Current Investments
Port Meadow capitalises on global opportunities and current investments including businesses based in the US, UK, Croatia, and South Africa.Our current investment focus is within Africa.
Africa
The most determinant factor of a country’s future growth prospects is defined as ‘dollars per capita, held in domestic financial institutions’. It is therefore no surprise that global money is concentrated in the most secure financial centres, to the detriment of economies still developing.The need for capital in under-resourced economies thus assumes a pivotal place in these regions, like South Africa, where good ideas, growing businesses, and great managers are constrained predominantly by lack of access to capital. The flight of capital to secure locations leaves impecunious economies in its wake. It also creates outsized opportunities for those who have access to capital and who have the experience to deploy it prudently and nimbly.
The continent’s skill shortage and the attendant sluggishness of many sectors has exacerbated the opportunities for those able to reliably facilitate financial business solutions for fast-paced and sophisticated business operators.
These macroeconomic features in combination with Port Meadow’s commitment to partner with sophisticated dealmakers permits us to generate premium returns for our investors.
Focused
Port Meadow is intentionally invested in a limited number of opportunities at any stage, ensuring we deliver the best execution possible all the way through to an exit.
Swift
Our speed and flexibility are our competitive advantage. Our senior advisors and transaction specialists are involved in every step of the investment process.
Considered
We remain conscious of the human and emotional aspect of transactions.
Creative
We work with high net worth individuals and mezzanine financiers to facilitate our nimble approach to investing. The variety of investors we can draw together to execute complex transactions requires an ability to find creative solutions, and is integral to our success.
Sectors
Our broad investment mandate permits us to invest in a wide spectrum of sectors and geographies. We are currently invested in healthcare, financial services, technology, energy and telecommunications.
Management
- We are active board members dedicated to serving executive management.
- Senior management is required to share the risks and rewards of success.
- That we are looking for great opportunities goes without say; but really, we’re looking for great people.
Interests
We work hard to ensure that risk is properly assessed and structured so that everyone has skin in the game.
Transaction sizes
Our focus is on the growing middle market. We seek to effect transactions between R100m and R1bn ($5m to $50m).