Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

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Overview

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a state owned entity with the purpose of accelerating sustainable socio-economic development and improve the quality of life of the people of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by driving financial and non-financial investments in the social and economic infrastructure sectors.

  • Social infrastructure: Infrastructure aimed at addressing backlogs and expediting the delivery of essential social services to support sustainable living conditions and a better quality of life within communities

  • Economic infrastructure: Infrastructure aimed at addressing capacity constraints and bottlenecks in order to optimise economic growth potential

The DBSA has prioritised water, energy, transport and ICT as its key focus areas.

Highlights

Founded

1983

Industry

Finance

Employees

501-1000

Investment

5

Lead Investment

3

Exits

1

Stages

Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Government Office

Location

Midrand, NA - South Africa, South Africa, Africa

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), established in 1983 and headquartered in NA - South Africa, South Africa, Africa., specializes in Late Stage Venture investments across Internet, Mobile, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Finance, Banking, Commercial, FinTech, Public Relations, Enterprise Software. The organization boasts a portfolio of 5 investments, with an average round size of $216.2M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include SMILE Telecoms Holdings, Standard Chartered Bank, African Export-Import Bank, Diamond Bank, Public Investment Corporation. The highest investment round they participated in was $85.4B. Among their most notable exits are SMILE Telecoms Holdings and Standard Chartered Bank. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

N/A

Investment portfolio

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 26, 2024, when BNDE raised $74.9M.

investments

5

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

3

Number of exits

1

Investments

5

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Dec 10, 2015
SES Networks SES Networks
Enterprise Software460.0M
Oct 22, 2019
AZA Finance AZA Finance
Financial Services15.0M
Oct 22, 2019
BitPesa BitPesa
Financial Services15.0M
Apr 26, 2024
BNDE BNDE
Financial Services74.9M

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

5

Investors

1

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

5

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has raised 5 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 26, 2024 from a Debt Financing - BNDE round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Dec 10, 2015
Series H - SES Networks Series H - SES Networks
-460.0M-
Oct 22, 2019
Debt Financing - AZA Finance Debt Financing - AZA Finance
-15.0M-
Oct 22, 2019
Debt Financing - BitPesa Debt Financing - BitPesa
-15.0M-
Apr 26, 2024
Debt Financing - BNDE Debt Financing - BNDE
-74.9M-

Investors

1

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is funded by 1 investor(s). New Development Bank Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
New Development Bank New Development Bank
Yes
Debt Financing - Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
100.0M

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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