Helios Investment Partners

Helios Investment Partners
Company typeAfrican focused private investments
IndustryPrivate equity
Venture capital
Founded2004
FoundersBabatunde Soyoye
Tope Lawani
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Luciana Germinario
Nitin Kaul
Paul Cunningham (CFO)
Nimit Shah
Henry Obi
WebsiteHomepage

Helios Investment Partners is a private equity investing firm operating in Africa and based in London, United Kingdom, with additional offices in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria.[1]

Overview

Helios Investment Partners was established in 2004 by Babatunde Soyoye and Tope Lawani and it operates a range of funds valued at more than $3 billion in capital commitments. These investments include start ups, growth equity investments, listed companies and large scale leveraged acquisitions across the continent of Africa.[2]

The key sectors in which the firm operates in include telecommunications, media, financial services, power, utilities, travel, leisure, distribution, fast-moving consumer goods, logistics and Agro–allied sectors.[1]

Portfolio

Current investments

Helios Investment Partners portfolio investments include but are not limited to the following:[3][4]

Number Investment Industry Ownership Head office
1 Africa Oil Corp Oil and Gas 12.4% Vancouver, Canada
2 Africatel Telecommunication 22.0% Lisbon, Portugal
3 Afsat Communications ICT 55.0% Nairobi, Kenya
4 ARM Pension Managers Financial Services - Lagos, Nigeria
5 Bayport Management Limited Financial Services 23.4% Ebene, Mauritius
6 Continental Outdoor Media Outdoor Advertising 68.8% Bryanston, South Africa
7 Eland Oil & Gas Oil and Gas 29.36% Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
8 Fawry Financial Services 40% Cairo, Egypt
9 First City Monument Bank Financial Services 16.0% Lagos, Nigeria
10 Flamingo Holdings Horticulture 8.5% Nairobi, Kenya
11 Helios Towers Limited Telecommunication 28.6% London, United Kingdom
12 Helios Towers Nigeria Limited Telecommunication 22.5% Lagos, Nigeria
13 Impact Oil & Gas Limited Oil and Gas 13.6% Woking, United Kingdom
14 Interswitch Limited Financial Services 52.0% Lagos, Nigeria
15 Petrobras International Braspetro B.V. Oil and Gas - Rotterdam, Netherlands
16 Wananchi Group Holdings ICT - Nairobi, Kenya

Exited Investments

References

  1. ^ a b "Company Overview of Helios Investment Partners LLP". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Helios Investment Partners". Helios Investment Partners. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. ^ "HIP - Representative Investments". HIP. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Helios Investment Partners LLP". PSEPS Venture Capital and Private Equity Database. Retrieved 12 November 2015.


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