Helios Investment Partners

Helios Investment Partners

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Overview

Helios Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts of going concerns, recapitalization, mezzanine, growth capital for private enterprises, restructurings joint ventures, startups; either green-field or brownfield; and the majority or blocking-minority structured investments in listed entities. It seeks to invest in the telecommunications, media, financial services, power, utilities, travel, leisure, distribution, fast-moving consumer goods, logistics, and Agro-allied sectors.

The firm prefers to invest in Africa with a focus on Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya. It seeks to invest between $15 million and $200 million in an individual transaction. The firm prefers to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. Helios Investment Partners LLP was founded in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Highlights

Founded

2004

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

40

Lead Investment

17

Exits

8

Stages

Seed, Private Equity, Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Location

Europe

Contact Information

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Helios Investment Partners, established in 2004 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Seed, Private Equity, Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture investments across E-Commerce, Advertising, Online Portals, Software, Venture Capital, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Financial Exchanges, Infrastructure, Telecommunications. The organization boasts a portfolio of 40 investments, with an average round size of $78.0M and 8 successful exits. Their recent investments include Mulu, ff Venture Capital, Helios Towers Africa, RIT Capital Partners, International Finance Corporation. The highest investment round they participated in was $83.9B. Among their most notable exits are Mulu and ff Venture Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Henry Obi

Henry Obi

COO, Partner, Public & Regulatory Affairs, Member of Investment Committee

imagePlace Babatunde Soyoye

Babatunde Soyoye

Managing Partner

imagePlace Dennis Aluanga

Dennis Aluanga

Partner

imagePlace Fope Adelowo

Fope Adelowo

Principal

imagePlace Christina Drews

Christina Drews

Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Member of Executive Committee

imagePlace Souleymane Ba

Souleymane Ba

Partner

Investment portfolio

Helios Investment Partners has made 40 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 02, 2023, when Nomba raised $30.0M.

Helios Investment Partners has made 2 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Sep 24, 2018, when Lionano raised $22.0M.

investments

40

Diversity investments

2

Lead investments

17

Number of exits

8

Investments

40

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Sep 23, 2021
Zola Electric Zola Electric
Energy45.0M
May 09, 2022--50.0M
Nov 10, 2022
IXAfrica DataCentre IXAfrica DataCentre
Information Technology50.0M
May 02, 2023
Nomba Nomba
Retail30.0M

Exits

8

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

40

Investors

0

Funds

2

Funding Rounds

40

Helios Investment Partners has raised 40 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 02, 2023 from a Series B - Nomba round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Sep 23, 2021
Private Equity Round - Zola Electric Private Equity Round - Zola Electric
-45.0M-
May 09, 2022
Series B - Paymob Series B - Paymob
-50.0M-
Nov 10, 2022
Venture Round - IXAfrica DataCentre Venture Round - IXAfrica DataCentre
-50.0M-
May 02, 2023
Series B - Nomba Series B - Nomba
-30.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

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
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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