Identity Fund Managers

FUND MANAGER DETAILS
Year Fund Started 2018
Type of Fund Manager Private Equity
Regulatory License Number 49629
Total Number of Investments to Date 2
Number of Investment Executives 3
Principal Office Address 21 Fricker Road, Illovo, Johannesburg, 2196
Key Contact Person and Designation Janice Johnston, Sonja De Bruyn
BEE Ownership Majority Black and female owned
Company Description Identity Capital Partner (Pty) Ltd ("ICP") is the holding company of the Identity Partner group. It was founded in 2008 by Sonja De Bruyn and the group currently consists of two main businesses: ICP's direct investments portfolio and Identity Fund Managers ("IFM") is the newest addition to the group as the fund management entity with its FSP license granted in December 2018. IFM is a majority black-women led private equity fund manager to manage funds that invest in significant majority to majority stakes in key strategic sectors that have the potential to drive sustainable economic growth and enhance job creation in South Africa and the broader region. IFM established the Identity Property Fund I in 2019, which reached first close in November 2019, with a mandate to invest in commercially attractive property and property-related investments based on location, rentals yields, credit quality and term of leases and value creation opportunities with strong transformation agenda to enhance B-BBEE in terms of ownership, supply chain and management capability of its investee companies.
Telephone 011 772 7905
E-mail reception@identitypartners.co.za / janice@identitypartners.co.za / sonja@identitypartners.co.za
Website www.identitypartners.co.za
FUND DETAILS
Name of Fund Identity Property Fund I
Committed Capital of Fund >R100m
Fund Structure En commandite partnership structure
Nature of Fund Property and property related investments
Number of Portfolio Companies 2
INVESTMENT PREFERENCES
Minimum Investment ZAR 35 million (equity investment)
Maximum Investment ZAR 100 million (equity investment)
Average Current Investment Size ZAR 70 million
Industry Preference
  • Real Estate / Property
Industry Excluded
  • Agriculture & Forestry & Fishing
  • Gambling
  • Military services & Arms
  • Mining and mining related
  • Oil & Gas
  • Tobacco & Alcohol
Investment Stage Preference
  • Private Equity
  • Expansion
  • Buyout
Investment Stage Excluded
  • Early-Stage
  • Replacement capital
  • Seed
  • Start-up
  • Venture Capital
  • Mezzanine
Minimum and Maximum Equity Usually Taken
Geographical Preferences
  • South Africa