Ethos Exits Universal Industries to Rand Merchant Bank-led Consortium (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Source(s): Africa Capital Digest

RMB Corvest and RMB Ventures, investment arms of South Africa-based Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), together with South Africa-based Mineworkers Investment Company, have acquired South Africa-based industrial equipment manufacturer Universal Industries, giving Africa-focused alternative investment firm Ethos a full exit from the company. Ethos originally invested in Universal Industries in 2011 through Ethos Fund V. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.