Absa
VC Fund
Johannesburg, South Africa
Absa is a VC fund in Johannesburg focused on Financial Services and Mining. Absa provides banking and financial products and services to personal, commercial, and corporate customers primarily in South Africa.The bank offers personal banking services comprising savings and current accounts; credit cards; investment products; home loans, vehicle and asset finance, and personal lending solutions; insurance; andelectronic banking services including Internet, telephone, cell phone, and ATM banking services. It also offers business and corporate banking services; commercial property finance, corporate and business asset finance, term loans, structured and debtor finance, vehicle management solutions, and structured trade and commodity finance; employee benefit solutions; merchant and advisory services; and trade products and services as well as financing solutions for agricultural, consumables and tourism, and public sectors.Absa was founded in 1991 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently, Absa Bank Limited operates as a subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Absa invests in
Stages Absa invests in
Countries Absa invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Arrie Rautenbach
|
|||
Benjamin Hinson
|
|||
Colin Iles
|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 3 (33%)
- Mining 2 (22%)
- Mineral 2 (22%)
- Solar 1 (11%)
- AgTech 1 (11%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 4 (44%)
- Post-IPO Debt 3 (33%)
- Corporate Round 2 (22%)
Country
- South Africa 4 (44%)
- United Kingdom 2 (22%)
- Kenya 1 (11%)
- Canada 1 (11%)
- Switzerland 1 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Akash Singh
Chief Compliance Officer
|
Chief Compliance Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Andrew Holt
VP Engineering Manager
|
VP Engineering Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Arrie Rautenbach
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Benjamin Hinson
Engineering Manager
|
Engineering Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Colin Iles
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Mulilo Wind Enterprises
|
Mulilo Wind Enterprises is an Independent power producer focusing on renewable energy. | Debt Financing / Feb 24, 2026 | |
Ivanhoe Mines
|
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company advancing three principal projects in Africa:1) The Kamoa copper discovery in a previously unknown extension of the Central African Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern Katanga province. Members of the Ivanhoe Mines exploration teamrecently received the prestigious Thayer Lindsley Award from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada for the Kamoa copper discovery, recognized as the year's top international mineral discovery.Qualified Persons under National Instrument 43-101, have reviewed and approved all of the scientific and technical information contained in the Project sections on this website. Ivanhoe Mines has published independent NI 43-101-compliant technical reports for each of the Kamoa, Platreef and Kipushi projects, which are available at www.sedar.com. These technical reports include relevant information regarding the effective date and the assumptions, parameters and methods of the mineral resource estimates on the Kamoa, Platreef and Kipushi projects in these Project sections. | $700M / Post-IPO Debt / Jan 12, 2026 | |
CrossBoundary
|
CrossBoundary recently formed CrossBoundary Energy, the first dedicated investment fund for Commercial and Industrial solar in Africa.Many businesses in Africa generate a significant portion of their own electricity through inside-the-fence diesel generation. Due to the cost of diesel, it would be economically and environmentally optimal forthese businesses to switch to renewable generation through solar and other alternatives. However, businesses are ill equipped to take the financial and technical risk to finance a conversion to renewables. At the same time, capital lacks a standardized platform to access these profitable but relatively small transactions.CrossBoundary Energy is a platform to aggregate finance for medium scale renewable self-generation. The platform finances renewable generation projects (0.2MW-10MW) that serve commercial customers in Africa such as off-grid light manufacturing, cell towers, farms, remote hospitals, eco-lodges and beverage bottlers. Our goal is to enable the delivery of energy-as-service and unlock the latent opportunity for renewable own-generation in Africa. | $200M / Debt Financing / Nov 19, 2025 | |
Tharisa
|
Tharisa is a integrated resource group. It is uniquely positioned incorporating mining, processing, beneficiation, marketing, sales and logistics. Tharisa is a low cost producer of PGM and chrome concentrates resulting in two distinct revenue streams from a single resource and costs being shared between the commodities. The Group continues toexplore beneficiation opportunities through innovation and technology. | $130M / Post-IPO Debt / Nov 12, 2025 | |
PayInc
|
PayInc connects the South African payments system as the largest automated clearing house in Africa. | Corporate Round / Nov 11, 2025 | |
Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund
|
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) is a public private partnership. It mobilises capital from public and private sources to lend to businesses creating, improving or expanding infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa. They provide long-term debt on commercial terms to infrastructure projects in Africa, particularly in fragile states whereconventional lenders are often averse to the risks involved. The Fund lends to infrastructure projects mainly owned, managed and operated by private sector businesses. | $325M / Debt Financing / May 20, 2025 | |
Pensana
|
Pensana is a supply chain for the rare earth metals vital for electric vehicles, wind turbines, and other strategic industries. They offer traceable rare earth products with a plan to sell the lowest embedded carbon on the market. | $230M / Post-IPO Debt / Jan 30, 2025 | |
Volcafe
|
Volcafe is a green coffee trading company that provides beans for cups of coffee. | $60M / Debt Financing / May 14, 2024 | |
Khula!
|
Khula is a business which creates technology solutions for agriculture in Africa. Our main focus is on creating an inclusive mobile marketplace which will drive the success and growth of farmers, disrupting the wholesale food market. This marketplace optimizes logistics by using geolocation and by offering efficient and cost-effective logisticsservices for emerging farmers. | Corporate Round / May 11, 2023 |
Co-Investors
Standard Bank South Africa
4 deals together
Nedbank
2 deals together
Access Bank
1 deal together
Africa Finance Corporation
1 deal together
African Bank
1 deal together
Allianz Global Investors
1 deal together
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Absa invest in?
Absa invests primarily in Financial Services, Mining and Mineral startups, most often at Debt Financing and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
How do I contact Absa?
Public channels for Absa include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Absa?
The team at Absa includes Akash Singh (Chief Compliance Officer), Andrew Holt (VP Engineering Manager) and Arrie Rautenbach (CEO), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
