Helios Investment Partners

AUM: $3 billion

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.

Helios Investment Partners is one of the largest Africa-focused investment firms, with a record that spans creating start-ups to providing established companies with growth capital and expertise.

Led and predominantly staffed by African professionals with the language skills and cultural affinity to engage with local entrepreneurs, managers and intermediaries on the continent, Helios leverages its local and global networks, identifying businesses opportunities and structuring proprietary transactions around them. The firm’s unique combination of a deep knowledge of the Africa operating environment, a singular commitment to the region and a proven capability to manage complexity, is reflected in the firm’s diverse portfolio of growing market leading businesses and its position as the partner of choice for multinational corporations.

Areas of expertise

Telecommunications, media, financial services, power, utilities, travel, leisure, distribution, fast-moving consumer goods, logistics and Agro–allied sectors