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Vantage Capital
Investor · Johannesburg, South Africa · Middle East and Africa
Vantage Capital is an Africa-focused fund manager founded in 2001 that has raised over $1.6 billion. Its Mezzanine division provides mezzanine and senior debt financing to mid-market businesses across Africa, and its GreenX division provides senior debt to South African solar and wind energy projects.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingEducationAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsmezzaninedebtrenewable energymid-marketafricatelecom infrastructure
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Or find every investor that fitsVantage Capital lists 5 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (33%), Education (22%) and AI & Machine Learning (22%). 40% of its companies are based in South Africa.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Vantage Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundThe rounds that name Vantage Capital do not give a stage.
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 4th | 5 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 92th | 20% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 33% | 7% |
| Education | 22% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| British International Investment | 2 |
Compare Vantage Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Vantage Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Mar 2026 | Debt Led | |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Debt |
Round details for Vantage Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Vantage Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
5 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquasantec International Limited delivers sustainable water and sanitation solutions through world-class manufacturing | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Camusat transforms telecom infrastructures towards the de-carbonization of operations and supports further green connectivity. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Procera Group delivers Business Process Outsourcing for comprehensive customer life cycle management | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Debt | Funding round | |
| Promamec distributes medical devices, including equipment, materials, and consumables. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| SolarAfrica provides energy solutions for businesses, including solar energy, battery storage, and energy trading. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Mar 2026Debt | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- vantagecapital.co.za
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 5
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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