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Helios Digital Ventures

Helios, founded in 2004, focuses on private investment in Africa, raising three private equity funds and taking over the Modern Africa Fund in 2004. With world-class investment skills, deep portfolio operations capability, and diverse local and global networks, Helios contributes to regional

Sanari Capital

Sanari Capital is a South African private equity investment company. We specialise in founder-run, owner-managed and family-owned businesses with a high growth agenda.

Sanari Capital was founded in 2013. Our aim is to build businesses that are sustainable, scalable and saleable.

We manage

Public Investment Corporation

The Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited (PIC) is an asset management firm wholly owned by the government of the Republic of South Africa, represented by the Minister of Finance.

Established in 1911 as the Public Debt Commissioners, the PIC was corporatised on 1 April 2005 in accordance with

Metier

Metier is a proven leader in the area of private equity, alternative assets and related advisory services. The company was founded in 2004 and raised South Africa’s largest private equity fund in terms of third party local commitments. It has an established team that ranks amongst the largest and

Ethos Capital

Ethos is widely considered to be the most experienced and successful private equity investment team in South Africa.

Founded in 1984, Ethos pioneered South African private equity, concluding the first private equity-led acquisitions in the country.

In 2016, Ethos transitioned into a broader

Leapfrog Investment

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

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Innovator

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You don’t want to start your own enterprise, but have a passion for creating new knowledge, processes, products, or models. You’re probably a researcher that wants others to benefit from your unique intellectual property and, looking to license or further develop your innovation.

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Are you an Entrepreneur?

You want to be your own boss and have the drive to recognize opportunities and transform them into valuable enterprises. Or you already have an established enterprise(s).