Sanlam Investments
Est. dry powder
$18.7M
Raised, not yet invested
AUM
$60.9B
Assets under management
Latest fund
$164.8M
SPE Midmarket Fund I
Est. cheque size
$1.6M–
From fund sizes
Deals, last 12 months
1
Last seen investing May 2026
About Sanlam Investments
Sanlam Investments is the South African-based asset management business of the Sanlam Group, a non-banking financial services group with operations in 34 African countries. The firm offers a comprehensive range of passive, traditional active, and alternative investment solutions on a South African, Pan African, and global basis. The private equity arm of the firm invests in the buyout, expansion, late-stage, and growth strategies in the diversified sector of companies across Africa. The private debt arm of the firm provides mezzanine, direct lending, and senior debt solutions to the diversified sector of companies across Africa. The infrastructure and natural resources arm of the firm focuses on opportunities in renewable and conventional energy, housing, transportation, communication, health, water, and waste-related assets across South Africa. In December 2022, Absa combined its investment management business with Sanlam's investment management operations, with the combined business forming part of Sanlam Investments Holdings (SIH).
- Type
- Fund Manager
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stages
- Series C
- Est. cheque size
- $1.6M–$8.2M
- Sectors
- Diversified
- Regions
- Africa
- Strategies
- Growth
Where they invest
From deals and portfolio companies on record
Most frequent rounds
- —4
- Series C1
Across 6 deals
Portfolio sectors
- Renewable Energy2
- Consumer Products1
- Financial Services1
- Food1
- Logistics & Distribution1
Across 6 companies
Portfolio countries
- South Africa4
- UK1
- Zambia1
Across 6 companies
Recent investments
Newest 5 of 6
- Unspecified Round$10M
Africa GreenCo
May 2026 · Unspecified Round
- ——
Danny’s Auto Body Parts
Jul 2023 · —
- Series C$47.6M
Wetility Proprietary Limited
Jun 2023 · Series C
- ——
Absolute Pets
Apr 2021 · —
- ——
Cavalier Foods
Feb 2021 · —
Offices
3 locations
- Cape Town, South AfricaHQ
- London, England, UK
- Nairobi, Kenya