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The investment, led by CRE Venture Capital—a South African-based venture firm—is one of the largest investments to be led by an African venture firm into an African company. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In January 2019, Generation Investment Management , a sustainable investment management firm, led Andela's $100M Series D round of funding, bringing ...
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.
LeapFrog Investments is a South African-Australian private equity firm that invests in high-growth financial services, healthcare and climate solutions companies in emerging markets in Africa and Asia. As of 2019, LeapFrog had attracted over $2 billion USD from global investors. The firm's investments have grown at more than 24% annually over ...
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]
David Oliver Sacks (born May 25, 1972) [1] is a South African-American [2] entrepreneur, author, and investor in internet technology firms. He is a general partner of Craft Ventures, a venture capital fund he co-founded in late 2017.
David Frankel (born 1970) is a South African-born American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder of Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital fund with offices in New York City and Cambridge.
Vusi Thembekwayo (born March 1985) is a South African entrepreneur, author, and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of the MyGrowthFund Venture Partners. He is the founder and CEO of the MyGrowthFund Venture Partners.
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]