Through our extensive incubation process, we have built partnerships and teams that have become leaders in their space. We aim to create a supportive platform for black investment managers in South Africa.
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CONTACT USA 100% black-owned and managed private equity manager, with a high-response investment team drawn from diverse backgrounds and focused on cultivating wealth through partnership. Vuna prioritises sustainable and transformative growth strategies supportive of the ESG and transformation imperatives of South Africa.
Vuna Partner’s bespoke and active investment style is applied to achieve maximum value creation for stakeholders. It necessitates a deep understanding of portfolio companies, the environments they operate in and the technical and strategic requirements of the business and management to deliver on investment objectives.
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A majority black-owned and managed renewable energy asset manager, specialising in investments across Sub-Saharan Africa, with a primary focus on South Africa
Moshesh places emphasis on skills development, capacity building and education by actively investing in businesses that seek to add value to its investors and the economy, whilst delivering on South Africa’s transformation imperative.
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Mahlako is a 100% black-women owned and managed investment and advisory firm with a stellar track record, founded by two dynamic black women who are infrastructure investment and advisory specialists. The firm has deep investment and advisory expertise, built through a demonstrable project development, deal origination and execution track record since inception in 2008.
The firm has steadily developed a reputation of strong entrepreneurial values with a determination to deliver valorisation through innovative, African solutions to the challenges of South Africa and the African continent at large within the energy, developmental and social infrastructure sectors.
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Summit Africa is a specialist black-owned and managed private equity fund manager. With a traditional private equity fund that provides access to sought after investments in the Education, Healthcare, ICT Services and Financial Services sectors in South Africa.
Summit Private Equity Fund 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.
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Infra Impact Investment Managers is a leading investor across all sub-sectors of the infrastructure asset class. Our investments aim to impact South Africa positively by addressing pressing societal challenges and addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Infra Impact Investment Managers provide growth for Southern African focused mid-market infrastructure businesses. These businesses own real assets that provide essential services and have value creation potential so that we can enable the infrastructure of tomorrow.
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Resolve is a private equity business, wholly owned and operated by a Black fund manager targeting mid-market investments in Southern Africa. They look to promote innovation and economic growth objectives of the region through value creation and good governance.
Resolve has a sector specific approach to portfolio construction based on their understanding and appreciation of the current local and international markets. They remain opportunistic across all sectors; however, the following industries have been identified as key to supporting portfolio construction and growth: Food and Food processing. Business Process Outsourcing/IT and related services, Specialized Logistics and Distribution, Niche Local Manufacturing, Private Education, Specialist Health and Wellness, Tourism and Hospitality.
Urban Kraal build, own and manage stylised, affordable and sustainable living spaces that generate commercial returns on investment and facilitate social transformation. As custodians of the fund, their aim is to do far more than realise superior returns and long-term capital appreciation; Urban Kraal are also determined to drive positive social upliftment.
Urban Kraal’s guiding purpose is to create thriving communities. They believe that property development is a powerful, largely untapped tool that can be used to transform lives through job creation, poverty alleviation, skills transfer, and safe living spaces.
Ditiro is a black women-owned and led investment manager established in 2019, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They are long-term investors who have their roots in the country, in communities that continue to face the challenges of unemployment, poverty and lack of access to services. Ditiro are leveraging their experience and knowledge to achieve the dual objectives of achieving positive financial and social returns through their investments.
Ditiro invest in medium sized, unlisted businesses in sectors which have been identified as having sustainable growth prospects, such as healthcare, agri-processing and manufacturing. They provide growth or replacement capital to acquire significant minority or majority equity interests in these businesses.
Kholo Capital is a black owned and managed fund management company; with a cohesive, dynamic and nimble team.
The management team has more than 60 years of collective credit and investment experience and is highly skilled in senior debt, mezzanine debt and private equity.
Kholo's strategy is to provide growth capital to highly scalable mid-market, black-owned and family businesses, with proven business models and strong growth prospects.
They believe in making investments that actively take social, environmental and economic impact into account. Investments that promote transformation, job creation, gender inclusion, economic growth, financial inclusion, social cohesion and good governance.
Kholo provide BEE financing and growth capital into critical sectors of the SA economy including healthcare, education, telecoms, services, financial technology and infrastructure.
A black-owned and managed investment, corporate finance advisory and fund management company, founded on the simple principles of trust, partnership and professionalism. It has a long track record of success, with its founders having launched South Africa’s first mezzanine fund, which also focused on empowerment funding.
Since their principal investments in 2008, Tamela’s portfolio of assets generates more than R2 billion of revenue. They operate predominantly in mining supplies; manufacturing; healthcare; and financial services. Tamela adds value to management teams, by being involved at a strategic level. Partnerships between Tamela and those respective management teams are a fundamental ingredient to successfully grow the underlying companies to the next level.
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