software development

Fairtree Capital is a South African investment manager that manages alternative and long only investment portfolios across its global assets.

Fairtree is a leading investment manager that manages alternative and long only investment portfolios across all global asset classes for institutional clients and high net worth individuals. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, our firm commitment to a consistent investment philosophy has continued to deliver high-quality returns to investors since the inception of our first fund in 2003.

Meticulous top-down and bottom-up analyses ensure a diversified

Platform45 develops design-driven software for web and mobile applications.

At Platform45 we promote ideation, we collaborate, we “iterate-iterate-iterate”, and above all, we build things that matter. More and more we are seeing software becoming an integral part of any business wanting to do better, grow faster, and offer their customers “one source of truth”. We know the power of incredible software and the potential it has to change the world, we’ve been at it since 2008 building platforms for fintech start-ups, mining giants, pioneering entrepreneurs and telecom companies. Behind our

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.

Getihu is an investment fund for software and data as a service startups in South Africa.

Getihu is involved in helping innovative early stage startups reach their full potential. Our investment is more than just financial. We commit to working with our portfolio companies as partners, putting our full support and resources behind global expansion.

Getihu comes from the Chinese word for ‘single entity’, and is a word that has is commonly used for technology entrepreneurs. Our vision is to create a developing world innovation hub across Cape Town, London and Lyon, providing a home for

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

Alphawave is a specialised technology investment group with ownership in a number of companies and ventures.

Alphawave supports businesses seeking to do things that are difficult to replicate. As organisations require more information about the world, their products and their customers, our group provides actionable intelligence in an always connected world. The portfolio is focused on the Internet of Everything (IoE), consisting of 14 companies, with exceptional domain expertise in interconnected sensor technology, artificial intelligence, electromagnetic fields and virtual reality. Made up

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

Capital Appreciation Limited is an investment company specialized in equity participation in companies operating in the financial technology sector.

Capital Appreciation is focused on investing in and growing businesses that deliver compelling, innovative and disruptive technology solutions to Financial Institutions and other clients, allowing them to develop and introduce new products, deliver value to their customers, improve efficiency and control, and eliminate unnecessary operating costs. We provide a platform for growth.

RMB Ventures Limited is a private equity arm of Rand Merchant Bank.

RMB Ventures is an on-balance private equity investor and a subsidiary of FirstRand Bank Limited – the largest financial services group (by market capitalisation) in Africa.RMB Ventures was born in the mid-1990s, a child of the Corporate Finance business who saw the opportunity to invest in equity alongside RMB’s client base. The business has over the past 15 years evolved into one of the largest, most successful private equity franchises in Southern Africa, with a total of twelve transactors — investing in more than 40

Mergence Investment Manager offers investments – both Public market and Private market – spanning equity, multi-asset class funds, infrastructure, debt and private equity funds.

Mergence Group is a diversified holding company founded in 2004. With operations throughout Southern Africa, the group has nine subsidiary companies under two main streams: financial holdings and industrial holdings – spanning asset management, corporate advisory, commodity finance, fintech, metal and composites manufacturing. The largest subsidiary is Mergence Investment Managers with R34bn under management. The