Emerging Capital Partners

Emerging Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 2000, headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in Abidjan, Johannesburg, Nairobi, and Paris. The firm specializes in a wide range of investment strategies, including seed, startup, growth capital, buyouts, and mezzanine investments, primarily targeting middle-market companies. Emerging Capital Partners focuses on various sectors, notably infrastructure, financial services, telecommunications, natural resources, agribusiness, and logistics, among others. The firm's investment approach emphasizes the African continent, with particular interest in countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. It typically invests between $1 million and $100 million in companies with enterprise values ranging from $1 million to $500 million, seeking both majority and minority stakes in its portfolio.