Investment Summary

Musa Capital Private Equity Invests In Abacus Financial Services

On January 1, 2008, private equity firm Musa Capital Private Equity invested in financial services company Abacus Financial Services

Investment Highlights
  • This is Musa Capital Private Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Musa Capital Private Equity’s 3rd transaction in South Africa.

Investment Summary

Date 2008-01-01
Target Abacus Financial Services
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) Musa Capital Private Equity
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Abacus Financial Services

Johannesburg, South Africa
Abacus Financial Services (Pty) Ltd. provides accessible and affordable pension-backed housing loans to approved members of retirement funds.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Musa Capital Private Equity

Johannesburg, South Africa

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 110M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Musa Capital Private Equity is the private equity investing arm of merchant bank Musa Capital. Musa looks to make control investments in lower middle-market companies valued from $20 to $50 million. The Firm focuses on companies in Sub-saharan Africa and will consider opportunities in the telecom, financial services, mining, retail, consumer products, construction, and renewable energy sectors. Musa Capital is based in Johannesburg.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Financial Services) 2 of 2
Type (Growth Capital) 4 of 5
Country (South Africa) 3 of 4
Year (2008) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 African Frontier Holdings

Pretoria, South Africa

African Frontier Holdings (Pty) Ltd. is a consumer goods group which focuses on the food industry through investments in supermarkets, primary production agriculture and food manufacturing and distribution assets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-01 Matlapeng Housing

Pretoria, South Africa

Matlapeng Housing (Pty) Ltd. is a property development company that has contracts to develop houses for mining houses throughout the mining regions in South Africa.

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