Hlayisani Capital
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Hlayisani Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on growing sub-Saharan African businesses. It manages the Hlayisani Growth Fund and Hlayisani Venture Fund II, investing in sectors like ICT, manufacturing, agriculture, education, and health.
Hlayisani Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2016. It invests directly in companies, from Series A to growth, in ICT, manufacturing, agriculture and education. R1.4B ($115m) under management and 50 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Hlayisani Capital invests in high-growth businesses across South Africa and Africa, partnering with bold entrepreneurs to create sustainable impact and exceptional value.”
— Hlayisani Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Invests in
- South Africa, Africa
- Sectors
- ICT, manufacturing, agriculture, education, health
- Founded
- 2016
- Assets under management
- R1.4B ($115m)
- Portfolio
- 50 companies
Team, as Hlayisani Capital publishes it
- Dr Michael Jordaan Investment Committee
- Dr. Reuel Khoza Group Chairperson
- Nkateko Khoza Director of Hlayisani Capital and Hlayisani Fund Managers
- Lerato Molefe Investment Committee Chairperson
- Mathew Palin Partner
- Rochelle Moodley Head of Operations
- Dr Eugene Van Rensburg Director & Partner
- Brett Commaille Partner
- Muhammed Malek Investment Associate
- Tamala Amelia Manda Investment Associate
Names and roles exactly as listed on hlayisani.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 2 co-investors found.
- Knife Capital 2 shared companies: snapplify.com, d6.co.za
- Kalon Venture Partners 1 shared company: gometroapp.com
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Hlayisani Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://hlayisani.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, sectors, description, status, confidence
- https://hlayisani.com/about-us/stage_min, stage_max, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, founded
- https://hlayisani.com/portfolio/aum, portfolio_count
- https://hlayisani.com/team-2/people
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