Kagiso Tiso Holdings is a pan African investment firm based in South Africa.

KTH is an investment holding company which, through its legacy companies Kagiso Trust Investments and Tiso Group, boasts a track record of investment performance and creating long term sustainable shareholder value. KTH currently has a portfolio of investments comprising market leading companies across key sectors. These companies are generally high-growth or cash generative and meet strict investment criteria of, inter alia, generating market related returns for KTH. KTH maintains a long term horizon and can partner

Investec is an international banking and wealth management group that provides a range of financial products and services clients.

We bring an Out of the Ordinary approach to creating and managing wealth. Founded in South Africa as a small finance company, today we offer clients our services as a global bank and asset management group. Follow us on LinkedIn for unique insights from leading minds within the world of finance and Out of the Ordinary stories about our people, communities and partners.

Convergence Partners is an investment management firm focused on the technology, telecommunications and media sectors.

Convergence Partners, founded in 2006,has a proven track record of developing new investment opportunities as well as actively adding value to investments across the life cycle of ICT assets.

As impact investors, Convergence Partners brings its skills, experience and capital to accelerate communications access and ICT infrastructure development on the Continent, focusing on initiatives that increase availability of communications, broadband services and new technology

Chrysalis Capital (Pty) Ltd is a financial provider based in South Africa.

Chrysalis Capital was founded in July 2008 as a niche Investment House that specialises in private sector credit. We believe that this market presents significant opportunities for lenders outside of the banking environment, especially given the effect that the 2008 credit crunch and consequent introduction of stricter banking regulations has had on the banking world. We have the ability to provide senior or mezzanine finance for corporate or property transactions, with a definite focus on companies and property

Capricorn is an owner-managed investment business focused on private equity.

In 2017, our record of successful investments attracted a well-respected strategic shareholder in the Ellerine Group. Capricorn has acquired and advised on the acquisition of shares in a diverse portfolio of both private and public companies, contributing to a highly lauded investment track record.

Capricorn has played a key role in establishing and growing numerous businesses through our investments in asset management, lending, insurance, retail and industrial investment holding companies. We have strategically

Cactus Advisors is a pan-Africa focused, multi-disciplinary business advisory firm that helps owners and management of companies achieve growth and performance through clear strategic thought (operations and management) and financial acumen (capital raising, mergers & acquisitions, divestitures).

Cactus Capital is the micro VC fund arm of Cactus Advisors that specializes in investing in high-growth, high-impact early stage African tech ventures.

 

Cactus Advisors was founded in 2013 by Zachariah George, who is also the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Startupbootcamp Africa – the

Acorn is a specialist private equity fund manager and investment advisor focused exclusively on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Acorn provides a platform for high-net-worth individuals, institutions and funding partners to participate directly in private equity, which is currently done through an investment holding company, Acorn Agri & Food. Prior to Acorn Agri & Food, the Acorn General Fund One was a limited liability partnership that might be replicated in future investment vehicles.

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Silvertree Holdings is a holding and operating company that invests in early and mid stage digital companies in Sub-Saharan African markets.

ilvertree is an entrepreneur-led investment growth partner scaling consumer and digital brands in Africa. From founding in 2013, the Silvertree portfolio has grown to include 12 companies employing 400 people across 13 locations in 3 cities. Silvertree follows an owner-operator approach and puts its own capital at risk by investing from its balance sheet and has generated returns of 13x to shareholders in 4 years. We support entrepreneurs by providing

The Jua Kickstarter Fund invests in early stage entrepreneurs and also equips them with mentoring and guidance to grow their businesses.

The Jua Fund is an early-stage, Pan-African, Venture Capital Fund that invests the first check into exceptional founders at the pre-seed and seed stage. We are sector agnostic and back tech and tech-enabled companies with a typical check size of up to $250k. Our portfolio companies then have a direct line to capital to scale from pre-seed, to Seed, to Series A and beyond. Our goal is to develop the continent through empowering a new generation of African

LiquidAfrica is a Sub Saharan Africa focused Corporate Finance and Advisory Firm.

LiquidAfrica offers a variety of Corporate Finance advisory services to established and growing companies in Africa

Capital raising;

  • Equity capital raising
  • Debt capital raising
  • International placement
  • Financial Analysis
  • Business Planing
  • Provision of Information Memoranda, Teasers
  • Data-room management
  • Transaction structuring
  • Assistance in negotiation with potential investors