Capria is a global investment firm leading the largest network of fund managers collaborating to deliver superior returns in emerging markets
What We Do
Capria invests in venture capital, private equity, and other debt and equity funds backing early-growth businesses. Capria enhances fund managers’ ability to deliver superior returns through the network effect of collaborating fund managers, a proprietary investment platform backed by deep intellectual property, and advisory services.
CAPRIA
INVESTMENT
We provide capital tailored to meet the needs of fund managers investing in high-growth emerging markets of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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CAPRIA
NETWORK
We bring together and facilitate engagement across all Network members who deeply collaborate to achieve superior returns.
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CAPRIA
SYSTEM
We provide an investment system along with an in-depth, strategic, and long-term partnership designed to improve your fund financial returns.
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Our Affiliations
Capria is part of a diverse global community of organizations interested in deepening their engagement with the emerging market investment industry. Here are some of our prominent partnerships:
If you are a fund manager in an emerging or frontier market, we'd love to learn more about your team and investment strategy. We evaluate funds on an ongoing basis.
Selected funds will receive an investment, participate in the Capria Network, and access to the Capria platform and advisory services.
About Us
We have deep experience securing, deploying, and returning capital with some of the world’s most prominent individual and institutional investors backing us.
Dave Richards
Managing Partner – “The Operator”
Will Poole
Managing Partner – “The Scaler”
Jack Knellinger
Partner – “The Pioneer”
DAN KRANZLER
Senior Partner – “The Communicator”
We believe in investment strategies that produce both superior financial returns and scaled impact. Local professional investing teams are the key to unlocking both.
Recent Updates
Information, tips, and industry insight on early-growth emerging market investing and fund management.
Latin America VC latest trends
Venture capital is significantly contributing to this trend by helping scale upcoming businesses.
Lessons in gender-smart investing from Unitus Ventures, a Capria Network member
Capria offers Gender Lens investors the opportunity to support and benefit from funds with female leadership. Six out of Capria Networks 19 fund managers include females in leadership, with two teams that are exclusively women-led and 4 teams that have women partners or principals.
Gender-Smart Impact Investing in Emerging Markets
As Capria brings new fund managers into the Capria Network, we are committed to continuing to increase the integration and propagation of gender smart investing principles into our capacity development within the Capria organization and for our network fund managers.
Lessons in gender-smart investing from Capital Invent, a Capria Network member
Capria Network Member, Capital Invent’s Managing Partner, Jana Boltvinik shares insights on how and why to increase women’s participation in investing and the kind of impact it will bring within the investing ecosystem in emerging markets. Is gender-smart investing the game changer?
Lessons in gender-smart investing from Lateral Capital, a Capria Network member
Capria offers Gender Lens investors the opportunity to support and benefit from funds with female leadership. Six out of Capria Networks 19 fund managers include females in leadership. Is gender-smart investing the game changer?
Lessons in gender-smart investing from Brightmore Capital, a Capria Network member
Capria offers Gender Lens investors the opportunity to support and benefit from funds with female leadership. Six out of Capria Networks 19 fund managers include females in leadership, with two teams that are exclusively women-led and 4 teams that have women partners or principals.
Lessons in gender-smart investing from Terra Global Capital, a Capria Network member
Capria offers Gender Lens investors the opportunity to support and benefit from funds with female leadership. Six out of Capria Networks 19 fund managers include females in leadership, with two teams that are exclusively women-led and 4 teams that have women partners or principals.
Capria is Among First Adopters of IFC’s New Impact Principles
Capria has been practicing impact management since its inception in 2015 and now will be joining 59 other investors to adopt the Operating Principles for Impact Management
Scaling Impact while enhancing financial returns via Impact Management – Part I
Capria has been practicing pragmatic impact management using a roadmap that enables firms to align their impact investment strategies with traditional investment processes.
Overheard at the Latin American Impact Investing Forum
The ninth Foro Latinoamericano de Inversión de Impacto (the Latin American Impact Investing Forum, or simply “the FLII”), had quite a few interesting insights related to the Latin American markets.
Tandem biking, eLearning and impact Investing – My internship at Capria
Who would have thought I’d learn how to ride a tandem bike as well as impact investing?
Problems faced by early-growth business fund managers in Africa that no one is talking about
Almost every fund manager in Africa wants to build and support scalable businesses that not only help homegrown start-ups flourish but also have profit at the heart of these investments. In recent years, Africa has captured the appetite of international investors. As per a report by Africa Business Central, venture funding jumped over 50% in […]
