Growth Capital • Financial Services

One Thousand & One Voices Invests In Pay@

On March 11, 2019, private equity firm One Thousand & One Voices invested in financial services company Pay@

Investment Context
  • This is One Thousand & One Voices’ 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is One Thousand & One Voices’ 3rd transaction in South Africa.

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Investment Summary

Date March 11, 2019
Target Pay@
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) One Thousand & One Voices
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target Company

Pay@

Stellenbosch, South Africa
Pay@ is a bill and payment aggregator with operations in South Africa and several other African countries. Pay@ process millions of transactions a month (at a highly efficient rate of less than 0.01% queries per transaction) and their various services are designed to enable customers to pay their bills securely and conveniently via various payment networks / channels. Pay@ was founded in 2007 and is based in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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Investor Overview 1

DESCRIPTION

One Thousand & One Voices is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in companies throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The Firm looks for businesses that can help drive economic development and create well paying local jobs. Areas of interest of include agriculture, healthcare, and education. One Thousand & One Voices was formed in 2013 and is headquartered in Stellenbosch, South Africa.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector: Financial Services 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital 4 of 5
Country: South Africa 3 of 4
Year: 2019 1 of 2
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