Private equity firm
Investisseurs & Partenaires
Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) is a pioneering impact investment group entirely dedicated to financing and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups in Sub-Saharan Africa. Founded in 2002, the firm operates as an alternative asset manager, focusing on the "missing middle"—businesses too large for microfinance but too small or risky for traditional private equity.
Investment focus
- Sectors
- Financial servicesEnergy and powerConsumerTechnologyAgriculture and foodManufacturing and industrialsHealthcareSMEs
- Stages and strategies
- SeedSeries AGrowthFund investments
- Instruments
- EquityDebtMezzanine
- Regions
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa
- African markets named in public materials
- Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire
Funds managed
- I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs I (IPAE) 2012 $71m
- Financing for Agricultural SMEs in Africa (FASA)
- I&P Accélération au Sahel
- I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 2 (IPAE 2)
- I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 3
- I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs 3
- I&P Développement 2 (IPDEV 2)
- I&P Développement 2 (IPDEV 2)
- I&P Développement I (IPDEV I)
- I&P Développement I (IPDEV I)
Fund commitments
Sources
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026