Teiken

We acquire half of mid-sized South African businesses,
leave the founder running the company,
and compound capital alongside them.

An AI-native investment holding company. R20–40m EBITDA. Per-deal SPVs. Quarterly distributions. No fund clock.

I'm a founderI'm an investor
Two readers

Same model. Different pitch.

The proposition is genuinely different depending on which side of the table you're on. Pick the version that's for you.

For founders

Diversify personal wealth without losing your business.

Stay in control day-to-day. Get a long-term partner with no fund clock and no exit pressure.

  • 01We take 50% — you keep 50% and the operational reins
  • 02Single transparent term sheet, non-binding until SPA
  • 03When you're ready to step back, the structure already contemplates it
Read the founders pitch
For investors

High-quality private cash flow, deal-by-deal.

Diversified equity in quality businesses at attractive prices, with contractual quarterly distributions.

  • 01Per-deal SPVs — no blind pool, full visibility before you commit
  • 0220% target cash yield at entry, ~25% target IRR
  • 03We share each opportunity individually with a small list
Read the investors pitch
The model

In three sentences.

01

We acquire 50% stakes in cash-generative South African businesses in the R20–40m EBITDA band, keep the founder running the company, and finance each deal individually with capital from family offices.

02

We combine structural discipline from Constellation Software, SA holdco architecture from SABvest, and talent thinking from Alpine — at a smaller deal-size band traditional PE cannot economically serve, run by two people leveraged with AI.

03

Our goal is to be the best-performing private investment vehicle in South Africa over ten years, the partner of choice for founders of high-quality small and mid-sized businesses, and a force for good in the country.

What we communicate

Simple. Trust. Transparent.

Simple

One model, one term-sheet structure, one philosophy. No fund jargon, no opaque vehicles.

Trust

The founder stays in control of the business they built. Investors see every deal individually before committing capital.

Transparent

Every fee, every cash flow, every governance right on a single page. Nothing buried.

Team

Two people, leveraged by AI.

A small head office is the point — not a constraint. AI-native operations are what let us run R500m of equity across twenty businesses out of two desks.

F

Fred

Co-founder

Private equity and financial-modelling background. Leads valuation, deal structure, and investor relationships.

CAPITAL · DILIGENCE · IR
L

Leo

Co-founder

AI-native operations. Builds the sourcing, diligence, and document-automation pipelines that let two people run a portfolio.

SOURCING · TOOLING · OPS

Talk to us.

Whether you own a business you might one day sell, or you allocate family-office capital and want to see deals as they come, the right first step is a conversation. No obligations.

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