Sanari Capital
sanaricapital.com Direct investor
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.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 1 co-investors found.
- 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 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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