Asante Market Pulse – Winter 2023

Asante would like to thank all of you who took the time to complete the Asante Winter Survey, which has resulted in Asante donating a record sum to our partners at the Asante Africa Foundation. The foundation has positively impacted over 840,000 lives in East Africa, striving to empower the region’s youth by providing education programs and scholarships to the leaders of the future.

This 2023 Asante Winter LP Survey reflects a shift in investors’ sentiment as a fall in public markets creates denominator effect, reducing investor allocations for private markets. There were a host of “fear factors” that drove LPs’ slowdown from investing in private markets in 2022.

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Zamana, recipient of the 2023 Prince’s Trust International Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award Visit’s our London Office

We had the privilege of holding a breakfast with Zamana, the recipient of the 2023 Princes Trust International Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award at the Asante London Office.

Private Equity’s First-Quarter Fundraising Dollars Hold Steady but Closings Fall

Fraser van Rensburg, one of Asante’s managing partners, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal for an article by Chris Cumming about Q1 2023 private equity fundraising activity.

Ex-Carlyle exec’s shop Broad Sky closes in on target for debut fund

We are thrilled to announce that Broad Sky Partners, a private equity firm partnering with leading middle market business services and consumer companies, is making progress in building an outstanding new franchise.