Moshe Capital Fund Managers

Intro

Moshe Capital Fund Managers (“MCFM”) is a Johannesburg-based, black-women-owned private equity fund founded on the principle of inclusive economic growth.

We are an impact-focused, active equity investor seeking to promote job creation and skills development for communities and employees as well as wealth distribution through the execution of high return generating investments in established South African SMEs in diversified industries.

To date, we have secured capital commitments of ZAR50 million from the FNB Commercial and entered into an MOU with RMB Ventures for investment backing of ZAR300 million and are actively looking to invest qualifying businesses that are led by strong management teams with in-depth industry experience.

Investment Focus

Investment strategy

We invest in a diverse set of businesses in the economy, where we can influence strategy and attain rapid growth. Our investment strategy follows:

Investment in small and medium enterprises
Cheque size of between ZAR100 million – ZAR250 million
Internal rate of return of at least 25% and times money back of at least 3.0x
Uses of funds include growth capital, balance sheet optimisation / recapitalisation and management buyouts
We are sector agnostic but exclude primary agriculture, primary mining and “sin-assets”
Focus primarily on businesses within South Africa

Investment criteria

We are looking to invest in small and medium enterprises that have:

1. Strong management teams with in depth industry experience
2. Established with track record of delivering consistent returns
3. Three years’ profitability and consistent cash flow generation
4. Enterprise value of between ZAR200 million – ZAR1 000 million
5. EBITDA of at least ZAR25 million
6. Commitment to job creation, economic empowerment, social development and minimal environmental impact

Value add as an active investment partner

MCFM

MCFM ensures that initial levers for growth are identified and agreed with the management team during the transaction execution and closing stages.

As an active and involved investment partner, we assist investee companies by pulling on the following growth levers:

Strategy – Assist in crafting growth strategy for the investee company which includes sales growth, market segmentation and new market entries – geographies/ sectors/ customer base
Governance – Assist investee companies in formalizing their reporting and governance structures in line with industry best practice
Balance sheet optimization – Assist in optimizing company capital structure for growth
Operational efficiencies – Assist in streamlining processes, introducing policies and procedures, driving down operating expenses and minimizing various cycles such as sales turnaround, inventory cycles
Business development – Assist in identifying sales growth areas and how to increase company turnover
Market entry – Assist in growth into different sectors and clientele as well as international and regional growth strategies

Moshe Capital Fund Managers

Intro

Investment Focus

Investment strategy

Investment criteria

Value add as an active investment partner

If your business meets our investment criteria and you are looking for a growth partner, please Contact Moshe Capital. We would welcome your enquiry.

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