Private Capital · Advisory · Venture Building

Private capital for Africa's growth businesses and funds

Twelve is an advisory and private capital syndication firm. We mobilize capital through trustee-led syndicates for growth businesses, venture capital funds and alternative assets.

What we do

We structure deals, bring investors together and oversee how the capital is governed.

Private Capital Syndication

We mobilize capital through trustee-led syndicates for growth businesses, VC funds and alternative assets. As a fund of funds syndicator and advisor, we enable accredited professionals and institutional investors to access Africa's leading VC and alternative asset funds.

For accredited professionals and institutional investors

Capital Structuring and Startup Advisory

We advise growth businesses on how to raise capital, including the right mix of equity and debt, and prepare them for conversations with investors.

For founders and growth businesses

Technical Advisory

We provide technical advisory services to private institutions, development finance institutions and government agencies to execute high priority projects for SME investor readiness, growth and economic development.

For private institutions, DFIs and government agencies

Venture Building

We build and operate companies that widen access to investing. Today these are Biya, TGI Club and Twelvevest.

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Our companies

Twelve is the holding company for Biya, TGI Club and Twelvevest. Together, these companies take people from learning about money with gamified tools to co-investing with others within syndicates.

Twelve  Holding company
Education

Biya

The Game of Clubs. A gamified financial education platform for university students across Africa.

11,000+ students reached across 6 Nigerian universities

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Community

TGI Club

The Green Investment Club is a community of 2,000+ investors in 38 countries who learn and invest together. Many of Twelve's syndicates are formed within the club.

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Members only

Twelvevest

A private digital platform available only to members of TGI Club, where members view and manage their participation in club opportunities.

Twelvevest is not open to the public. It does not advertise or solicit investment from the general public, and access is by TGI Club membership only.

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Track record

Capital deployed across private credit and venture capital.

$30M+

Private credit structured

Across fintech, agricultural projects, logistics and real estate projects.

90+

Startups in our VC exposure

As an LP in two leading African venture capital funds.

$14M

LAF Fund III

Lead LP and LPAC member. 56 portfolio companies.

$40M

Ventures Platform Fund IV

LP alongside leading development finance institutions.

Who we serve

Accredited professionals

Access to leading African VC and alternative asset funds through trustee-led syndicates.

Institutional investors

Sourcing, structuring and syndication into African funds and assets.

Growth businesses

Advice on structuring your raise, and access to our investor network.

DFIs and government

Programme design and delivery for SME investor readiness and economic development.

Contact

For enquiries about our advisory services, syndication or our companies, email us.