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Convergence Partners

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Blurb

Convergence Partners is a technology-focused investment management firm.

HQ Location

South Africa

Founded

2006

Employees

11 - 50

Total funding raised

$38.62M

Last Funding Event

Debt Financing, $38.62M, May 12, 2014

Smart insights

  • Catherine Msc (Chief People Officer) worked at Lilium as Head of People Business Partnering for 1.5 years (2021 - 2022)
  • Val Miftakhov (Founder & CEO) worked at Google in various roles, including Head of R&D, Google for Work Incubation, for a total of 4 years (2012 - 2016)
  • 6m headcount growth: 25%
  • 1Y headcount growth: 94%
  • Headcount-to-last-round ratio: 5.3 employees/$M

Convergence Partners is a pan-African tech focused private equity player, delivering enhanced investment returns while underpinning Continental development. We have a proven track record of developing new investment opportunities as well as active adding value to investments across the lifecycle of tech assets.



As impact investors, Convergence Partners brings its skills, experience and capital to accelerate ICT infrastructure development in Africa, focusing on initiatives that increase availability of communications, broadband services and new technology offerings to the people of Africa