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Sabvest Capital Limited

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South AfricaUnited KingdomEuropeEnterpriseFintechConsumerMarketplacesOther

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Investment thesis

Sabvest Capital (Sabcap) is a JSE-listed investment holding company whose primary focus is owning a portfolio of significant equity interests in listed and unlisted companies — primarily in the industrial, services, IT, and financial sectors — with sound growth records or potential for above-average returns over the long term. Sabcap does not invest in start-ups, greenfield projects, or turnarounds; instead it favours large or influential minority stakes (typically 10–40% equity) in unlisted small/mid-cap companies, usually co-invested alongside family shareholders, operating management, or chosen financial partners in accordance with its 'Partnership Principle'. Sabcap holds its investments without pre-determined realisation periods and structures each investment to be free-standing and ring-fenced as to risk, while also maintaining a secondary portfolio of cash, bonds, listed equities, and fund participations when surplus liquidity is available.

Notable quotes

Sabvest was one of the original minority equity investors in Revix Group, and we continue to have a small equity holding of 11% in the Revix holding company, which we have held at zero value since the year we invested in the platform.

Chris Seabrooke · Moneyweb – 'Hopes of phased asset recovery of Revix funds held up in South Korea' · 2023-11-01

Team

Christopher Stefan Seabrooke

Chief Executive Officer

EnterpriseFintechConsumerOther

Kyle De Matteis

Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director

Leon Rood

Executive Director

Olufunke Ighodaro

Lead Independent Non-Executive Director & Chairman of Investment Committee

Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
SA Bias Industries (Pty) LtdGrowth
DNI-4PL Contracts (Pty) LtdGrowth
ITL Holdings GroupGrowth
Apex Partners Holdings (Pty) LtdGrowth2019-07-01
Corero Network Security PlcSecondary
Masimong Group Holdings (Pty) LtdGrowth
ARB Holdings (Pty) LtdBuyout2022-02-01
Versofy (Pty) LtdGrowth2023-12-18
Halewood International South Africa (Pty) LtdGrowth
Altify (previously Revix UK)Seed2019-04-16

Frequent co-investors

VC firmDeals together
Masimong Group Holdings3
Burke Family (ARB Holdings)1

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