Best Asset Management Companies in Gauteng, South Africa
The 70 best Asset Management companies in Gauteng, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Liberty Holdings.
Ranked: Best Asset Management companies in Gauteng
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty Holdings Provider of financial advisory services | $377M | — | Acquired | — | 1957 | SwiperDynatraceGoogle Analytics+5 | — |
| 2 | Westbrooke Asset management firm | $171M | 31 mo ago | Late Stage | Jarred Winer Co-Founder | 2004 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+31 | — |
| 3 | Protea Capital Management Investment management firm | — | 54 mo ago | Series B | Jean Pierre Verster Ceo | 2019 | — | — |
| 4 | Sinayo Securities Investment management firm | — | 115 mo ago | Series B | Babalwa Ngonyama Chief Executive Officer | 2015 | — | — |
| 5 | Colourfield Diversified investment management firm | — | 118 mo ago | Series B | Nick Sennett Co-Founder & CIO | 2010 | — | — |
| 6 | African Phoenix Investments Diversified investment management firm | — | — | Public | — | 2017 | — | — |
| 7 | African Rainbow Life Provider of financial advisory services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2017 | — | — |
| 8 | Afrifocus Provider of retirement and wealth management services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2000 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
Top 5 Asset Management companies in Gauteng
#1
Late Stage · Sandton, Gauteng · founded 2004 · 2200 employees$170.9Mraised▾
Asset management firm
- Nov 2023Conventional Debt$30.6M
- Apr 2018PE$170.9M
#2
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 1957 · 5 employees$376.8Mraised▾
Provider of financial advisory services
#3
Series B · Germiston, Gauteng · founded 2019—raised▾
Investment management firm
- Dec 2021Series B—
#4
Series B · Sandton, Gauteng · founded 2015 · 5 employees—raised▾
Provider of security brokerage services intended to provide clients with quality-themed research. The company specializes in South African listed firm's equity sales and trading, enabling institutional investors to get leading insights into high-growth pan-African markets.
- Nov 2016Series B—
#5
Series B · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2010—raised▾
Provider of discretionary investment management services intended to mitigate investment-related risks. The company offers liability-driven investment services, equity management and money market services through various analytical models and theories, creating tailored investments that focus on the outperformance of liabilities and goals, rather than the industry-standard approach of focusing on market benchmarks, increasing the certainty of accurately determining and achieving the specific financial goals.
- Aug 2016Series B—
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