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Johannesburg, South Africa

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Jono Vickery

Vice President | Research

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I’ve always been intellectually curious, loved a challenge, and want to see positive change in the world. For me, investing brings all of those together. I’ve found a career where I can always keep growing and learning from others, while backing the founders who are building a better future.

Office

Cape Town

Hometown

Johannesburg,

South Africa

Residence

Cape Town,

South Africa

Jono was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He studied at the University of Cape Town, where he fell in love with investing. As a student, he lectured and tutored in the accounting department, an experience that cemented the belief that work becomes meaningful when it brings a positive impact on other people’s lives. He has three years of work experience, bringing with him financial expertise, a passion for research and an appreciation for the challenges faced by business operators. Jono works in research at Activant to identify the businesses that will shape the future.

Education

M.Commerce, Finance

University of Cape Town

Honors in Accounting

University of Cape Town

Research

Overview

March 2026

Global Mega Trends: 2026

Growth in the age of constraint

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Automation

Quick Take

February 2026

Selling AI-Native Service, Now.

The Playbook for Selling Autonomous IT to Enterprise Buyers

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AI

Deep Dive

January 2026

AI Infrastructure: Compute (4/4)

The inference opportunity: will software rule the infra layer?

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AI

Deep Dive

January 2026

AI Infrastructure: Compute (3/4)

Neoclouds and the new economics of AI Compute

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AI

Deep Dive

January 2026

AI Infrastructure: Compute (2/4)

Can new entrants break Hyperscale lock in?

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AI

Overview

January 2026

AI Infrastructure: Compute (1/4)

Sizing the market for AI Compute

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AI

Opinion

October 2025

AI bubble signals intensifying

or one company’s strategic gambit? Our view on circular transactions

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AI

Quick Take

September 2025

Open Source Generative AI

From OpenAI to open source AI: how it unbundles the AI stack

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Cybersecurity

Deep Dive

July 2025

The Long Road to Automating the SOC

Why it’s time to shift the focus to acceleration

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Automation

Opinion

June 2025

Salesforce's $8B Wake-Up Call: The End of Systems of Record

Insights from our research desk

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Cybersecurity

Quick Take

March 2025

Authenticating AI Agents

The Next Big Identity Crisis in Cybersecurity

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Automation

Quick Take

March 2025

AI's Undervalued Asset

Data’s pivotal role in the next era of Gen AI deployment

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Cybersecurity

Quick Take

January 2025

Taking Identity Security Forward

Locking down security's last mile

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Automation

Quick Take

January 2025

The Next Wave of IT

From Outsourced to Autonomous

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Automation

Quick Take

December 2024

The DataOps Playbook

Lessons from the DevOps success story

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Automation

Quick Take

September 2024

It’s Time for DataOps

And time to 10x your data platform

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Automation

Deep Dive

June 2024

Data Security

Shifting data left: How this minor piece of the cybersecurity stack could be the most fundamental

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Automation

Quick Take

May 2024

Unstructured Data Pipelines

Capitalizing on the "junk" of the data world

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Automation

Overview

December 2023

Industrial Intelligence

Why manufacturing needs software now more than ever

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AutomationOffice of the CFO

Deep Dive

November 2023

3rd Generation FP&A Tools

A new wave of tools revolutionizing a dated CFO tech stack

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Automation

Deep Dive

March 2023

Why Using Internal Tools to do More with Less Matters Today

No-Code and Low-Code

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Automation

Overview

February 2023

Why Hyperautomation Will Unlock a More Efficient Future

Our deep dive report on the race to control corporate chaos

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