Overview

Organizations in this hub have their headquarters located in Africa; notable events and people located in Africa are also included.

This list of private equity firms headquartered in Africa provides data on their investment activities, fund raising history, portfolio companies, and recent news. Insights about their portfolio, exits, top trending

and most active investors are also included.

Leaderboard

Number of Organizations 240
Average Rank 705,491.33

Popular startups, companies & organizations by highest 30-day trend score:

Organization Name  
Total Funding Amount  
CB Rank (Organization)  
Trend Score (30 Days)  
Sigma Capital Holding
467,7707.7
Mast Capital
288,6407.4
Caesar Capital
269,5197
CBO Investment Management
956,4346.3
Sasfin Private Equity Fund Managers
350,1895.8

Recent Activities

Number of Funding Rounds 43
Total Funding Amount $4.3B

Investments

Number of Investments 1,351
Number of Lead Investments 720
  • Median Number of Investments 4
  • Median Number of Lead Investments 3
What's the investment trend over time for this hub?
Announced Date  
Investor Name  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 21, 2024
Pharos Holding
Pre Seed Round - InCurA
Mar 21, 2024
Mandala Capital
Venture Round - Techcoop
$5M
Mar 19, 2024
MEXC Global
Series A - ZKasino
Mar 19, 2024
AfricInvest
Series B - Moove
$100M
Mar 14, 2024
Copthall Mauritius Investment
Post-IPO Equity - DB Realty
₹9.2B

Acquisitions

Number of Acquisitions 192
What's the most common final funding type when companies get acquired?

Investor Exits

Number of Exits 240
  • Median Number of Exits 2
Which industries have seen the most exits in this hub?
  • Delivery Hero M&ADelivery Hero is a network of online food ordering sites with over 100 restaurant partners worldwide.
  • Axis Bank IPOAxis Bank is a banking institution offering commercial, corporate and retail banking, and treasury operations.
  • BioNTech IPOBioNTech is a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of individualized therapies for cancer and other diseases.
  • Zaggle IPOZaggle provides spend management solutions to help corporations, SMEs, and startups manage their business expenses.

Portfolio Companies

Number of Portfolio Companies 1,231
What's the current funding status of companies in the portfolios of investors in this hub?
Organization Name  
Number of Funding Rounds  
Total Funding Amount  
CB Rank (Organization)  
bitsCrunch
443
Delivery Hero
21178
Dream11
8461
d.light
26744
Axis Bank
4957

Funds

Number of Funds 156
Total Fund Raised $20.1B
What's the fundraising trend for this hub's investors?
Announced Date  
Fund Name  
Money Raised  
May 1, 2023
LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund IV
$110M
Jan 31, 2023
Adenia Capital V
$300M
Dec 5, 2022
Fund 1
$20M
Nov 23, 2022
Third investment fund
$20M
Sep 12, 2022
Evolution Fund III
€199.4M

Funding

Number of Funding Rounds 43
Total Funding Amount $4.3B
How much aggregate funding have these organizations raised over time?

People

Number of People 161
Full Name  
Primary Organization  
Primary Job Title  
CB Rank (Person)  
George Manyere
Brainworks Capital Management
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer4,477
Sandile Zungu
Zungu Investments Co. (Pty) Ltd.
Chairman and Founder10,290
Sam Sithole
Value Capital Partners
Chief Executive Officer13,978
Jude Dike
GetEquity
CEO & Co-founder22,777
Akintoye Akindele
Synergy Capital Managers
Partner24,965

Events

Subsidiaries & Owned Organizations

Number of Subsidiaries 13
Number of Parent Organizations 9
What's the most common types of sub-organization?
Which companies in this hub have the most subsidiaries?

Recent News & Activity

Funding RoundMar 26, 2024
Funding RoundMar 21, 2024
InCurA raised an undisclosed amount / Pre Seed from AUC Angels and 4 other investors
Funding RoundMar 21, 2024
Techcoop raised $5,000,000 / Series Unknown from Ethos Fund and 3 other investors
Funding RoundMar 19, 2024
Moove raised $100,000,000 / Series B from AfricInvest and 5 other investors
Funding RoundMar 19, 2024
ZKasino raised an undisclosed amount / Series A from Big Brain Holdings and 4 other investors
NewsMar 18, 2024
NewsMar 17, 2024
NewsMar 17, 2024
NewsMar 17, 2024