# Rand Merchant Bank

> Rand Merchant Bank is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Retail. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sandown, South Africa
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rand-merchant-bank
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/rmb_gm
- Website: http://www.rmb.co.za
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rand-merchant-bank-1500228696973123

Rand Merchant Bank is a VC fund in Sandown focused on Financial Services and Retail. RMB is a leading African corporate and investment bank.Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of FirstRand Bank Limited, is a leading African corporate and investment bank and part of one of the largest financial services groups in Africa. We offer our clients innovative, value-added advisory, funding, trading, corporate banking and principalinvesting solutions.They structure the most appropriate financing solutions to meet the needs of our clients, whether for project finance, on-balance sheet lending or a combination thereof. Our ability to think differently and our collaborative spirit is what sets us apart and enables us to deliver on our brand promise: Traditional values. Innovative ideas.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 19% |
| Retail | 3 | 14% |
| Data Center | 3 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 14% |
| Energy | 2 | 10% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 14 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 6 | 29% |
| Kenya | 2 | 10% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 10% |
| Mauritius | 2 | 10% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Catherine Townshend | Senior Transactor - Growth Solutions | 1 | — |
| Keith Webb | Infrastructure Finance | 0 | — |
| Ruan Wannenburg | Head of Technology - International | 0 | — |
| David Frankel | Board Member | 83 | — |
| Gerrit Ferreira | Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bridgement | Bridgement provides cash flow and financing solutions through business funding, credit lines and SME loans. | $20.3M | Debt Financing | Jul 05, 2026 |  |
| SolarAfrica | SolarAfrica provides solar finance solutions through a power purchase agreement. The CAPEX-free solution encourages businesses to go green with the advantage of reducing electricity costs. Their strive to make saving with solar simple and accessible. The solar solution enables business owners to reduce monthly electricity costs and become moresustainable organizations. Offer a finance solution that delivers savings to businesses. solar service provides peace of mind that the system on the roof is always maintained, monitored, insured, and performing at its optimum to provide customer savings. Benefits of no CAPEX investment, maintenance, and operations included, insurance included, reduced electricity bills, performance monitoring, and renewable energy. | $92.1M | Debt Financing | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| IXAfrica DataCentre | IXAfrica DataCentre provides internet facilities and smart IT solutions like cloud computing, industry software development, and colocation. | $200M | Debt Financing | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| Netomnia | Netomnia are investing in and building a new full-fibre network right across the UK. Future-proofing homes and businesses with a reliable, high-quality, and high-speed internet connection. | $189.7M | Debt Financing | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Wave Mobile Money | Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, andaccepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network. | $137M | Debt Financing | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Wingu.africa | Wingu.africa manages, develops, and operates data centers from various locations. It provides and offers carrier neutrality and open access solutions to customers. Wingu.africa is based in Ebene, Mauritius. | $60M | Debt Financing | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| Reward Funding | Reward Funding is an investment firm. | $454.2M | Debt Financing | Feb 24, 2025 |  |
| SolarAfrica | SolarAfrica provides solar finance solutions through a power purchase agreement. The CAPEX-free solution encourages businesses to go green with the advantage of reducing electricity costs. Their strive to make saving with solar simple and accessible. The solar solution enables business owners to reduce monthly electricity costs and become moresustainable organizations. Offer a finance solution that delivers savings to businesses. solar service provides peace of mind that the system on the roof is always maintained, monitored, insured, and performing at its optimum to provide customer savings. Benefits of no CAPEX investment, maintenance, and operations included, insurance included, reduced electricity bills, performance monitoring, and renewable energy. | $120M | Debt Financing | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Indorama Fertilizers | Indorama Fertilizers operates a world-class, 1.4 million metric tonnes per annum urea manufacturing facility based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The plant has been developed to global environmental, social and construction standards. It plays a key role in supporting the agricultural sector in Nigeria by providing a reliable supply of fertilizers forlocal farmers, thereby enabling import substitution and supporting the diversification needs of the Nigerian economy. Indorama Fertilizers is also advantageously located to serve neighboring West African countries and key Western hemisphere markets, including North America, South America and Europe | $1.3B | Debt Financing | Mar 28, 2024 |  |
| Kenmare Resources plc | Kenmare Resources plc operates as a mining and exploration company. Kenmare is a recognised as a major supplier of mineral sand products to a global customer base operating in over 15 countries and including some of the largest end users of these products. The output from the Mine operation consists of several grades of the titanium dioxide (TiO2)minerals, ilmenite and rutile, as well as the zirconium mineral, zircon. Kenmare’s products are key raw materials processed into intermediate products and ultimately consumed in everyday ‘quality-of-life’ products such as paints, plastics and ceramic tiles. | $200M | Post-IPO Debt | Feb 06, 2024 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Standard Bank South Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/standard-bank) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [British International Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-international-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [British International Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdc-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [International Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/international-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Investec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investec) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Absa group (Bank)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/absa-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Rand Merchant Bank invest in?

Rand Merchant Bank invests primarily in Financial Services, Retail and Data Center startups, most often at Debt Financing and Funding Round stage. Most of the 21 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 Rand Merchant Bank?

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### Who are the partners at Rand Merchant Bank?

The team at Rand Merchant Bank includes Catherine Townshend (Senior Transactor - Growth Solutions), Keith Webb (Infrastructure Finance) and Ruan Wannenburg (Head of Technology - International), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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