# Royal Bafokeng Holdings

> Royal Bafokeng Holdings is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/royal-bafokeng-holdings
- Website: https://www.bafokengholdings.com/

Royal Bafokeng Holdings is a VC fund in Johannesburg focused on Financial Services and Asset Management. Royal Bafokeng Holdings operates as a holding company for its subsidiaries.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 38% |
| Asset Management | 2 | 25% |
| Environmental Engineering | 2 | 25% |
| Energy | 1 | 13% |
| Mining | 1 | 13% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 75% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 5 | 63% |
| Mauritius | 2 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Albertinah Kekana | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albertinah-kekana-b445 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cassava Technologies | Cassava Technologies is an information technology company. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 23, 2025 |  |
| Northam Platinum Limited | Northam produces platinum group metals such as platinum, palladium, and rhodium. They produce metals for the motor manufacturing industry, the jewellery industry, and other industrial uses, from chemical and electrical applications to glass manufacture. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| EnviroServ | EnviroServ is a waste management solutions provider. EnviroServ has successfully operated within all industries, both in South Africa and beyond, to become a trusted and preferred waste management supplier. |  | Private Equity | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Lango Real Estate | Lango Real Estate focuses on generating sustainable investor returns through the acquisition of prime commercial real estate. The company operates across Africa and Europe, offering diverse and innovative property solutions. Lango is committed to reducing its carbon footprint with green building initiatives and has collaborated with Rand MerchantBank to establish a $325 million Sustainable Bond Framework. Originally established between Ninety One and Growthpoint Properties, Lango commenced operations in March 2018. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Distributed Power Africa | Distributed Power Africa offers solar panels, renewable energy battery, energy sun power battery Turn your unused power. | $20M | Corporate Round | Oct 30, 2020 |  |
| Ethos Capital Partners | Ethos Capital offers investors long-term capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of unlisted investments managed by Ethos Private Equity, the largest private equity firm in sub-Saharan Africa. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Royal Investment Managers | Royal Investment Managers is a black owned investment holding company that acquires equity stakes in either existing or new asset management firms with a strong and unrelenting focus on diversity. Our primary focus is to partner with companies that meet our investment criteria and share our values. We are proudly backed by Royal BafokengHoldings(RBH) and Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI), through its subsidiary RMI Investment Managers (RMI IM). |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| RMI Investment Managers | RMI Investment Managers is a multi-affiliate investment management firm.Just like the hands of an artisan leave a unique signature on a product, so each of our affiliate managers have shaped their own unique investment process and philosophy. We recognise the importance of an independent vision when it comes to one’s craft, which is why,through our investments, we aim to facilitate and offer support rather than direct and interfere. In doing so, we are carving out the next generation of great investment management businesses and enabling them to reach their full potential.We understand that active investment management can produce consistent out-performance if the following elements are in place:a stable environment which frees investment professionals from unnecessary distractions and offer them independence and aligned incentives for superior investment performance;clear and consistent investment processes; anda high-calibre, experienced investment team focused on investment performance. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2018 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [African Infrastructure Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/african-infrastructure-investment-manager) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [British International Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdc-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Econet Global — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Finnfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finnfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gateway Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gateway-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Google](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Royal Bafokeng Holdings invest in?

Royal Bafokeng Holdings invests primarily in Financial Services, Asset Management and Environmental Engineering startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Private Equity stage. Most of the 8 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 Royal Bafokeng Holdings?

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### Who are the partners at Royal Bafokeng Holdings?

The team at Royal Bafokeng Holdings includes Albertinah Kekana (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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