XSML Capital
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XSML Capital is an investment firm providing growth capital to SMEs in African frontier markets, with a focus on underserved regions. It offers debt, equity, and mezzanine financing along with business support to help companies scale.
XSML Capital is a private equity firm headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2008. It invests directly in companies, at growth, in SMEs, retail, wholesale and manufacturing. Its stated cheque size is US$ 300k to US$ 10m. US$ 273m under management and 90 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“XSML Capital brings the finance and support to accelerate their growth.”
— XSML Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Private equity
- Stage
- Growth
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Invests in
- Angola, DRC, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia
- Sectors
- SMEs, retail, wholesale, manufacturing, healthcare, education, energy, logistics
- Cheque size
- US$ 300k to US$ 10m
- Founded
- 2008
- Assets under management
- US$ 273m
- Portfolio
- 90 companies
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page XSML Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.xsmlcapital.com/name, is_investor, hq_country, hq_city, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.xsmlcapital.com/how-we-invest/layer, type, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.xsmlcapital.com/about-us/invests_in_geographies, founded, aum
- https://www.xsmlcapital.com/investments/sectors
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Record 7242 · added 2026-09-05 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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