Private Equity

PAPEfunds is a late stage focused private equity firm.

PAPE Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd (“PAPE”) is a boutique private equity fund manager investing long-term equity risk capital into pedigreed South African mid-cap unlisted enterprises.

PAPE Fund Managers (PFM) has its origins in the establishment in 2005 of Pan-African Capital Holdings (PTY) Limited (PACH), an investment holding and econometric research company. The principals at PACH decided in 2008 to pursue a captive fund model and were successful in attracting the interest of RMB Ventures to invest alongside PACH in the first fund

Medu Capital is a professional investment management company with a focus on private equity, partnering with entrepreneurs to grow and develop privately owned businesses.

Established in 2003, Medu Capital provides long term capital and significant management skills, we partner with entrepreneurs to grow and develop privately owned businesses.

LeapFrog Investments invests in high-growth financial services and healthcare companies in emerging markets

LeapFrog Investments invests in exceptional businesses in emerging Asia and Africa – and enables leaps of growth, profitability and impact. Launched in 2008, the group’s portfolio of companies now reaches 221 million people with financial services and healthcare, across 33 countries. 174 million of those people are emerging consumers; most are accessing formal insurance, savings, pensions, credit, remittances or healthcare for the first time. LeapFrog, which has had over $2 billion of

Harith invests in African infrastructure within the five core infrastructure sectors of energy, transport, telecommunications, health and water.

Harith General Partners is the leading Pan-African fund manager for infrastructure development across the continent. With offices in Johannesburg, Cote d’Ivoire and London; Harith manages Africa’s first and only 15-year US$630m infrastructure fund, the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) and recently announced the first close of the US$435m PAIDF2. The funds are invested in a number of major projects in diversified sectors such as

Imbewu Capital Partners is a black owned and controlled private equity investment holding company.

Imbewu (which means “seed” in Zulu) Capital Partners (Pty) Ltd (“Imbewu”) invests, structures and raises funding for management buy outs, leveraged buy outs and strategic Black Economic Empowerment (“BEE”) transactions in partnership with management teams and shareholders.

Tana Africa Capital is an Africa-focused investment company with US$600 million of capital raised since inception. Tana is owned by the Oppenheimer Family and Temasek Holdings (“Temasek”). Since inception in 2011, Tana has invested in a portfolio spanning the FMCG, retail, education, healthcare, and agribusiness sectors with operations in more than 20 countries across the African continent. Tana is managed by a team of 12 investment professionals from offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Summit Africa has a Private Equity Fund that provides access to scarce, high-growth, defensive, private equity investment opportunities in strategic sectors that contribute meaningfully to the Social and Economic Transformation and Development of local communities and South Africa as a whole.

Summit Africa in South Africa is a black owned and managed, specialist Alternatives Investment Manager, delivering bespoke investment solutions through its Private Equity Fund and unlisted Social Infrastructure Fund.

Through its dedicated products, our emphasis is to deliver above-benchmark risk

Vunani Capital offers a range of investment products to both institutional and retail clients, including retirement funds, medical schemes, corporates, parastatals and trusts.

Vunani is an independent black-owned and managed diversified financial services group with a unique positioning in the South African financial services sector.

Owner-managed by professionals who have a passion for entrepreneurship, Vunani has become known as one of the country’s leading boutique providers. Its robust operational platform supports an innovative and fully integrated range of products and services that

Ata Capital is a cross-sectoral, alternative asset class fund manager, focused on identifying and maximising real investment opportunities that create sustained stakeholder impact, generate effective returns and drive sector transformation. 

he company, founded in 2012 by CEO, Lelo Rantloane, and the Harris Family Office, is majority black-owned and is managed by a group of seasoned investment professionals. Ata Capital’s purpose is to attract and manage private and institutional capital, structuring diverse investments that generate relative returns for investors, employees and shareholders

Aka Capital Holdings (Proprietary) Limited (“Aka Capital”) is a private equity and investment holding company headquartered in Johannesburg.

The company proactively identifies growth-industry investment opportunities, focuses on shareholder value creation and maintains transparent shareholder and governance structures.

The team leverages its resource base to the advantage of investee companies, including:

• professional experience;
• business intelligence networks;
• access to managerial talent;
• monitoring and interpreting shifts in the political economy; and
• access to markets.

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