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Pollard’s Back in Business. With Pollen, So Are You.

 ·5 Sep 2025

South Africa vs New Zealand. The Springboks vs the All Blacks.

Few rivalries carry as much weight, history, or emotion. For rugby fans, it’s the ultimate test of nerve. For South African businesses, the parallels are hard to ignore.

At Pollen Finance, we’ve seen that the same qualities that win test matches also build thriving SMEs: resilience, discipline, and the ability to take your chance when it matters.

That’s why we’ve partnered with Handré Pollard.

Calm, consistent, and fearless under pressure, he embodies the mindset every entrepreneur needs when the competition feels bigger, faster, or stronger.

Because make no mistake, running a business in South Africa is its own test match.

Entrepreneurs go up against tight cash flow, relentless competition, and challenging markets, and still, they find a way to compete.

Pollen backs these businesses with fast, reliable funding.

The kind of working capital that helps them stabilise, scale, or seize opportunity.

A cash injection at the right time is often the difference between survival and growth.

We’ve seen it first-hand.

From the retailer who doubled their footprint, the manufacturer who upgraded equipment and unlocked efficiency, to the family business that went from surviving month-to-month to employing 20 more people.

Just as rugby is about more than a game, business is about more than profit.

It’s about resilience. It’s about creating opportunity. It’s about building legacies.

This weekend, as two giants collide on the field, we salute South Africa’s SMEs. The everyday competitors who take on their own giants, and find a way to win.

At Pollen Finance, we don’t back noise. We back performance.

Click here to apply now and get fast access to business funding.

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