KZN Growth Fund Trust
kzngrowthfund.co.za Direct investor
A provincial development finance entity established in 2008 by the KZN Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, providing debt or equity project finance to medium- to large-scale private sector projects in KwaZulu-Natal. It transitioned from a Trust into the KZN Growth Fund Agency in 2025.
KZN Growth Fund Trust is a public fund headquartered in Durban, South Africa, founded in 2008. It invests directly in companies, in transport and Logistics, manufacturing, telecommunications and power and energy. Its stated cheque size is R20 million and R100 million.
“Its mandate is to provide competitive and innovative financing solutions that stimulate socio-economic growth in the province.”
— KZN Growth Fund Trust, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Public fund
- Stage
- Not stated
- Headquarters
- Durban, South Africa
- Invests in
- KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
- Sectors
- Transport and Logistics, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Power and energy, Health and education infrastructure, Agro-processing, Mining and mineral benefaction
- Cheque size
- R20 million and R100 million
- Founded
- 2008
- How to reach it
- Its pitch / apply page on its own site
Team, as KZN Growth Fund Trust publishes it
- Lanar Meyer Acting Chief Executive Officer
- Sandile Magubane Acting Chief Investment Officer
- Thulisile Nxumalo Company Secretary
Names and roles exactly as listed on kzngrowthfund.co.za. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page KZN Growth Fund Trust publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.kzngrowthfund.co.za/name, is_investor, layer, hq_country, hq_city, sectors, founded, people
- https://www.kzngrowthfund.co.za/feed/type, invests_in_geographies, cheque_size, thesis_quote, description, status
- https://www.kzngrowthfund.co.za/project-funding-requirement/approach_url
Record 21122 · added 2026-11-10 · link last verified 2026-11-10 · confidence high
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