Sanari Capital
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Sanari Capital is a growth-stage private equity firm based in South Africa, focusing on medium-sized and mid-market growth companies in Africa, particularly founder-run, owner-managed, or family-owned businesses. It emphasizes digital and human enablement to unlock business potential and follows a 3S approach (Sustainable, Scalable, Saleable).
Sanari Capital is a private equity firm headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, founded in 2013. It invests directly in companies, at growth, in education, healthcare, technology and IoT. Its stated cheque size is R100m - R250m. R1.45 billion (USD 80 million) under management and 8 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We are a private equity firm that invests in medium-sized and mid-market growth companies emanating from Africa, with regional and global scalability.”
— Sanari Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Private equity
- Stage
- Growth
- Invests in
- South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sectors
- Education, Healthcare, Technology, IoT, AI, Data, Green Solutions, Agribusiness
- Cheque size
- R100m - R250m
- Founded
- 2013
- Assets under management
- R1.45 billion (USD 80 million)
- Portfolio
- 8 companies
Team, as Sanari Capital publishes it
- Samantha Pokroy Founder and CEO
- Moushmi Patel Investment Partner
- Sihle Gumede Investment Partner
- Ofentse Pelle Investment Partner
- Trevashan Pillay Investment Analyst
Names and roles exactly as listed on sanaricapital.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. 1 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- 4Di Capital 1 shared company: sensornetworks.co.za
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Sanari Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://sanaricapital.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, status, confidence
- https://sanaricapital.com/portfolio/invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, portfolio_count
- https://sanaricapital.com/about/description, founded, aum
- https://sanaricapital.com/team/people
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Record 6446 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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