Fund vehicle
Helios Investors III L.P.
Helios Investors III, L.P. is a private equity fund managed by Helios Investment Partners, a prominent Africa-focused private investment firm. The fund's strategy is to acquire and build market-leading, diversified platform companies operating in core economic sectors across key African countries. It emphasises portfolio operations as a creator of value, focusing on the supply side of the economy by investing in businesses that provide core economic infrastructure, increase efficiencies, and reduce living and operating costs. Core investment themes include the rise of the urban consumer, financial inclusion/formalisation, growing intra-regional trade and import substitution, addressing the infrastructure deficit, and the potential revolution in agriculture.
- Manager
- Helios Investors
- Vintage
- 2014
- Strategy
- Private Equity
- Target size
- $1bn
- Size
- $1.1bn
- Status
- Fully Invested
Disclosed limited partners
Sources
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026