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Since 2022, Sanari Capital has backed 2 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds totaling $77M, most heavily in South Africa and Logistics & Supply Chain.
Sanari Capital is a growth stage private equity firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to its official website, the firm invests in medium sized and mid market growth companies originating from Africa that have regional and global scalability. Sanari Capital is described as a women led and majority Black owned South African private equity firm in recent industry communications. The firm focuses on growth investments emanating from Africa, predominantly from South Africa. Its investment activity includes backing technology enabled businesses in sectors such as logistics and supply chain telematics through its investment in Ctrack, and cybersecurity driven remote biometric identity verification through its investment in iiDENTIFii. The available data indicates participation in Series A and growth stage rounds in South African companies, with total recorded commitments of approximately 77.0 million dollars across multiple funding rounds. Sanari Capital also manages the Sanari 3S Growth Fund, which has raised around 1.5 billion rand and is positioned to support transformative growth companies across Africa. The firm often partners with institutional investors such as 27four Investment Managers in its transactions, illustrating an approach that combines patient growth capital with strategic partnerships to scale African founded businesses.
Data updated · Sep 1, 2026
Sanari Capital has backed 2 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $77M since 2022.
Mostly Series A: 2 of its 4 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Venture (Round not Specified) (1).
Companies Sanari Capital has backed operate in South Africa (4), Botswana (2), Cameroon (2), and 12 more markets. Each figure counts the rounds behind companies serving that market, so a company operating in several markets counts in each of them.
Its tracked rounds lean toward Logistics & Supply Chain (2), Cybersecurity (2).
Sanari Capital most often shares rounds with 27four (1 shared deal), 27four Investment Managers (1 shared deal), Convergence Partners (1 shared deal).
Sanari Capital is a growth stage private equity firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its official materials describe a focus on medium sized and mid market growth companies that originate from Africa and have potential for regional and global scalability.
Sanari Capital has backed Ctrack, a global telematics and fleet asset management business, and iiDENTIFii, a remote biometric identity verification company for onboarding and fraud checks. Both companies are based in South Africa and align with the firm’s focus on scalable African growth businesses.
Sanari Capital manages the Sanari 3S Growth Fund, which has raised approximately 1.5 billion rand, or about 80 million dollars, to invest in transformative growth companies across Africa. The firm has led significant investments such as a 406 million rand commitment in Ctrack, partly through this fund and partly alongside long standing investor partner 27four Investment Managers.