Our History
Since its inception, Sanlam Private Equity has deployed more than R8 billion into over 100 investments across various investment strategies including buyouts, growth capital, private equity funds, venture capital funds, black economic empowerment, infrastructure projects and investment holding companies.
Under that mandate, the entrepreneurial team at Sanlam Private Equity:
- established the R2 billion Sanlam Development Fund in 1996
- established the first private equity fund-of-funds in South Africa in 1998
- established the R1 billion Sanlam Development Fund-of-Funds I in 2002
- pioneered black economic empowerment financing
In 2010, the business refined its mandate from Sanlam Life Insurance Limited, in terms of which it now has R4 billion available for investment into direct private equity investment opportunities, such as buyouts and growth capital, of which it has R2.5 billion currently invested in just over 20 investments.
Amongst the direct investments made and successfully realised by Sanlam Private Equity are:
- Global Resorts (Peermont)
- Dischem
- M-Cell (MTN)
- Thesele
- Aspen Pharmaceuticals
- Profert
- Worldwide Africa (Pembani)
- Zungu Investment Company (ZICO)
- Nuclicks (Clicks)
- Datacentrix