Onto the world's major exchanges, from anywhere in the world. One firm, every step — from origination to listing day.
Most companies that are ready to list never do. The world's biggest banks won't touch them — the deals are too small. Local brokers can't reach the exchanges they need.
We built Von Hartmann & Partners specifically for that gap. We exist for one reason: to take growing companies public — onto the world's major exchanges, from anywhere in the world.
We get in early. We move fast. We see it through to listing day.
Headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg, with active mandates and partnerships spanning the United States, the United Kingdom, Asia-Pacific and Africa. We are independent — no proprietary book, no syndicate desk, no competing positions.
Our edge is sequence: we find listing-ready companies before they engage a bank, and we compress months of manual assessment into days using a proprietary, AI-augmented diligence stack. Then we execute, human-led, mandate to bell.
From the moment we identify a company as listing-ready through to the day it trades, we run the full process. Origination, structuring, documentation, investor access, execution. One firm. Every step.
Before a company lists, its shares can be worth significantly more than most people ever get to participate in. VHP creates structured, compliant access to pre-IPO positions in companies within our active listing pipeline.
We help companies raise capital, restructure, and prepare for public markets on their own terms. Capital markets, investment banking, energy and infrastructure, biotech and financial services.
Companies like SpaceX, Klarna, and Anthropic were valued in the hundreds of billions long before they ever listed publicly. That value creation was always there — most people just couldn't access it.
VHP changes that. We give qualified investors structured access to pre-IPO positions in companies we are actively taking to market. Every opportunity is tied directly to our IPO pipeline and properly documented.
OPay is one of Africa's fastest-growing fintech platforms, operating across Nigeria, Egypt, and Pakistan. The company has built one of the largest consumer financial-services footprints on the continent and is among the most-watched pre-IPO names in emerging-market fintech.
Pre-IPO access is available to qualified and institutional participants under applicable regulatory frameworks. Reference companies are illustrative of pre-IPO value creation and are not offered through the platform.
We identify companies before they engage an investment bank. That isn't how the industry usually works — it's our edge.
AI compresses months of manual assessment into days. You get answers in the first meeting, not the fifth.
No proprietary book. No competing mandates. Our only objective is your listing.
NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE, HKEX, JSE. Not aspirational — operational.
From pre-IPO access through to listing day, in one firm. We don't hand off.
Institutional Intelligence. Precision Execution.