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Top 25 Private equity backed companies based in South Africa

Name: Private equity backed companies based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 165 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 165 private equity backed companies headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 717 professional contacts across them, including 284 with verified work emails and 33 with mobile numbers. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers private equity backed 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 5, 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 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

165Companies

717Contacts tracked

284Verified emails

33Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest private equity backed companies based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 165 private equity backed companies based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to private equity backed 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	MENAR	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HANDS-ON INVESTMENTS Menar invests in controlling and managing shareholders in private and listed companies and allocates capital to selected projects and companies actively…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	Metier	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Metier is an independently owned private equity fund manager with an extensive track record spanning nine investment pools and delivering returns in excess of 30%/ Metier is an…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	Kagiso Tiso Holdings KTH	Indirect evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KTH is an investment holding company which, through its legacy companies Kagiso Trust Investments and Tiso Group, boasts a track record of investment performance and creating long…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	Medu Capital	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	28 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 2003, Medu Capital is a professional investment management company with a focus on private equity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Numeral Group	Indirect evidence	City Of Tshwane, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Numeral XII is a growth oriented, forward-thinking, diversified investment holding group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	Value Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 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 5, 2026
7	Knife Capital	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Sampada Agri	Strong evidence	Modimolle, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	18 contacts →
	Strong 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 5, 2026
9	Sanari Capital	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sanari Capital is a value-adding private equity firm focused on medium-sized and mid-market growth investments emanating from Africa (mainly from South Africa) with regional and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	RMB Corvest	Strong evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “RMB Corvest is a private equity company and is a member of the FirstRand Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	Six33 Group	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help the brave succeed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	Ifsa Asset Managers	Strong evidence	Kempton Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Welcome to IFSA Private Equity – pioneers of prosperity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	Talent10 Holdings	Indirect evidence	Midrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 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 5, 2026
14	Vuna Partners	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Vuna Partners is a South African private equity investor focused on medium sized businesses across a range of sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	NEW GX Capital	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 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 5, 2026
16	Hlayisani Capital	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Investment Management, Venture Capital & Private Equity” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	Cambridge Capital	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cambridge Capital was founded in 2007 with the vision of building a global investment company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Multiply Group	Partial evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Multiply Group is a private investment company that provides longer term strategic capital to business owners through a partnership focused approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	Saad Investment Holdings	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SAAD Investment Holdings (SAAD) was established in 2006 as the investment arm of the Tree of Life group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	Imbewu Capital Partners PTY LTD	Strong evidence	La Lucia Ridge, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Imbewu (which means “seed” in Zulu) Capital Partners (Pty) Ltd (“Imbewu”) is a black owned and controlled private equity and investment holding company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	Scientia Holdings Property Fund	Strong evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Scientia Holdings Property Fund (Pty) Ltd is a proudly South African private equity fund manager established in 2019, with operations officially commencing in 2020.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Athena Capital	Strong evidence	Newlands, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Athena Capital is an established private equity company that has the experience to deliver positive returns for innovation-led businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	Summerplace Equity Partners	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SummerPlace Equity Partners is a black female owned fund manager based in Johannesburg, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Shadow Capital	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Shadow Capital is the only private equity company in the world specifically catering for top, selected, young professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	Lone Bull Group	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Lone Bull Group is a South African private equity and venture capital funding firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 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: private equity backed 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 private equity backed companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of private equity backed companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name private equity backed 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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Private equity backed companies based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

39.6%Verified-email coverage

4.6%Mobile-number coverage

4.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

33.3%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

110

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

2690–30

1531–60

061–90

090–180

0180+

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 private equity backed 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 “private equity backed 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 private equity backed 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 private equity backed 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, 284 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 5, 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.

Private equity backed companies by metro

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 private equity backed 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 private equity backed companies are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 165 private equity backed 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?

MENAR, headquartered in Sandton, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most private equity backed companies?

Johannesburg leads with 55 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (35) and Sandton (16).

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 284 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 165 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 5, 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.