LightWare Showcase at SAVCA Conference 2025
At this year’s SAVCA Conference, Sanari Capital CEO Samantha Pokroy and LightWare LiDAR CEO Nadia Nilsen took the stage to share the exciting journey of taking Afri...
Article | 2 min read | 11 March 2025
Ariston and Sensor Networks announce a strategic partnership in South Africa to bring smart water heating solutions to consumers
It’s not every day a South African tech company partners at a technical level with a worldwide leader. Ariston Group is a global expert in water heating and the sec...
Article | 1 min read | 27 February 2025
Scaling alternative solutions to cut through the darkness and solve a problem bigger than loadshedding
Sihle Gumede, partner at Sanari Capital who led the investment in Energenic, speaks about the continent's energy security challenges and increasing energy costs.
Article | 3 min read | 24 January 2025
Sanari Capital announces R87.5 million (USD 5 million) investment in energy solutions company, Energenic Holdings
Johannesburg, 12 November 2024: Sanari Capital, a private equity firm that invests in medium-sized and mid-market growth companies emanating from Africa, is proud to anno...
Article | 2 min read | 13 November 2024
Investee Case Study: iiDENTIFii reducing bias, increasing inclusion
In our recently published Sustainability Report, we profiled iiDENTIFii, the leading remote biometric platform purpose-built for Africa, providing biometric liveness, fac...
Article | 1 min read | 5 November 2024
Sensorfusion has landed
#Sensorfusion has landed. Congratulations to LightWare LiDAR on the launch of your new GRF-250 sensor set to revolutionize applications drawing on both camera vision and...
Article | 1 min read | 6 October 2024
Investee Case Study: On succession and achievement of diversity at LightWare
Nadia Nilsen shares her story and reflections from her journey to captaining Sanari portfolio company, LightWare LiDAR. Nadia grew up in a household led by a very strong...
Article | 1 min read | 6 September 2024
Sanari Capital announces R80 million follow-on investment in EduLife Group
Johannesburg, 10 July 2024: Sanari Capital, a private equity firm that invests in medium-sized and mid-market growth companies emanating from Africa, has announced a R80...
Article | 3 min read | 11 July 2024
Sanari Celebrates 10 Years: The Road Less Travelled by Moushmi Patel
It all started with a Facebook message back in 2014. That is how Sam and I met, which is a rather unconventional way to meet your business partner, but then again, it was...
Article | 2 min read | 10 December 2023
Sanari Celebrates 10 Years: A Leap of Faith from Chicago’s Skies by Samantha Pokroy
On November 5, 2013, I found myself on the top floor of a Chicago skyscraper, ready to pitch to one of the city's financial powerhouses—the Pritzker family's PSP Capita...
Article | 2 min read | 1 December 2023
Sanari Capital wins 2022 Private Equity Africa award for EduLife Group
We are delighted to announce that Sanari Capital has won Portfolio Company of the Year for Social Impact at the 2022 Private Equity Africa (PEA) Awards for its investment...
Article | 2 min read | 31 October 2022
Sanari Capital invests in Africa’s top tech innovator iiDENTIFii
Sanari Capital is pleased to announce its USD 5 million (c.R85 million) investment in iiDENTIFii as part of a USD 15 million growth capital raise led by pan African finan...
Article | 3 min read | 4 October 2022
Edulife and Sanari delivering Impact, Excellence, Growth and Partnership
Edulife Group is a network of private schools, offering diverse and tailor-made education across the economic spectrum, from affordable to high end fee schools. Sanari Ca...
Video | 4 mins | 1 March 2022
Sanari Capital wins Technology Deal of the Year at the Private Equity Africa Awards 2021
We are delighted to announce that Sanari Capital has won the special recognition award for 2021’s Technology Deal at this year’s Private Equity Africa (PEA) Awards fo...
Article | 2 min read | 2 December 2021
Lego-sized LiDAR on Classic Business with Michael Avery
Article | 20 April 2021
Sanari wins inaugural SAVCA Conference deal of the year award for small and medium size acquisitions
The inaugural SAVCA Conference Awards in March this year set out to acknowledge excellence, dedication and innovation. Among the winners of the year’s private equity de...
Article | 4 min read | 14 April 2021
Interview: SA’s LightWare LiDAR raises R25m for global expansion
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod speaks to James Portman, founder and CEO of Centurion-based LightWare LiDAR, about the company’s R25-m...
Article | 1 min read | 25 August 2020
Sanari Capital backs LightWare LiDAR global expansion
Sanari Capital, backed by leading institutional investor 27four, is pleased to announce its R25 million (USD 1.5 million) investment in LightWare LiDAR, a South African c...
Article | 3 min read | 17 August 2020
In Times Like These – COVID times
Dear Friend of Sanari We would like to share with you a bit about Edulife Group, our most recent investment in affordable and accessible education. Edulife is the largest...
Article | 4 min read | 5 May 2020
World-class facilities for Bloem school
Article | 24 October 2019
Why we invested: Sanari Capital sees opportunity in South Africa’s education sector
Private equity firm Sanari Capital recently concluded a R28 million (about $2 million) investment in South African private education company Edulife Group, the largest in...
Article | 5 min read | 23 October 2019
Classic Business on Classic 1027: Education feature with Sanari Capital
Article | 2 October 2019
Sanari Capital invests in school group EduLife
Sanari Capital (“Sanari”) is pleased to announce the conclusion of its R28 million investment in education company, Edulife Group (“Edulife”). Edulife is the larg...
Article | 2 min read | 27 September 2019
Sanari Capital invests in IOT company Sensor Networks
Sanari Capital announces that it has concluded its investment in Sensor Networks, an Internet of Things (IoT) company that helps insurers and their customers to monitor a...
Article | 2 min read | 1 May 2018
Sanari Capital concludes investment in niche geo-spatial data solutions provider, Fernridge Solutions
Sanari Capital (“Sanari”) is pleased to announce the conclusion of its control investment in leading geo-spatial data and solutions provider, Fernridge Solutions (“...
Article | 3 min read | 3 March 2017
