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Top 22 Impact investing companies based in South Africa

Name: Impact investing companies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 51 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 51 impact investing companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 561 professional contacts across them, including 257 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers impact investing companies headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 22 largest impact investing companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 22 of 51 impact investing companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to impact investing companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Tshikululu Social Investments	Indirect evidence	Parktown, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tshikululu Social Investments is the private sector's foremost provider of social investment solutions - from not-for-profit corporate social investment through to blended…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	OLD Mutual Alternative Investments	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	92 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Old Mutual Alternative Investments is Africa’s pre-eminent private markets asset manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Transaction Capital Limited	Indirect evidence	Rosebank, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Transaction Capital is an active investor in and operator of credit-orientated alternative assets managed by experienced entrepreneurial management teams employing a rigorous…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Novare Holdings	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Novare is a trusted investment solutions provider to institutional investors and family offices, with operations across the African continent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	E Squared Investments	Partial evidence	Sandton City, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A South African Impact Investor providing funding and end-to-end business support to high-growth businesses, early-stage founders and social enterprises focused on youth…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Inspired Evolution	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Inspired Evolution was established in 2007 as a first-mover specialised investment manager dedicated to key climate-driven principal investment themes: clean energy and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Sampada Agri	Indirect evidence	Modimolle, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sampada Private Equity (Pty) Ltd (Sampada) is a proudly South African private equity firm established by a team of professionals with a changing lives passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Prowess Investment Managers	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bespoke Investment solutions for an inclusive future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Sinovich Investments	Strong evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sinovich Investments is a dynamic and forward-thinking company that is dedicated to investing in industries that offer sustainable growth and a positive impact on society.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Talent10 Holdings	Indirect evidence	Midrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From coal mining to the silver screen and all things in between, Talent 10 Holdings does venture capital like no one else.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Cliquefin	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re an investment company moving at the speed of life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	ATA Capital	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ata Capital is a cross-sectoral, alternative asset class fund manager, focused on identifying and maximising real investment opportunities that create sustained stakeholder…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	NEW GX Capital	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2005, New GX Capital Holdings Proprietary Limited or “New GX”, is a black owned and controlled investment company formed on strong entrepreneurial principles…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Lifeco Unltd SA Group	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LifeCo UnLtd SA is an impact business that invests in other impact enterprises to deliver social, environmental, economic and financial gains.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Como Family Office	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “COMO Family Office \| Building Generational Wealth Through Sustainable Investments COMO Family Office is a diversified asset management firm dedicated to creating long-term value…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Aurelian Capital	Indirect evidence	Bryanston, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Aurelian Capital is a boutique Investment company that seeks to align itself with the new world by combining traditional values, key relationships founded on over 30 years of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Capital Unlocked	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Capital Unlocked is a specialist private credit manager and structured finance advisor, deploying institutional capital into Africa's underserved growth markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Impact Future Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Impact Future Africa, our mission is to empower and transform African impact-focused businesses by providing comprehensive investment readiness support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Ironside Investments	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We co-invest with our equity and operational partners in sectors that provide growth, sustainability and utility.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Amava Group Of Companies	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Amava Group Capital is an innovative investment company with a distinction; we believe that investing in people is as crucial as investing in industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Borroka Investment Group	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A dynamic black-owned investment company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Lead Impact Capital	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	1 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LEAD Impact Capital is a licensed asset manager focused on investing into innovative solutions for persistent problems of poverty and inequality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: impact investing companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names impact investing companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of impact investing companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name impact investing companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Impact investing companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

45.8%Verified-email coverage

11.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

35.3%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 51 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among impact investing companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “impact investing companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names impact investing companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among impact investing companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 257 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names impact investing companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many impact investing companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 51 impact investing companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Tshikululu Social Investments, headquartered in Parktown, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most impact investing companies?

Johannesburg leads with 18 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (14) and Bryanston (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 257 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 51 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.