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Capricorn Capital Partners

UK, Hong Kong & Malta

About

Capricorn Capital Partners is a family-owned private investment firm with offices in Johannesburg, London, Hong Kong and Malta.  The firm’s approach and investment philosophy are grounded in family values. Capricorn builds intergenerational businesses and teams that develop long-term value growth for all stakeholders.


Capricorn is an associate of Yellowwoods, whose investments include: the Hollard Group (a global insurance business and South Africa’s largest privately-owned insurance company), the Redsands Group, Auto & General, Clientele and the Budget Group; Nando’s, an international restaurant group;  Spier Wine Farm and Hotel and &Beyond, luxury game lodges in Southern Africa and South America.

Capricorn UK

Capricorn UK was founded in 2009 with two strategic pillars:

  1. Multi-Family Office Services
  2. Financial Technology Investment and Development

Capricorn HONG KONG & MALTA

Capricorn Hong Kong was established in 2016 to expand Capricorn’s Multi-Family Office and Corporate Service offering into Asia and Capricorn Malta was established in 2018

Capricorn SOUTH AFRICA

Founded in 1994, Capricorn started as the private equity team of the Hollard Insurance Group. In 2003, Capricorn Capital Partners was formed in Johannesburg as a separate business.

Strategic Pillars

1. Multi-Family Office Services

Capricorn UK is very proud to be associated with and provide Multi-family Office Services to a select few families and individuals

These services include:

2. Financial Technology Investment

Capricorn UK develops, invests and consults in Financial Service Technology opportunities in the following sectors:

  • Online Casino, Sports Betting and Gaming
  • Niche Lending
  • Insurance
  • Digital Marketing and Web Development
  • Payments and Digital Wallets

The Capricorn UK Team cover the key disciplines needed to build value and mitigate risk in FinTech start-ups:

  • Data Science, AI and Machine Learning
  • Technical Architecture and Development
  • UI/UX, Conversion Optimisation, Website and App Development
  • Project Management
  • Financial Accounting & Management Reporting
  • Corporate Strategy
  • M&A and Corporate Finance
  • 20+
    Companies
  • 350+
    Staff
  • 10+
    Countries in operation
Capricorn Capital Partners - Companies

OUR TEAM

Directors

Geoff Snelgar
Chairman
Robert Gottlieb
Patrick Snelgar
Philip Deutsch
Head of Data Science
Robin Harris
MD Hong Kong office

Execution Team

Mylene Fourie
Head of Project Management
Dean Johnston
Chief Technology Officer
Nicola Vella
Chief Financial Officer
Ben Moody
Head of Retention
Adam Lewis
Data Scientist
Marco Wong
Data Scientist
Nathan Pearce
Data Scientist
Aiden Aslam
Data Scientist
Tom Piercey
Front End Developer
Ioto Iotov
Principal
Robert Payne
Technical Lead
Daniel Wright
Product Manager
Jonathan Lane
Lead Designer
Connor Coutts
Account Manager
James Kelly
Business Intelligence Developer

Corporate Services Team