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Top 25 Private equity firms with women partners based in South Africa

RevenueBase identified 113 private equity firms with women partners headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 445 professional contacts across them, including 177 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers private equity firms with women partners 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 29, 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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
113Companies
445Contacts tracked
177Verified emails
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The 25 largest private equity firms with women partners based in South Africa

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 113 private equity firms with women partners based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to private equity firms with women partners: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5030 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 29, 2026
2Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1028 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 29, 2026
3Strong evidenceModimolle, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-50018 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 29, 2026
4Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5017 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 29, 2026
5Partial evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 2003, Sphere is a high performing investment holding company driven to create value for funders, shareholders and business partners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We help the brave succeed.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Strong evidenceKempton Park, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Welcome to IFSA Private Equity – pioneers of prosperity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Indirect evidenceMidrand, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-509 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 29, 2026
9Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-108 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 29, 2026
10Indirect evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-5008 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 29, 2026
11Strong evidenceDurban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-506 contacts →

Strong 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 29, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cambridge Capital was founded in 2007 with the vision of building a global investment company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-106 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 29, 2026
14Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-106 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 29, 2026
15Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-505 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a 100% black-female-owned and controlled private equity fund management company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Strong evidenceNewlands, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-505 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 29, 2026
17Strong evidenceSandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SummerPlace Equity Partners is a black female owned fund manager based in Johannesburg, South Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Lone Bull Group is a South African private equity and venture capital funding firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Indirect evidenceUmhlanga Ridge, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Gap Capital is a unique investment firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1997, Rational Expectations is an investment company based in the heart of Cape Town.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Strong evidenceSandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Agile Capital is a Private Equity Fund that pursues investments in a number of diverse sectors in the South African market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We invest globally across all stages, from seed to listed shares, with a focus on marketplace and software businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23Strong evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Enso Equity is a Cape Town based family office that operates in three separate industries, namely private equity, public equity and private credit.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24Strong evidenceJohannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Trinitas is an independent private equity investment firm, founded in 2008 to establish Trinitas Private Equity Fund.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Bellair Road, we understand that the path to building a sustainable business is long and challenging.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Private equity firms with women partners based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
39.8%Verified-email coverage
3.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
37.2%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
78
11-50
26
51-200
6
201-500
3

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 113 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 private equity firms with women partners, 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 firms with women partners”. 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 firms with women partners), 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 firms with women partners, 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, 177 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 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Private equity firms with women partners 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 firms with women partners, 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 firms with women partners are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 113 private equity firms with women partners 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?

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

Which city has the most private equity firms with women partners?

Johannesburg leads with 42 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (21) and Sandton (10).

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 177 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 113 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 29, 2026.

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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.