Track Record
Through our Founder, we have handled over US$600 million in transactions (proprietary/advisory) over the past 10 years and successfully built businesses that have been listed publicly. Read on for some of the notable transactions our Founder has handled.
2007 - INVESTMENTS & ADVISORY
FOUNDER
US$250,000
Founded Brainworks Capital with a vision of building it into a leading investment and advisory firm in Zimbabwe.
2009 - BANKING
ACQUISITION
US$4.6 million
Acquisition of 28% shareholding (secondary shares) in Premier Finance Group Limited, a registered commercial bank in Zimbabwe.
2009 - BANKING
CAPITAL RAISING
US$5.2 million
Disposal of 54% shareholding (secondary shares) Premier Finance Group Limited to ADC African Development Corporation AG.
2010 - BANKING
CAPITAL RAISING
US$10 million
Privately placed 60% shareholding (newly issued shares) in Premier Finance Group Limited to Ecobank Transnational Incorporated.
2011 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
CAPITAL RAISING
US$3.7 million
Privately placed 73,675,375 newly issued ordinary shares in Brainworks to Pension Funds in Zimbabwe.
2011 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
CAPITAL RAISING
US$7.8 million
Privately placed 129,291,366 newly issued ordinary shares in Brainworks to Pension Funds in Zimbabwe and ADC African Development Corporation AG.
2011 - BANKING
CAPITAL RAISING
US$11.5 million
Arranged the disposal of 23,495,843 ordinary shares publically held in ABC Holdings to ADC.
2011 - BANKING
RIGHTS OFFER
US$50 million
Underwriting and acquisition of control in ABC Holdings Limited by African Development Corporation AG.
2012 - FINTECH
CO-FOUNDER
US$490,000
Co-founded GetBucks Zimbabwe with MyBucks SA, a microfinance bank, and listed it on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange at a market cap of US$37 million in 2016.
2012 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
CAPITAL RAISING
US$2 million
Privately placed 20,000,000 newly issued ordinary shares in Brainworks Limited to Red Rock Capital, a Mauritius investment company.
2013 - LOGISTICS
CAPITAL RAISING
US$2 million
Privately placed 49% shareholding (newly issued) FML Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Private) Limited to Union African Special Investments Limited, a Mauritius investment company.
2013 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
CAPITAL RAISING
US$4.4 million
Privately placed 55,000,000 newly issued ordinary shares in Brainworks Limited to Red Rock Capital, a Mauritius investment company.
2013 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
CAPITAL RAISING
US$2.5 million
Privately placed 25,000,000 newly issued ordinary shares in Brainworks Limited to Blue Air Capital, a Mauritius investment company.
2013 - FINANCIAL SERVICES
MANDATORY OFFER
US$4 million
ADC African Development Corporation AG mandatory offer to ABC Holdings minority shareholders.
2014 - FINTECH
CAPITAL RAISING
US$9 million
Arranged the disposal of 2,000,000 ordinary shares in GetBucks Limited (MyBucks SA) to an international investor.
2014 - FINANCIAL SERVICES
ACQUISITION
US$210 million
Atlas Mara acquisition of 100% shareholding of ABC Holdings Limited.
2014 - FINANCIAL SERVICES
ADVISER
US$130 million
Atlas Mara acquisition of 100% shareholding of ADC African Development Corporation AG.
2014 - FINTECH
DEBT RAISING
US$5 million
Arranged bank debt to GetBucks Zimbabwe from NMB Bank Limited.
2014-2015 - HOSPITALITY
ACQUISITION
US$14.8 million
Structured and executed the takeover of control (57% shareholding through a book building process) in African Sun Limited, a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed company.
2007-2015 - REAL ESTATE
ACQUISITION
US$27.4 million
Structured and executed the takeover of control (67% shareholding through a book building process) in Dawn Properties Limited, a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed company.
2014 - FINTECH
DEBT RAISING
US$5 million
Structured and executed an on-going commercial paper funding programme for GetBucks Zimbabwe with Pension Funds in Zimbabwe.
2014 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
CAPITAL RAISING
US$5 million
Privately placed 62,500,000 newly issued ordinary shares in Brainworks Limited to Blue Air Capital, a Mauritius investment company.
2014 - FINTECH
ACQUISITION
US$4 million
Acquisition of Nettcash, a mobile payment platform, by Mozido LLC, a USA based mobile payments company.
2015 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
CAPITAL RAISING
US$8 million
Privately placed 87,500,000 issued ordinary shares in Brainworks Limited to Blue Air Capital, a Mauritius investment company, on behalf of Atlas Mara.
2015 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
PLACEMENT
US$30 million
Placed 352,420,000 newly issued ordinary shares in Brainworks Limited to existing shareholders in a Rights Offer.
2016 - CAPITAL MARKETS
LISTING
US$3.5 million
Listing of GetBucks Zimbabwe on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
2016 - CAPITAL MARKETS
LISTING
US$25 million
Listing of MyBucks on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
2016 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
ACQUISITION
ZAR87 million
Acquisition of a controlling stake in Ecsponent Limited, a Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed financial services business.
2017 - INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
RIGHTS OFFER UNDERWRITING
ZAR20 million
Underwriting of Rights Offer for Ecsponent Limited, a Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed financial services business
2016 - CAPITAL MARKETS
LISTING
US$30 million
Launch and Listing of GetBucks Zimbabwe Medium Term Note on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
2017 - ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Recognised by the London Stock Exchange as one of the top companies to inspire Africa in 2017, in the inaugural edition of London Stock Exchange Group’s Companies to Inspire Africa report.
2017 - CAPITAL MARKETS
Listing of Brainworks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
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