Top 7 investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 4 years.

Amount of funding rounds in Sub-Saharan Africa is 12, which is 0.5% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 7 investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in South Africa while others are in Mauritius. The most common city is Johannesburg which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from NA – South Africa, Port Louis and Cape Town. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from South Africa, Nigeria, and India. For 2 funds in the sample, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Banking, Telecommunications and Entertainment.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1862 and the newest one in 2006. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2017 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2020, 2014 and 2000 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, less often it is 97, 42 or 38. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 20. Average amount of lead investments is 6.9 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.98 and the median is 0.05. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 5.38 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.63 and median is 0.36. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.