# Development Partners International: portfolio, investments and team

> Development Partners International is a private equity based in United Kingdom. 4 investments on record, latest Oct 2025.

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# Development Partners International

Last cheque observed Oct 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Private equity Quiet

Seed Series A Series B Healthcare Financial Services Technology

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **379** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$139M** Rounds led **2 of 4**

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## Development Partners International highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Growth and Series C: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 2 rounds

## What they do

> Development Partners International (DPI) is a private equity firm deploying global capital to unlock potential in Africa’s high growth, high impact companies. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Healthcare Financial Services Technology
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2025** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Moniepoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/moniepoint)** Series C · NG · Disrupt Africa **$200M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[MNT-Halan](https://millionrounds.com/company/mnt-halan)** Growth · EG · Disrupt Africa **$158M** With 5 others
- **2024** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Moniepoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/moniepoint)** Series C · NG · Disrupt Africa **$110M** *Led*
- **2021** 1 round
- **Sept** **[MNT-Halan](https://millionrounds.com/company/mnt-halan)** Growth · EG · Lorax Capital Partners **$120M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **12 named**

AA **Adefolarin Adebayo Ogunsanya** Partner i Form ADV

BK **Babacar Ka** Member i Form ADV

EG **Eduardo Gutierrez-Garcia** Member i Form ADV

JS **James Stanford Griffiths** Partner i Form ADV

JY **Joanne Yoo** Member i Form ADV

MS **Marc Stoneham** Member i Form ADV

MQ **Miles Quintin Morland** Member and Chairman i Form ADV

RA **Rosemary Anne Fletcher** Member and Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

RN **Runa Nurunnessa Alam** Member and Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV

SL **Sofiane Lahmar** Member i Form ADV

TI **Takudzwa Itai Mutasa** Member i Form ADV

ZA **Ziad Abaza** Partner i Form ADV

We also hold **15** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$6.4B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Development Partners International LLP
- **SEC number:** CRD 160177

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**4** of 28 we have independently watched raise

[Channelvas](https://millionrounds.com/company/channel-vas)[Kelixbio](https://millionrounds.com/company/kelix-bio)[Mnt-halan](https://millionrounds.com/company/mnt-halan)[Moniepoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/moniepoint) Alameda-hc Axamansard Banqueatlantique Biopharmdz Btech Calbank Cmgp Cofinacotedivoire Dolidol Eatontowers Egic Foodconceptsplc Generalemballage Homechoice Ifsafrica Letshego Libstar Panafricantowers Rtt Sicam-tunisia Solevogroup Touax Ukheshe Upm

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**CMGP** **Undisclosed** Sept 2018

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$139M** the round, not its cheque

Led 2 of 4 rounds **50%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth *2*
- Series C *2*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Google's Africa Investment Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-s-africa-investment-fund) 2
- [International Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc) 2
- [Lightrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightrock) 2
- [Lorax Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lorax-capital-partners) 2
- [Verod](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verod) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Development Partners International. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Google's Africa Investment Fund** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-s-africa-investment-fund)[**International Finance Corporation** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/international-finance-corporation-ifc)[**Lightrock** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightrock)[**Lorax Capital Partners** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lorax-capital-partners)[**Verod** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verod)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Development Partners International put money into.

[**MNT-Halan** $158M · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/mnt-halan)

## Quick answers about Development Partners International

### What does Development Partners International invest in?

Development Partners International invests most often at Growth and Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Healthcare, Financial Services and Technology.

### How active is Development Partners International?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Oct 2025.

### What has Development Partners International invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Moniepoint (Series C, Oct 2025) and MNT-Halan (Growth, Mar 2025).

### How big are Development Partners International's cheques?

The median round it joins is $139M.

### Is Development Partners International investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2025.

### Who does Development Partners International invest alongside?

Most often Google's Africa Investment Fund (2 rounds together), International Finance Corporation (2 rounds together) and Lightrock (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Development Partners International?

Development Partners International is a private equity firm based in London, United Kingdom.

### How much does Development Partners International manage?

About $6.4B, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

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