Building Ventures and Creating Jobs for every Namibian
Manta Ventures connects investors and Namibian opportunities. We work with new ventures and existing businesses, supporting them on their development and capital raising journeys. For investors, we help find the right investments or partners.
Our mission is to make as many ventures as possible succeed in order to create jobs, empower people and inspire others to do the same so that Namibia and her people can shine to their full potential.
Creating Opportunities for Every Namibian
Manta Ventures was founded in 2022 to partner with, co-develop and advise new ventures and entrepreneurs to reach financial close and build their businesses. We are passionate about taking "opportunities" and turning them into businesses that grow the economy, create jobs, empower people and inspire others to do the same so that Namibia and her people can shine to their full potential.
Meet the Team
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Nicole Maske
DIRECTOR
Nicole began her career at McKinsey & Company in Johannesburg, consulting across sectors and functions in Africa. Subsequently she held strategic roles at Liberty Life South Africa as well as at Old Mutual Africa and Namibia, working on a range of critical business projects.
She was most recently the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Eos Capital which was set up in 2015 with the mission to sustainably grow the local economy by being a conduit for private investment in Namibia. She led Eos as Managing Partner to N$1bn (USD65m) of assets under management across a traditional private equity, an infrastructure and an agri-business fund.
She holds an MBA from London Business School, an Actuarial Science degree from the University of Cape Town, is a qualified actuary and holds the Financial Risk Manager (FRM®) qualification.
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Andrew Maske
DIRECTOR
Andrew began his career at McKinsey & Company in Johannesburg, serving clients in Mining, Financial Services and Telecommunications. He has spent the last decade in Executive roles in the Namibian Banking sector and was most recently the Chief Technology and Operations Officer at FirstRand Namibia.
He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.Bus.Sc (Actuarial Science) with First Class Honours from the University of Cape Town.
Matutura - 22 hectare residential development in Swakopmund
Manta led the equity fundraise for the development and construction of 143 free standing houses in Matutura Proper, Swakopmund.
Benguela Blue Aqua Farming - Africa’s first and largest salmon farming project
Manta is leading a fundraise to support the start up of Benguela Blue’s operations in Luderitz.
Otjimbele - asparagus agro-processing facility
Purchase of an asparagus farm and processing facility in Ruacana with the aim to diversify to table grapes as a high value export crop.
Current and Past Projects
Biogas - convert organic waste into clean power
Manta is leading the N$125million fundraise to build a biogas plant to generate renewable energy and produce high quality fertiliser.
Nopal - turning degraded lands into profitable powerhouses
Manta is co-leading the development of the first Nopal cactus farm in Namibia. Rejuvenating land, producing biofuel and generating verified, high quality carbon credits.
FarmAqua - African Catfish aquaculture farming for sustainable protein
Manta is co-developing an aquaculture facility raising African Catfish to provide Namibians with a sustainable, affordable source of protein and create 110 jobs.
Closwa - development of a facility to process wet game meat for export
Manta led a fundraise to support the development of a factory to process dry, cured beef and wet game meat for export to the EU markets.
Presidents Links Golf Estate - 148 hectare estate in Walvis Bay
Manta is supporting a fundraising round for the N$6.6billion development of a multi-purpose estate in Walvis Bay driven by oil & gas, mining, green hydrogen and investment migration.