Sanari Capital

Sanari Capital is a private equity firm that invests in medium-sized and mid-market growth companies emanating from Africa, with regional and global scalability. They specialize in founder-run, owner-managed, and family-owned businesses, partnering with management to build Sustainable, Scalable, and Saleable (Sanari '3S') businesses. Their approach emphasizes digital and human enablement to unlock business potential. The firm's investment themes include Industry 4.0, IoT, Tech, ICT Software and Solutions, AI, Machine Learning, Data, Education, Healthcare, Wellness, Food, Agribusiness, AgTech, MedTech, Green Solutions, Environmentally-Friendly Alternatives, and the Circular Economy. They focus on sectors such as technology, healthcare, education, agribusiness, energy, financial services, consumer goods, infrastructure, media, telecommunications, logistics, real estate, retail, manufacturing, and tourism. Sanari Capital is majority women-led, majority black, and majority women-owned, promoting diversity and inclusion in its operations. They manage investments in companies in the lower- and middle-market in South Africa and selectively in other African markets, aiming to build businesses that are sustainable, scalable, and saleable. Their team has over 150 years of collective investment experience, with an average of 15 years per senior executive, and they are 95% owned by management, remaining an independent industry player.

At least three years’ operating history, Minimum revenues > R50 million (USD 3 million), Inherently profitable and cash-generative; open to negative EBITDA businesses for driving growth, Domiciled/operated in Sub-Saharan Africa, Fits within investment themes