Business Partners International
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Business Partners International is a provider of business loans and property finance to established SMEs in several African countries. It also offers technical assistance and mentorship to its clients.
Business Partners International is an investor headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2006. It invests directly in companies, at growth, in SMEs, property, manufacturing and hospitality. Its stated cheque size is US$ 100,000 to US$ 1 million. 637 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We finance established entrepreneurs. Because we understand the challenges business owners face, we take more risk and finance more established entrepreneurs than most financiers.”
— Business Partners International, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Stage
- Growth
- Headquarters
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Invests in
- Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda
- Sectors
- SMEs, property, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare
- Cheque size
- US$ 100,000 to US$ 1 million
- Founded
- 2006
- Portfolio
- 637 companies
Team, as Business Partners International publishes it
- Matthew Cumming Chief Executive Officer
Names and roles exactly as listed on businesspartners.africa. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Business Partners International publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.businesspartners.africa/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, portfolio_count, status
- https://www.businesspartners.africa/feed/people
- https://www.businesspartners.africa/about-us-corporate-centre/hq_country, hq_city
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Record 7239 · added 2026-09-05 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence medium
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