Baylis Emerging Markets Employee Directory
Venture Capital and Private Equity PrincipalsNew York, United States2-10 Employees
Baylis Emerging Markets is a venture capital and private equity firm that operates with a disciplined, analytics-driven approach to investing in African markets. Its objective is to facilitate the financing of Africa’s industrialization by deploying capital from the United States into manufacturing, light industrials, telecommunications, and digital infrastructure across the continent. The firm emphasizes rigorous due diligence, strong compliance, and ESG considerations, aiming to create measurable impact alongside financial returns. Based in New York City with an office in Lagos, Baylis positions itself as a woman- and minority-owned firm with a pan-African investment remit. Its flagship vehicle, the African Industrial & Telecommunications Growth Fund, targets established companies and assets in its focus sectors, leveraging its experience in frontier markets private equity to support long-term growth and modernization in African industries.