Invest in Africa's growth, with people on the ground
Africa's best private businesses rarely reach international investors — and when they do, the information gap kills the deal. Caban closes that gap: we've been inside these businesses since 2012, often as operators and shareholders before we ever present them to you.
Two ways to participate
Invest with Caban through our managed funds, or co-invest alongside us in selected opportunities.
The Caban funds: CGRPE & CABVEST
Committed capital, managed by our team: CGRPE, our private equity vehicle across growth sectors, and CABVEST, our venture fund. Request the fund presentations for mandates, track record, and terms.
Request the fund decksCo-invest in selected opportunities
Deal-by-deal participation alongside Caban in vetted transactions from our pipeline — full due diligence packs, our capital alongside yours, you choose each deal.
Join the co-investment listThree ways in
Choose the route that matches your capital, involvement, and mandate.
Co-invest deal by deal
Curated opportunities from the Caban pipeline, presented with full due diligence packs. You choose each deal; minimums are accessible.
Join the networkStructured Africa exposure
Portfolio construction, direct deals, and on-the-ground representation for family offices building African allocations.
Family office servicesMandates via Caban Capital
For funds and institutions: origination, local due diligence, and execution across UK–Africa transactions through our corporate finance division.
Speak to Caban Capital"Our incentives and the entrepreneur's are the same: the business must work." The Caban alignment model — we earn when the businesses we back succeed, not from placement fees alone.
How it works
Briefing call
We learn your mandate, ticket size, sectors, and involvement preference — and show you how the pipeline works.
Vetted deal flow
You receive opportunities matching your profile, each with our due diligence, valuation basis, and a straight assessment of the risks.
Invest with cover
Deal execution, legal structuring, and post-investment monitoring handled by our team on the ground — with reporting you'd expect in London.
Deal flow you cannot get from a distance
Much of our pipeline comes from businesses we have already worked inside through services-for-equity — years of operating insight before a deal is ever presented.
Inside-first origination
We often hold equity and board seats before you see the deal
Full diligence packs
Financials, market, management — and a straight account of the risks
Honest pricing
Valuations we can defend, because we set them to invest in ourselves
Origination · On the ground
Monitoring & reportingThe African growth story, de-risked
The opportunity is structural: a $331 billion SME financing gap (IFC), a continental free-trade area of over a billion consumers, and decades of demographic tailwind. What kills returns is execution distance — which is precisely what we remove.
Local execution, London reporting
Deal execution and monitoring on the ground; reporting you would expect in Mayfair
Triple-return measurement
Financial, social, and environmental outcomes tracked on every deal
Structured entry and exit
Instruments designed for African market realities, planned exits from day one
See what inclusive capital returns look like.
Our white paper on driving inclusive venture capital in Sub-Saharan Africa sets out why widening who gets funded widens returns — with the evidence.
Read the white paperOriginal research by our analysts — the same work that informs every mandate we take. Full research programme →
Harnessing Private Growth Capital in South Africa to Create Jobs
Why private growth capital, not aid, is South Africa’s most credible jobs engine.
→White paperDriving Inclusive Venture Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
Widening who gets funded — and why inclusive pipelines outperform.
→White paperIndustry Spotlight: Emerging Sectors for Venture Capital in South Africa
The sectors where South African venture returns are forming next.
→Forthcoming 2026The $331 Billion Gap: Financing Africa’s Missing Middle
Sizing the SME financing shortfall and the instruments closing it.
Also in production at the Caban research desk — white papers: Exit Pathways for African Growth Companies, Blended Capital for African Healthcare, From Grant to Equity: Community Ownership That Outlasts Donors · working papers: DFI Co-Investment Behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa 2020–2026, Services-for-Equity: Evidence from a Decade of Portfolio Data, Pre-IPO Governance Readiness Among South African Mid-Caps.
Questions, answered
You have questions. Our team — and our research — has answers.
What are typical investment minimums?
Angel network participation is accessible deal-by-deal; family office and institutional mandates are structured individually. The briefing call covers specifics.
How are investments monitored after closing?
Board-level involvement, monthly management information, and structured reporting to co-investors — handled by our team on the ground.
Can international investors hold South African assets directly?
Yes, through appropriate structures. Cross-border structuring is part of every mandate via Caban Capital.
What sectors dominate the pipeline?
Healthcare, fintech, renewable energy, logistics, and manufacturing — the sectors covered in our emerging-sectors white paper.
How does Caban earn?
Alongside you: equity positions, aligned success fees, and returns from the same businesses we present. We are co-investors, not brokers.
See the current pipeline.
Request the investor briefing: how the model works, what's in the pipeline now, and how co-investment is structured.
Request the investor briefing