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Ortus Africa Capital
Ortus Africa Capital is a private equity firm based in Kampala, Uganda. It focuses on Venture Capital investments. The firm has 12 staff members, including 12...
Ortus Africa Capital
Ortus Africa Capital is a private equity firm based in Kampala, Uganda. It focuses on Venture Capital investments. The firm has 12 staff members, including 12 investment professionals.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2019
Location
Region
Africa
Country
Uganda
City
Kampala
Corporate office
Kampala, Uganda
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What is Ortus Africa Capital's investment strategy?
Ortus Africa Capital pursues direct equity investments in early-stage and growth-stage companies based in Uganda and the wider East African region. The firm's disclosed sector focuses include financial services, agribusiness and food processing, healthcare services, and tech-enabled enterprise software. Its flexible mandate allows it to deploy capital across a company's lifecycle from seed to growth equity.
Does Ortus Africa Capital disclose its assets under management?
No, Ortus Africa Capital does not publicly disclose its assets under management or total capital deployed. The absence of publicly available AUM figures is common among smaller, emerging-market private equity managers. The firm's operational profile places it among the cohort of sub-$50M first-time or early-stage fund managers in the region (Altss estimate).
Which sectors does Ortus Africa Capital explicitly avoid?
The firm has not published a negative sector screen or exclusion list. Its disclosed sector focuses — financial services, agribusiness, healthcare services, and enterprise software — imply a preference for essential-service and domestic-consumption sectors while leaving its posture on extractive industries, real estate, or infrastructure unstated.
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