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Top 25 Long short equity hedge funds based in South Africa

Name: Long short equity hedge funds based in South Africa
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 61 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 61 long short equity hedge funds headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,647 professional contacts across them, including 755 with verified work emails. Cape Town is the largest hub.

This list covers long short equity hedge funds 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 25 largest long short equity hedge funds based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 61 long short equity hedge funds 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 long short equity hedge funds: 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	Stanlib	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	966 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “STANLIB Asset Management is one of South Africa’s leading investment managers, with over R600 billion in assets under management (as of 31 December 2025).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Foord Asset Management	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Foord Asset Management has been consistently growing retirement savings since 1981.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Peregrine Capital	Partial evidence	Wierda Valley, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Peregrine Capital, as one of the longest-running hedge fund managers in South Africa, we have been creating wealth for our clients since 1998.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Melville Douglas	Indirect evidence	Randburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	52 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1987, Melville Douglas has been delivering superior investment returns across a number of asset classes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Vunani Fund Managers PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vunani Fund Managers (“Vunani FM”), a subsidiary of Vunani Limited, was established in and is a boutique asset management firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Denker Capital	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Denker Capital is a boutique asset manager based in Cape Town.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Value Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Value Capital Partners (VCP) is an investment company which takes minority positions in listed companies and becomes an engaged shareholder in those entities to drive maximum…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Aeon Investment Management PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Aeon Investment Management is a Level 1 B-BBEE boutique investment management company based in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa with a focus on long-term wealth creation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Visio Fund Management	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Visio is an investment management firm founded in 2003.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Northstar Asset Management	Partial evidence	Constantia, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A SINGULAR MISSION: DELIVERING WEALTH TO OUR CLIENTS Northstar Asset Management is a Cape Town based asset manager with a long heritage and impeccable pedigree.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Abax Investments	Indirect evidence	Newlands, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Abax Investments is an independent, owner-operated investment manager where our success is aligned to our partnerships with investment professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Terebinth Capital	Indirect evidence	Tygervalley, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Terebinth Capital is a South African based Investment Management company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Umthombo Wealth PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannebsurg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Umthombo Wealth is an independent, owner managed company that provides investment management services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	NEW Road Capital PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “New Road Capital: Pioneering a Path to Financial Success with Precision and Innovation At New Road Capital, we're more than just fund managers; we're architects of financial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Bateleur Capital	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bateleur Capital is a boutique, independent and owner-managed fund manager based in Cape Town, South Africa that was founded in 2004.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Clucasgray PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “INTRODUCTION ClucasGray is a privately-owned, investment management boutique.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Independent Alternatives Investment Managers	Indirect evidence	Edenburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Independent Alternatives Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd (“IA”) is a majority black owned, boutique investment management business focused on the management of investments on behalf…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Effectus Capital Management	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The significance of the word “Effectus” The word “Effectus” is a Latin word which means “the act of doing, execution, performance and results”.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	SA Asset Management	Partial evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SA Asset Management was established in 1995 as Equity managers on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Perspective Investment Management	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Perspective applies a long-term global investment approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Cartesian Capital PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cartesian is a boutique asset manager that offers a range of carefully designed products and tailor-made solutions across a range of risk return metrics and asset classes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	AIP Capital Management	Strong evidence	Bellville, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Overview AIP Capital Management offers low-risk hedge funds that use technology to generate predictable, positive returns in all market conditions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Obsidian Capital SA	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “If you want to grow your money in real terms, most of the assets you buy will have an element of risk attached to them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Lima Mbeu Investment Managers PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lima Mbeu Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd is a South African investment management business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	NFB Asset Management	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As one of South Africa’s leading asset management outfits, NFB Asset Management is at the forefront of the discerning investor landscape.” 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: long short equity hedge funds. 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 long short equity hedge funds.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of long short equity hedge funds, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name long short equity hedge funds. 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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Long short equity hedge funds based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

45.8%Verified-email coverage

27.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

29.5%Largest-city concentration · Cape Town

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 61 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 long short equity hedge funds, 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 “long short equity hedge funds”. 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 long short equity hedge funds), 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 long short equity hedge funds, 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, 755 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 long short equity hedge funds, 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 long short equity hedge funds are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 61 long short equity hedge funds 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?

Stanlib, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most long short equity hedge funds?

Cape Town leads with 18 headquartered companies, followed by Johannesburg (12) and Sandton (5).

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 755 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 61 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.