{"id":57627,"date":"2025-11-17T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editing.capitalmind.com\/deals\/ipo-of-optasia-limited\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:58:03","slug":"ipo-van-optasia-limited","status":"publish","type":"deals","link":"https:\/\/www.investec.com\/advisory\/nl\/deals\/ipo-van-optasia-limited\/","title":{"rendered":"IPO van Optasia Limited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Investec trad op als Bookrunner bij de IPO van Optasia Limited ter waarde van R23,5 miljard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over de deal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Onze wereldwijde Investment Banking-teams in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Zuid-Afrika zijn verheugd te hebben opgetreden als Joint Bookrunner voor Optasia Limited bij de beursgang ter waarde van R23,5 miljard (USD 1,3 miljard) op het Prime Segment van de Main Board van de Johannesburg Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De kapitaalverhoging was meerdere malen overtekend aan de bovenzijde van de prijsrange, met een definitieve uitgifteprijs van R19,00 per aandeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over Optasia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optasia, opgericht in 2012, heeft zich ontwikkeld tot een van \u2019s werelds grootste AI-gedreven fintechplatformen voor microfinanciering en airtime-kredietoplossingen, waaronder scoring, kredietbesluitvorming, uitbetalingen en incasso\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Met deze oplossingen kunnen distributiepartners en financi\u00eble instellingen zinvolle financi\u00eble toegang bieden aan retailklanten en mkb-ondernemingen, waarvan velen anders buiten het traditionele banksysteem zouden vallen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De groep is uitgegroeid van een onderneming actief in \u00e9\u00e9n land tot een platform met meer dan 120 miljoen actieve maandelijkse gebruikers in 38 landen, waar dagelijks meer dan 31 miljoen transacties worden verwerkt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Het eigen B2B2X-platform van de onderneming stelt mobiele operators en financi\u00eble instellingen in staat krediet en liquiditeit beschikbaar te maken aan onderbediende doelgroepen, op basis van realtime data en AI-gedreven betaalbaarheidsanalyses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dankzij diepgaande integraties met mobiele netwerken en financi\u00eble ecosystemen levert Optasia schaalbare en verantwoorde financi\u00eble oplossingen die particulieren en kleine ondernemingen ondersteunen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Onze rol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wij zijn verheugd Optasia te hebben ondersteund bij deze belangrijke mijlpaal en kijken ernaar uit de onderneming ook als beursgenoteerde vennootschap verder te begeleiden in haar groei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deze transactie bevestigt opnieuw de reputatie van Investec als vertrouwde partner voor kapitaalverhogingen en aandelenemissies op de Zuid-Afrikaanse kapitaalmarkt. Daarnaast onderstreept zij de kracht van Investec\u2019s grensoverschrijdende capaciteiten en sterke positie binnen de fintechsector.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"content--block quoteBlock \">\n    <div class=\"holder\">\n        <div class=\"stories slide-up d-flex\" data-scroll=\"\">\n            \n            <blockquote class=\"stories__desc\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;max-width: 100%;\">\n                <span class=\"stories__desc_quote\">\u201c\u201d<\/span>\n\n                                    <div class=\"justified\"><p>Investec Bank is er trots op als Bookrunner te hebben opgetreden bij de beursgang van Optasia. Daarmee hebben wij geholpen waarde te ontsluiten voor zowel de onderneming als haar aandeelhouders. De notering van Optasia heeft beleggers in Zuid-Afrika en daarbuiten toegang gegeven tot een onderscheidend, AI-gedreven investeringsverhaal binnen financial services.<\/p>\n<\/div>                \n\n                                    <cite>&#8211; Jarrett Geldenhuys, Head of Listed and Multinational Corporate Client Group &amp; Head of Equity Capital Markets, Investec<\/cite>\n                            <\/blockquote>\n        <\/div><!-- \/.stories -->\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!-- ============= End of \/.QuoteBlock =============== -->\n\n<section class=\"content--block quoteBlock \">\n    <div class=\"holder\">\n        <div class=\"stories slide-up d-flex\" data-scroll=\"\">\n            \n            <blockquote class=\"stories__desc\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;max-width: 100%;\">\n                <span class=\"stories__desc_quote\">\u201c\u201d<\/span>\n\n                                    <p>Investec is verheugd een rol te hebben gespeeld bij de succesvolle beursnotering van Optasia op de JSE, de grootste Zuid-Afrikaanse IPO tot nu toe in 2025. 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