Acorn is a specialist private equity fund manager and investment advisor focused exclusively on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Acorn provides a platform for high-net-worth individuals, institutions and funding partners to participate directly in private equity, which is currently done through an investment holding company, Acorn Agri & Food. Prior to Acorn Agri & Food, the Acorn General Fund One was a limited liability partnership that might be replicated in future investment vehicles.

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Afrikart is an online marketplace that offers local entrepreneurs with a digital storefront and an online directory. The company has a business to business to consumer model and generates profit via commission from sales and an annual listing fee for the directory.

Silvertree Holdings is a holding and operating company that invests in early and mid stage digital companies in Sub-Saharan African markets.

ilvertree is an entrepreneur-led investment growth partner scaling consumer and digital brands in Africa. From founding in 2013, the Silvertree portfolio has grown to include 12 companies employing 400 people across 13 locations in 3 cities. Silvertree follows an owner-operator approach and puts its own capital at risk by investing from its balance sheet and has generated returns of 13x to shareholders in 4 years. We support entrepreneurs by providing

The Ocean on 76 group (O76) is a platform development business, which through its ecosystem of companies, is able to offer end-to-end new media solutions to enterprises, also investing in technology and partnerships to strengthen its key propositions and ecosystem, in a bid to venture into new markets and segments.

The Ocean on 76 Group of companies is composed of highly competitive digital platforms that solve modern day business complexities. The ecosystem currently provides numerous solutions to Mobile Network Operators and various business enterprises. The business is a network of

Action Hero Ventures is a private investment holding company that makes early stage investments into real businesses run by strong entrepreneurs.

The company was founded in 2013 by Ernst Hertzog (M.Eng, MBA), an industrial engineer with professional experience in telecommunications, healthcare and financial services.

We look for scalable businesses in various industries that require relatively small amounts of capital to grow. We prefer to invest alongside other investors for a minority equity stake. Funding in itself is not sufficient to grow a business, therefore we add value by assisting

RMB Ventures Limited is a private equity arm of Rand Merchant Bank.

RMB Ventures is an on-balance private equity investor and a subsidiary of FirstRand Bank Limited – the largest financial services group (by market capitalisation) in Africa.RMB Ventures was born in the mid-1990s, a child of the Corporate Finance business who saw the opportunity to invest in equity alongside RMB’s client base. The business has over the past 15 years evolved into one of the largest, most successful private equity franchises in Southern Africa, with a total of twelve transactors — investing in more than 40

Knife Capital is an equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction.

Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm who by leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, accelerate the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. We have offices in Cape Town and London and invest via a consortium of funds under management, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company: KNF Ventures and Draper-Gain Investments.

Hlayisani Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm that is focused on growing sub-Saharan African businesses and entrepreneurs.

Hlayisani Capital is a prominent private equity and venture capital fund manager focussed on unlocking unique high growth investment opportunities in South Africa and Africa. Founded by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, we are passionate about helping businesses to reach their true potential, providing capital, strategic support and access to global markets. Hlayisani Capital is a level 2 B-BBEE black-owned fund manager.

Hlayisani Growth Fund is a growth

An entrepreneur-centric Venture Capital Fund of experienced entrepreneurs, aligned mentors and investors that reinvest their knowledge and wealth in a next generation of entrepreneurs, to create thriving businesses and impact at scale.

We are entrepreneurs with extensive experience in building business in South Africa and internationally.

Having collaborated for some time, we have now established E4E to mentor and invest in a new generation of South African entrepreneurs building Africa.

CRE Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in tech startup in Africa.

CRE Venture Capital partners with visionary entrepreneurs building category-defining tech companies in Africa. We bring the full arsenal of our capital, relationships, and experience to position the teams we work with for outsized success.