In African markets it is difficult for companies to raise any finance other than sshort term debt or equity

Article in the Financial Mail 12 April 2013

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Accra, Ghana – Vantage Risk Capital, Africa's leading mezzanine debt provider, today announced it had concluded a transaction with Genser Energy Ghana to provide up to $30 million (R280 million) of expansion capital to the company.

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Africa's leading mezzanine finance provider, Vantage Risk Capital has invested R150 million ($16m) in Kgoro Central, the proposed mixed use property development situated above and around the main Gautrain station in the heart of Sandton.

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Private equity is starting to play a pivotal role in harnessing Africa's economic growth potential, with investor confidence on the continent on the up.

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Ascendis Health (Pty) Limited, the wholly owned health and care subsidiary of Coast2Coast Investments, has together with existing management, finalised the acquisition of Avima for close to R80 million.

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Vantage Capital, a South African specialist fund manager, has closed its second pan-African mezzanine fund at ZAR1.9 billion (approximately US$226 million).

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Vantage Capital, an empowered South African specialist fund manager, has made its third mezzanine loan investment out of its recently established second mezzanine fund which closed at the end of March 2012 with almost R1.9 billion ($233m) of commitments.

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South African asset manager Vantage Capital was able to raise R1.9 billion ($223 million) for its second mezzanine fund.

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Vantage Capital raised 1.9 billion rand ($223 million) for its second mezzanine fund.

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Beyond the high profile goings on of JSE-listed companies, is another asset class which over a three to ten year time horizon has delivered better returns to investors than the JSE. This is SA’s private-equity industry.

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Ascendis Health (Pty) Limited, the wholly owned health and lifestyle subsidiary of Coast2Coast Investments, today made an announcement that it had, along with existing management, acquired the Efekto business. The Landbank and Vantage Risk Capital, the BEE mezzanine financiers, provided part of the funding for the transaction.

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The third annual Green Supply Chain Awards, a joint initiative of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport: South Africa (CILTSA), the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) and Supply Chain Today magazine, were awarded late last week to South Africa's top environmental industries.

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Striving to be “partners of excellence” to all their clients, Ethene Steenkamp (40) and Micky Wostenholm (38) offer a unique service in the capital-raising advisory space through their company, Fairbridge Capital.

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The TrenStar transaction displays Vantage Capital’s commitment to South Africa’s mid-market companies, Black Economic Empowerment, and increased exports.

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On July 1 new legislation came into effect allowing SA pension funds to invest up to 10% of contributions in private equity, four times the previous limit of 2.5%
"Of 175 companies assessed, only five were chosen to get funding".

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The African Development Bank has approved a US$25 million commitment to South Africa-based private equity fund manager Vantage Capital.

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Mezzanine funding can be a company’s best bet. Money lending is probably the second-oldest profession. And it appears in many wildly creative formats. When it comes to really big numbers - such as those involved in businesses - creativity and flexibility are hugely sought-after attributes.

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Vantage Capital Group (Pty) Ltd (“Vantage”) has become a signatory, in the category of Investment Manager, to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The management committee has approved the Principles and has committed to taking part in PRI’s annual Reporting and Assessment.

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Vantage Capital Group (Pty) Ltd (“the Company”) has been independently rated as a Level 2 contributor with regard to Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BB-BEE) in terms of the DTI codes of good practice.

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The TrenStar transaction displays Vantage Capital’s commitment to South Africa’s mid-market companies, Black Economic Empowerment, and increased exports.

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Private equity mezzanine group Vantage Capital has invested R85 million in TrenStar, a South African-based returnable packaging company.

The funds will be applied to expansion and replacement capital and to introduce black empowerment ownership. Party to the deal is RMB Private Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited), which has provided R50 million in senior debt, raising the total funds committed to the transaction to R135 million. Vantage and RMB were introduced to TrenStar by Fairbridge Capital, who was the debt arranger in the transaction.

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TrenStar partners a German manufacturer of luxury motor vehicles in the design, manufacturing and management of returnable packing in Rosslyn, Pretoria.

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MUCH has been written about the rise of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the shift in economic power eastward as Asia outruns the rest of the world. But the surprising success story of the past decade lies elsewhere. An analysis by The Economist finds that over the ten years to 2010, no fewer than six of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies were in sub-Saharan Africa.

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PUBLICATION CATALYST: - Vantage Capital recently opened offices in Cairo and in so doing has established itself as a major Pan-African private equity player. Catalyst met up with co-founder...

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“Grandview Fund expands its investments and cooperates with Vantage Capital to provide Mezzanine Financing”...

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PUBLICATION: EMERGING - Taking a step back...

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PUBLICATION: CITIZEN ABSA Capital Private Equity, a unit of the Absa Group, has bought the entire issued share capital of building firm Kwikspace f...

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PUBLICATION: BUSINESS DAYMzwandile JacksA consortium of private equity investors led by Absa Capital Private Equity and Vantage Capital had acquired K...

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