The Median Fund

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The Median Fund is a private equity Fund Management company based in Cape Town, South Africa and focused exclusively on the development and growth of small businesses. Notable primarily because it offers private equity investments in small and medium sized enterprises and start-up companies, it effectively combines private equity investments with venture capital risk.

Launched in October 2005 by CEO Joseph Stoltz, Median's first fund was the Izibulo^[1] SME Fund - and comprised a small number of high-net-worth investors who were prepared to make their capital available to this untested investment model. Based on the performance of the initial investments made, these initial funders were bought out in early 2008 by Khula Enterprise Finance Ltd^[2] and Metropolitan Asset Managers^[3] who together effectively doubled the size of the Fund.

[edit] Investee Companies

The Fund has four currently active investments. These range in size and scope from a small midwifery service to a major hydrocarbon absorbent production company with multi-national potential. The four companies are: Sunsorb Absorbents [1], Umzantsi Publishers [2], Signature Golf Art [3], and Sister Jenny's Pregnancy Centre [4].