Cactus capital is an investment and management company operating in Uganda offering management, pre/post due diligence services, deal structuring and portfolio supervision services to investors and SMEs companies looking to scale up. Cactus capital offers reliable portfolio management with an in-house team of professionals with experience in strategy formulation, accounting, finance and policy formulation.
Cactus capital also currently runs a match making platform for investors and investees linking SMEs that are investor ready with investors that are looking to have positive impact on company’s performance with high focus on Environmental and Social impact of the investments.
The struggle of finding worthy and scalable investments in Africa has been hampered by the restrictions on trusted and knowledgeable due diligence partners with the struggle involved in investment management and exits requiring reliable “boots on the ground”.
Our ventures team provides capital for seed through growth equity investments, and we bring a nuanced understanding of markets and unique global network to our long-term partnerships with disruptive B2B founders.
From Cactus Capital Private Equity’s founding our private equity team has partnered closely with management teams to provide the strategic resources that build great companies that can grow and help them thrive.
Our public equity team applies deep domain expertise and a long-term perspective to identify compelling opportunities regionally, investing in both publicly-traded and pre-IPO companies.
Yusuf, a professional accountant with over 20 years experience is charged with day to day running of Cactus capital. He leads the team day to day operations, sourcing for deals and deal structures. He also leads the Board presentation of new pipeline deals for approval. He is a Ugandan citizen
Isaiah is a professional accountant with 15 years’ experience in credit industry in MFIs in Uganda. He also managed a portfolio of over USD15M based in Africa. He is one of the founding partners of Cactus and is charged with fundraising and managing investor relationships.
Maureen is charged with accounting report of the fund and also charged with the process of offering technical accounting experience to portfolio companies, investors and investees. Her vocation requires attention to fine details and she excels at this in particular.