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.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 2 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- 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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