory business was transferred to a separate company – Pollination Capital – in 2013. Pollination Capital was appointed as an approved M&A Advisor of Worth.Business in 2023.
Johann has always been at the heart of these companies and developed his skills and experience in the corporate finance consulting environment within Intellifin and then later Pollination Capital. He worked with various clients ranging from multi-billion rand corporates to smaller companies.
About Johann de Lange
B Acc, B Compt Hons, H Dip Acc, M Comm, CA(SA)
Founder, Intellifin & Pollination Capital
Johann has been involved in corporate finance
since 1998, with experience in listings, mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs, leverage buy-outs, private equity, capital raising and much more. He founded Intellifin in 2003 and started offering consulting services to various medium to large companies on corporate finance matters such as valuations, due diligence, transaction structuring and M&A transaction facilitation.
Johann is also a seasoned speaker and shares his research findings and practical experience on a regular basis. He has presented at more than 50 corporate finance-related seminars since 2008 – in South Africa’s major business centres and abroad, in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. The topics presented include Financial Due Diligence, Forecasting & Budgeting, M&A strategy, and Synergy benefits.
The latest initiative undertaken by Johann is the establishment of a web-based online business valuation application – Worth.Business. This application equips valuers with an easy and technically sound way to do business valuations. Johann applies his vast M&A and valuations knowledge and experience by offering his consulting services, training and supporting subscribers in using the Worth.Business platform.
Johann resides in the fairest Cape and in his spare time makes the most of the favourable South African climate, frequently enjoying outdoor activities such as surfing, golf, swimming and scuba diving.