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Verdant Capital Johannesburg Office has moved

Verdant Capital has a new office address in Johannesburg. Johannesburg is our largest office in Africa, with just under 25 team members; our other offices are in Accra, Harare, Kampala, and Kinshasa. Having been based in Hyde Park for the last ten years and having outgrown our previous offices, we are moving back to Sandton City.  As of March 1, 2024, Verdant Capital’s address is Second Floor, The Place, No.1 Sandton Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg.  Our contact number remains unchanged at +27 10 140 3700.

Verdant Capital Roll-Out of Deals Platform

As Verdant Capital continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, it has become crucial to streamline and enhance our client experience. With the above in mind, we have implemented a new deals platform. Accessible via our website, www.verdant-cap.com. This private market technology platform will assist Verdant Capital in offering digital investment opportunities to its clients. The platform is configured around specific operational, commercial, and regulatory needs. To access the deal platform, our clients can log on via our website to view all relevant deals. Clients who are interested in using this platform will need to create a profile and sign in […]

Verdant Capital Survey: Assessing the African Fintech Landscape

The past few years have seen the African fintech sector experience a remarkable surge in activity, with the number of tech start-ups in Africa tripling, nearly half of which were fintech ventures. This proliferation, often termed a “fintech eruption,” captured the attention of both local and international investors, prompting a comprehensive assessment of post-pandemic investor sentiment by Verdant Capital in December 2023. The survey assessed investor sentiment regarding the target companies within their mandates, the position of the pre-money valuations in 2023, risk mitigating factors implemented to curb value erosion in their portfolios, challenges in the African Fintech landscape, and overall […]