Hodgson Capital experience
Capital raising and strategic advice
Advice to established businesses across industrial, resources and related sectors.
Independent M&A and corporate finance
Senior advice for consequential transactions.
Hodgson Capital advises business owners, boards and investors on M&A, capital raising, public listings and complex shareholder decisions across South Africa and selected cross-border markets.
Advisory-ledM&A, capital raising and public listings
Principal capitalSelective HPI investment and co-investment
Direct involvementFrom first discussion to completion
Advisory
The commercial objective comes first.
We advise owners, boards, corporates and investors on transactions where preparation, judgement and disciplined execution determine the outcome.
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Sell-side M&A
A controlled process designed around value, certainty and the shareholders' wider objectives.
Buy-side M&A
Focused origination and disciplined assessment for acquisitions that must work after completion.
Capital raising and listings
Capital and public-market execution shaped around the business, the plan and the shareholder objective.
Complex transactions
Independent judgement where ownership, capital, incentives and regulation must align.
Selected areas of experience
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Representative areas in which Hodgson Capital advises clients and deploys aligned principal capital. Individual engagements are described only where appropriate.
Hodgson Capital experience
Ownership and management transactions
Advice and aligned capital in selected management and shareholder transitions.
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Technology transactions
Strategic and transaction advice to shareholders of technology-enabled businesses.
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Value creation and growth capital
Value-creation planning and capital advice for established businesses pursuing growth.
Principal Investments
Capital for situations where alignment and execution matter.
Hodgson Capital invests its own capital selectively where transaction judgement, ownership alignment and active strategic support matter as much as funding.
Public case study
From take-private to two successful realisations.
Hodgson Capital was involved in originating and executing the Torre take-private, then invested alongside Ethos in Synerlytic through its separation and two distinct 2024 realisations.
Read the Torre and Synerlytic case studyWhere experience is most relevant
Context improves the quality of the decision.
Sector labels are useful only when they sharpen the questions. We focus on operating models and transaction situations where the firm has relevant context.
Industrials and manufacturing
Engineering, industrial equipment, specialist manufacturing, testing and technical services.
Mining, energy and infrastructure
Mining services, analytical services, renewable energy and infrastructure-linked opportunities.
Financial services, technology and business services
Regulated financial services, digital payments, enterprise technology, AI-enabled businesses and specialist services.
Senior involvement
The advisor who wins the mandate remains accountable for the work.
Founder Michael Hodgson brings more than 18 years of relevant experience and remains directly involved from initial framing through negotiation, diligence and completion.
About Hodgson CapitalA consequential decision deserves direct attention.
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