Agri-Vie is a private equity investment fund focused on food and agribusiness in Sub-Sahara Africa, a foundational sector of the continent’s economies. Agri- Vie harnesses private equity investment disciplines to generate above-average investment returns, while also addressing development impact challenges.
Initiated by the Agri-Vie investment team and Sanlam Private Equity with the cooperation of South African and international investors as well as the Makotulo Consortium, Agri-Vie has consistently grown its role as a trusted investment partner in food & agribusiness.
Investment Focus
As an investor focused on the food and agribusiness value chain, Agri-Vie only in exceptional cases invests directly in stand-alone primary production/farming.
The following sub-sectors relate to our first-order investment focus:
Food and beverage FMCG
Convenience foods, including fresh-packed and prepared foods
Protein products including poultry, aquaculture and beef
Value-added dairy products, including yoghurts, desserts, cultured milk
Health & wellness products/nutraceuticals
Forestry and timber products
Agricultural inputs including seeds, bio-friendly fertilisers and crop-protection
Food logistics – cold chain, warehousing, distribution
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Nodus is an independent investment banking business specialising in mergers & acquisitions, buy-outs & private equity.
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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 them with long-term capital and a dedicated operational platform of 20-plus staff, which has supported annual revenue growth of >100% CAGR over multiple years across the portfolio.
Phatisa is a leading African private equity fund manager.focused on investments across the African food value chain, plus affordable housing; whilst balancing commercial returns with impact objectives.
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Subtropico Limited is a public investment holding company with a focus on the agricultural services sector and related value chains.
We acquire meaningful interests in companies with the potential to generate strong cash returns and growth.
As a well-established and respected investment holding company, our strategy is guided by our vision for the future of the South African market. Subtropico’s investments are highly diversified, yet we keep a strong focus on investing in future-proof industries.
Food is and always will be a fundamental need, and the strong growth of the South African agriculture market reflects this.
In the world of investment, food is widely recognised as one of the biggest areas of opportunity, alongside artificial intelligence (AI) and space.
The outlook for Africa's agricultural sector is also a positive one. This is the type of long-term sustainability that aligns with Subtropico’s investment goals.
NatProx cc is combining food production with insurance (risk management) and FinTech, in rural communities, and is touching the lives of many farmers by solving multiple challenges which they are facing in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). These challenges include hunger, drought - which is killing livestock, and data collection.
These three entrepreneurial challenges are managed under one roof, and this is transforming farming in Sub-Saharan Africa. We have our headquarters in Northern Namibia, and we have vast lands where everyone operates together and all depend on each other. The idea is value addition to process.
