Phatisa Fund Managers L.L.C.

PE/Buy-Out · Johannesburg (South Africa)

PE/Buy-Out

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Phatisa Fund Managers L.L.C. is a private equity and venture capital arm of The Phatisa Group specializing investments in management buy-outs and buy-ins, expansions, acquisitions, refinancings, and start-up new ventures in small and medium sized enterprises (SME). It also seeks to invest in real estate projects with a focus on affordable and middle income residential developments and mixed use developments comprising of housing and aligned commercial developments and in urban areas. The firm does not invest in bio-fuels, timber, alcoholic beverages, seed capital, short-term bridging, or debt finance and it does not provide grants or soft loans. The firm also does not invest in informal, micro enterprises or SME companies looking for an investment less than $5 million. For its private equity investments, it seeks to invest in agribusiness companies operating in food production, processing, packaging, primary agriculture, FMCG food, cold storage, distribution in cereals, livestock farming, dairy, fruit and vegetables, crop protection, logistics, fertilizers, seeds, edible oils, smallholders, aquaculture, marketing services, paper and forest product distribution, agri services, and mid-sized companies in the food security and food-related sectors operating across the food value chain. The firm will also follow a series of agri-business investments in palm plantations, edible oil refinery, and commodity trade finance. The firm prefers to make investments in Africa with a focus on sub Saharan Africa. It typically focuses to invest in Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mozambique, Kenya, and Botswana. The firm seeks to invest between $5 million and $24 million in its investee companies. For SME investments, the firm seeks to invest upto $4 million in companies that require financing between $0.015 million and $4 million. It takes majority or significant minority stakes between 5 percent to 100 percent in its portfolio companies. It takes board representation and other meaningful shareholder rights in its portfolio companies. It seeks to exit its investments through the sale to trade players, majority shareholders, local communities, secondary management buyouts, and listing on local exchanges. It seeks to exit its investments between four to seven years through the sale to trade players, majority shareholders, local communities, secondary management buyouts, and listing on local exchanges. Phatisa Fund Managers L.L.C. was founded in 2005 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with additional offices in Lusaka, Zambia; Bambou, Mauritius; London, United Kingdom; and Nairobi, Kenya.

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