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Impact investorCape Town · Growth · 19 people tracked
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Investment thesis
EXEO Capital is a pan-African alternative investment manager that positions itself as a partner and business builder rather than merely a provider of risk capital. It invests across strategically selected sectors and themes, preferring to build larger investment platforms and originate proprietary deals over smaller or reactive ones. The firm emphasizes highly selective investment choices, long-term horizons, and active value creation through strategic insight, operational support, governance improvement, M&A guidance and ESG outcomes. Its investment process relies on team-based decision-making, consistent criteria, senior independent participation in the investment committee and thorough due diligence. Sustainability is central, reflecting the view that what is good for people and the planet is good for business.
Source: firm website, verified Nov 1, 2026.
Team · 19 people
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Senior partner and co-founder with 25 years of experience; formerly at Allan Gray, co-founder of AMB Private Equity and executive director of the Agri-Vie fund manager, with multi-sector transaction experience across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Managing partner and co-founder with 25 years of business and investment experience; former Deloitte partner who led the formation and management of the Agri-Vie Funds, with transaction experience across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Senior partner, co-founder and Finance Director with 30 years of experience; former PwC partner and agribusiness entrepreneur who co-founded the Unlimited Foods group and led investment and exit transactions in the Agri-Vie Funds.
Partner with 25 years of business and investment experience; former Deloitte corporate finance professional with wide exposure to East African investment banking and capital markets and multi-sector transactions across several countries.
Partner with 25 years of food-sector leadership experience; co-founder and former CEO of the Unlimited Group, and coordinator of the firm's operations group.
ESG specialist supporting the firm, with a master's in social work (forensic practice).
Senior associate on the investment team with a BBusSci in Finance and Accounting.
Investment analyst on the firm's investment team.
Senior associate on the investment team, holding a BComm (Hons) and CFA.
Human capital lead since 2015 with 28 years of experience; provides talent management and HR support internally and due diligence and post-investment support for portfolio companies.
Investment analyst on the firm's investment team.
Senior associate on the investment team, holding a BSc (Hons), ACCA and CFA.
Funds and investor relations lead with 18 years of experience; since 2008 has coordinated the firm's finance and compliance portfolios according to internationally recognized standards.
Senior associate on the investment team, a chartered accountant and CFA.
Group finance and operations manager with 18 years of experience in financial management, reporting and risk; oversees financial planning, compliance, treasury, governance and internal controls.
Sustainability consultant supporting the firm.
What they invest in
from 9 of 21 portfolio companiesFoodTech ×6Consumer ×5AgTech ×4AdTech ×1Advanced Manufacturing ×1Direct to Consumer ×1E-commerce ×1Impact & Social Good ×1
HQs:South Africa×5Kenya×1Netherlands×1
Investments · 21 tracked
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Amos Dairies is an integrated manufacturer and marketer of food products and ingredients, with a stated focus on Africa and ambitions for a global presence.
Advanced ManufacturingFoodTech
Electric Egg provides paid advertising services across search, social media, and web platforms, helping businesses reach targeted audiences through Google Ads, Meta Ads, and LinkedIn Ads.
AdTechMarketing Tech
MC Coetzer(CEO)in
Elgin Free Range Chickens is a South African producer of free range chicken, raising broiler birds on a maize/grain-based diet without routine antibiotics, animal by-products or growth promoters, and using air chilling instead of brine injection.
AgTechConsumerFoodTechCape Town, ZA
Roedolf Steenkamp(Chief Executive Officer)Jan Wessels(Chief Financial Officer)
Fairfield Dairy produces milk and dairy products in South Africa, operating a factory in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
ConsumerFoodTech
HIK Abalone Farm operates abalone hatcheries and grow-out platforms in South Africa, producing over 400 tonnes of farmed abalone annually.
AgTechFoodTech
Marginpar breeds, cultivates, produces and sells high-quality summer cut flowers such as Eryngium, Astrantia and Clematis, working with breeders and production partners on farms in Africa.
AgTechConsumerAalsmeer, NL
Maarten Goos(CEO Marginpar Group)in
Co-investorsNorfund
The Terrasan Group is a South African holding company with subsidiaries in pelagic fishing (sardine, anchovy and pilchard catching and processing), aquaculture (abalone and mussel farming, aquafeed manufacturing, and canned fish), and property.
AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social GoodPropTechCape Town, ZA
Wellness Warehouse is an ecommerce retailer selling nutritional supplements and wellness products under various third-party brands.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechWellness & FitnessSouth Africa, ZA
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Cape OliveChemical Process Technologies (CPT)Fairview Cheese CompanyGlacier ProductsInteliChemJumbo BrandsNautilus PharmaNetEdNetEd GroupPPHLTerramarThe Maia Group
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Exeo Capital made?
- Exeo Capital has 21 tracked investments.
- What stage does Exeo Capital invest at?
- Exeo Capital invests at the Growth stage.
- What sectors does Exeo Capital focus on?
- Exeo Capital focuses on AgTech, Consumer, EdTech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Exeo Capital located?
- Exeo Capital is headquartered in Cape Town, ZA.
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