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Phatisa is a leading sub-Saharan African private equity fund manager. Established in 2005, we focus on investments across the African food value chain, plus affordable housing; whilst balancing commercial returns with impact objectives.
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Investment Stage
Private Equity
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Dec 18, 2025 | Africa mid-market PE firm Phatisa may nearly double AUM with new fund | Premium Mauritius-headquartered private-equity firm Phatisa, which focuses on food and affordable housing investments across sub-Saharan Africa, is aiming to nearly double its assets under management (AUM) as it floats its new fund. The inv... |
| Mar 11, 2025 | African PE firms Phatisa, Alterra acquire restaurant chain as Actis exits | Premium Phatisa, a Mauritius-based private equity firm that focuses on food and affordable housing investments across sub-Saharan Africa, has teamed up with another Africa-focused PE firm to fully acquire an East African restaurant chain. P... |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Adenia appoints former Phatisa executive as partner | Premium Rinolan Moodley, partner, Adenia Adenia Partners, a Mauritius-based private equity firm that focuses on mid-sized businesses across Africa and manages over $950 million in assets, has expanded its leadership team, getting on board a... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Protix bags $57m for bugs, Endless West gets $60m for molecular spirits | This week, the Netherlands’ Protix bagged big bucks for insect protein, while US-based Cooks Venture secured capital to breed slower-growing chickens. Over in the cryptocurrency world, an initiative born as a joke might actually wind up as ... |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Phatisa Food Fund 2 reaches $143million final close from DFI commitments | A group of leading development finance institutions (DFIs) and impact investors – CDC Group, Norfund, Finnfund, FinDev Canada and BIO – announce an $82 million joint commitment to Phatisa Food Fund 2 (PFF 2 or the Fund), managed by Phatisa.... |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Africa foodchain investor Phatisa scores big DFI, impact investor backing to close $143m fund | CDC Group has led a string of development finance institutions and impact investors to help Phatisa Food Fund 2 reach a |
| Sep 19, 2013 | Phatisa raises $243m for African Agriculture Fund | African private equity firm Phatisa has held a final close of its African Agriculture Fund (AAF) on $243m. The fund’ |
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What has the press written about Phatisa?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Phatisa, among them “Africa mid-market PE firm Phatisa may nearly double AUM with new fund” (Dec 18, 2025) and “African PE firms Phatisa, Alterra acquire restaurant chain as Actis exits” (Mar 11, 2025).
Is Phatisa still active?
Yes, Phatisa is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 9, 2026.