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Helios Investment Partners was established in 2004 by Babatunde Soyoye and Tope Lawani and it operates a range of funds valued at more than $3 billion in capital commitments. These investments include start ups, growth equity investments, listed companies and large scale leveraged acquisitions across the continent of Africa. [2]
Naspers Foundry is a South Africa-focused early stage venture capital fund that invests in firms that "address big societal needs". Naspers Foundry ceased investment operations in March 2023, though it maintained its existing investments.
The multi-fund investment by Temasek anchors LeapFrog's future funds and provides growth capital to support the expansion of the LeapFrog team and investment capabilities across Asia and Africa. In 2022, at COP27 in Egypt , LeapFrog launched its Climate Investment Strategy , marking a natural extension of the firm’s 15-year journey as a ...
Venture capital is a segment of investing that focuses on new and emerging businesses. Investors, or venture capitalists, provide financing or other resources for startups or new businesses with ...
Venture capital You may be able to get funding from investors for your startup in the form of venture capital investments. With venture capital, you give up partial ownership in your business in ...
In May 2007, when ECP closed its second fund with capital commitments of over US$520 million, [3] the company became the first private equity group to raise over $1 billion for investment in Africa. [4] ECP has made over 60 investments covering more than 44 African countries and has realized 48 full exits. [5]
Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for private-equity investment in the last five years. [1] In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained top spot back from KKR. [2]
Actis Capital: London, United Kingdom: 2004 Torbjorn Caesar Private Equity: energy, infrastructure, and real estate $9200M [7] LeapFrog Investments: South Africa: 2007 Jim Roth and Andrew Kuper: Private Equity: financial services and health $1600M [8] Blue Haven Initiative: Cambridge, Massachusetts: 2012 Liesel Matthews and Ian Simmons