About Us
Our objective is to maximise returns for our investors. We do this by helping to build successful growth businesses, with financial, strategic and operating support. Where possible we pursue regional and pan-African opportunities.
Our Story
We provide primarily growth capital, and target investments of between $20m and $80m. Importantly, our relationships and experience can facilitate both larger equity tranche investments together with access to debt capital.
We establish a partnership with the businesses in which we invest. We seek out the most talented management teams, and work with them and other partners in the business to drive strategic development.
The Aurelia team has a rich mix of financial, strategic and investment experience. We also have valuable direct operating experience.
Sectors that we principally focus on:
- Transportation infrastructure (including port facilities, railways, airports and roads)
- Telecommunications projects
- Oil and gas facilities
- Water treatment projects
- Financial markets and banking projects
- Independent power projects
- Industrial and manufacturing projects
- Oil and gas facilities
- Real Estate projects
Our Advantage
We have a track record built over decades of building businesses across Africa and the Middle East – and doing so with significant returns. We understand the leadership requirements to build an effective organisation. As entrepreneurs we expect to match the energy and drive of the businesses with which we partner.
Our team are significant investors in the fund, ensuring that we are entirely aligned with the businesses in which we invest. We can move quickly, and while our decision-making processes are thorough and disciplined, our commitment is to a rapid response.
Our Values
- Excellence. Commitment to best practices and ongoing improvement through community, humidity, detail-orientation and precise decision-making.
- Long-term Approach. Patience and discipline to navigate volatile markets and build a stable and enduring business.
- Teamwork. Collaboration and trust across all functional areas and geographies, including a centrally- managed Executive team, which increases alignment of interests and provides the flexibility to deploy capital and advise, with knowledge, wisdom and understanding.
- Transparency. Open communication and useful sharing of information to maximise our internal effectiveness and ability to partner with others.
- Integrity. The strong standards of ethics, compliance, business conduct and fairness, fostering trust
- Risk Management. Focus on identifying and mitigating business and political risk across the spectrum, both investment and operational
