OMPE Fund VI gains strategic backing from E Squared Investments

E Squared Investments has made a strategic capital commitment to Old Mutual Private Equity Fund VI, representing E Squared's first direct private equity fund investment. The partnership strengthens OMPE's positioning to back resilient South African businesses while enabling E Squared to expand its exposure to the region's mid-market segment through a differentiated fund manager.

OMPE Fund VI focuses on acquiring high-quality companies in partnership with strong management teams that demonstrate compelling growth tailwinds and high cash generation capabilities. The fund targets sectors critical to long-term South African economic development, including manufacturing and industrial operations, education, healthcare, financial services, tourism, and consumer-oriented businesses. OMPE's investment strategy emphasizes market-leading businesses with strong operational fundamentals and long-term growth potential, with a primary geographic focus on South Africa, though the firm has deployed capital across the broader African continent, typically through expansion strategies of its South African portfolio companies.

The investment aligns with E Squared's broader Fund of Funds strategy, which prioritizes capital allocation to high-performing fund managers, entrepreneurs, and businesses capable of generating strong commercial returns alongside measurable social outcomes. Through this approach, E Squared aims to construct a diversified portfolio with exposure to differentiated return profiles across the private-market spectrum while contributing to inclusive economic growth and sustainable value creation across South Africa and the African continent. OMPE's investment mandate reinforces this alignment, with the fund manager focused on driving measurable improvements in employment and transformation outcomes at the portfolio company level alongside commercial return generation.