Angel Network Botswana (ANB) is a network of business angels seeking to invest their personal funds in growth-oriented start-up businesses with exciting products and services. They are experienced in investing, leading due diligence, structuring investments, and mentoring entrepreneurs.

They form an extensive peer network of domain expertise and contacts for subsequent funding, talent and technology. We give the entrepreneurs we invest in access to networks and mentorship with the aim of building a sustainable business ecosystem.

Our members come from different industries and backgrounds

LCM Capital is an alternative investment company incorporated under Botswana Companies Act on 8 February 2017 with a primary focus on Investment, Risk and Governance. LCM Capital Four core business areas are Asset Management, Private Equity, Research and Analytics and Startup Advisory services and solutions to companies. As a homegrown business with an international outlook on the fund administration landscape, our mandate is to ensure that funds are managed appropriately with an outcome of robust risk adjusted returns, profitability and capital preservation. The company also strives to grow

UW is a multi-stage investor that provides growth and replacement capital across the equity cycle. Its activities span from high-growth ventures to mid-market private equity.

UW derives its philosophy from its name – “Umkhathi Wethu” is isiZulu for “Our Universe”. We believe in investing in and managing companies for the long term alongside management, co-investors and our institutional investment partners.

UW engages in two main activities:

Venture Capital

  • We make early-stage and transformational investments in a wide variety of emerging companies with dynamic founding teams.
  • We

An easy to use digital platform that is a world first in many ways with features such as business and legal services by advisors, loyalty options for aspiring entrepreneurs with fresh ideas, growing business owners or businesses in need of a restructure.

Featuring an investment marketplace to load your ideas to attract investors with the assistance of our advisors to make it ”Finance Ready” to startup, scale an existing business or to facilitate a business exit.

Investment opportunities lined up perfectly with our existing investors or through one of our global partners, blended investment

The Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited (PIC) is an asset management firm wholly owned by the government of the Republic of South Africa, represented by the Minister of Finance.

Established in 1911 as the Public Debt Commissioners, the PIC was corporatised on 1 April 2005 in accordance with the Public Investment Corporation Act, 2004. The PIC ranks amongst the best and successful asset management firms in the world and is by far the largest in Africa.

PIC’s clients are mostly public sector entities, which focus on provision of social security. Amongst these are the Government Employees

Metier is a proven leader in the area of private equity, alternative assets and related advisory services. The company was founded in 2004 and raised South Africa’s largest private equity fund in terms of third party local commitments. It has an established team that ranks amongst the largest and most experienced in the industry. Metier has a strong track record in private equity investing and selective M&A advice that confirms its leadership status.

Metier manages two capital growth funds and a sustainable capital fund. Our realised club-deal principal portfolio has also shown remarkable

Kgatelopele Venture Capital and Private Equity Pty is a 100% black-owned firm that seeks to invest in a variety of businesses. The name Kgatelopele is derived from a Setswana phrase meaning “taking a step forward to realise success.

The firm focuses primarily on private equity and venture capital asset classes. The firm targets mostly black under-developed businesses that have a potential for growth if supported. The firm seeks out companies with potential for growth and with the main aim to raise capital, put in talent and strategy needed to permanently strengthen the company and raise its

iPartners Africa (iPA) is the leading African Venture Capital management company in innovative, owner managed businesses with high growth potential. We are also committed to job creation, BEE and Social Impact.

Ethos is widely considered to be the most experienced and successful private equity investment team in South Africa. 

Founded in 1984, Ethos pioneered South African private equity, concluding the first private equity-led acquisitions in the country.

In 2016, Ethos transitioned into a broader investment firm, managing investments in private equity and credit strategies in South Africa and selectively in sub-Saharan Africa.  Furthermore, Ethos also launch Ethos Capital, an investment vehicle listed on the JSE, designed to offer investors long-term capital appreciation by investing in a

Dazzle Angels is a female-focused angel fund, that is led and funded by experienced businesswomen. Our angels not only invest their money but also invest their time, skills and networks, which is where the real value lies. All of our angels are successful entrepreneurs or experts in their field and are passionate about building early-stage businesses, leveraging their skills and networks to help our Zebras build the next generation of female-led businesses. We are looking for great businesses – businesses that solve a real problem, have a business model and will be sustainable – and happen to