AAF SME FUND
AAF SME FUND is a venture capital firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa, focused on startups in FoodTech & Agriculture and AgTech & Agriculture. This profile covers its focus and how founders can get in front of it in 2026.
- Investment focus
- FoodTech & AgricultureAgTech & Agriculture
- Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Portfolio companies
- 7+
- Latest deal on record
- October 2014
About AAF SME FUND
AAF SME Fund is a private equity fund for food production and processing SME's managed by Databank Agrifund Manager Limited.
Databank Agrifund Manager Limited (DAFML) is a Mauritian registered pan-African focused private equity group with specialty interest in agriculture and food production value chains. DAFMLs investment principle is aligned with preserving the basic human rights of self-sufficiency through food security. The firms focus is to create transformational opportunities for companies in the Agribusiness sector to enhance food production on the continent, whiles making above market long term returns for its financial sponsors. The firm manages the AAF SME Fund, which focuses on growth equity investments within the continent.
DAFMLs investment team members are domiciled in Africa across its registered offices in Mauritius, Ghana and South Africa. Through its relationship with Phatisa, the Fund Manager of the African Agriculture Fund (AAF), DAFML has additional presence in Kenya and Zambia.
DAFML is affiliated with the prestigious Databank Group, a full-house investment banking and brokerage firm with over 20 years experience in Africa, headquartered in Accra, Ghana.
Source: the organization's public company profile.
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AAF SME FUND is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. You can reach out from anywhere with a pitch that matches its focus.
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