Verod Capital Management

Danladi Verheijen, Managing Director and co-founder, chairs the investment committee and leads deal origination and portfolio management. He works alongside a senior team of principals covering deal execution, value creation, and exit strategy. Final investment decisions rest with the committee, which includes Verheijen and senior partners.

Verod relies on a proprietary network of founders, corporate spin-off opportunities, and direct engagement with family-owned businesses in Nigeria and Ghana. The firm's deal partners cultivate relationships with intermediaries like accounting firms and commercial banks that encounter succession-driven or growth-seeking business owners. This origination model emphasizes off-market transactions over competitive auctions.

Verod pursues growth equity and management buyout transactions in the lower mid-market. The firm invests across financial services, consumer goods, agribusiness, education, and healthcare, with a target EBITDA threshold of at least $3 million. It avoids early-stage venture capital, preferring companies with established revenue, operational cash flow, and scalable distribution.

Yes. In 2024, Verod launched Verod-Kepple Green Energy, a dedicated platform for distributed renewable energy and infrastructure projects across West Africa (per the firm's official communications, 2024). This marks an expansion beyond its traditional private equity focus into asset-heavy energy transition investments.

Verod operates with a direct investment model, giving LPs visibility into underlying portfolio companies rather than pooling capital into a blind fund-of-funds. The firm incorporates LP advisory committees into the investment process, allowing institutional investors — including development finance institutions — to review and provide input on prospective deals before capital is called.

Verod's realized investments include Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS), Nigeria's financial market infrastructure provider, and Rotoprint, a flexible packaging manufacturer. The firm also backed education and agribusiness platforms in Nigeria and Ghana, though specific current portfolio names are not publicly listed in full.

Verod integrates LP advisory committees into deal-level decisions, allowing institutional investors to review transactions alongside the internal investment committee. Final authority stays with Verod's partners, but this dual-layer governance provides development finance institutions and commercial LPs with greater oversight than typical emerging-market PE mandates offer.