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Top 50 Angel Investors in South Africa (October 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in South Africa startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Africa startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Phillip Sebole Masango
Angel
8 South Africa Seed, Series A, Private Equity Information Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence $700k–$14M
Hesham Zreik
Angel
7 United States, India, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $10k–$5M
Wes Schwalje
Angel
5 India, United States, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology $150k–$7.5M
Yossi Hasson
Angel
5 South Africa, United States, Ghana Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech $20k–$685k
Justin Stanford
Angel
4 South Africa Seed, Angel, Series A FinTech, Security, Financial Services $3.5M–$6.4M
Ragnar Sass
Angel
4 Estonia, Ukraine, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, Marketplace $206k–$5.9M
Martin Villig
Angel
4 Estonia, Spain, South Africa Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Education $116k–$6M
Vinny Lingham
Angel
4 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet $125k–$5.6M
Bill Paladino
Angel
3 South Africa Angel Real Estate, Rental, Internet
Renier Weideman
Angel
3 South Africa Private Equity, Angel Marketing, Advertising, E-Commerce $4.5k–$14k
Markus Villig
Angel
3 Estonia, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $230k–$6M
Mark Forrester
Angel
3 South Africa, Australia Seed, Angel, Series A Shopping, Software, Logistics
Leonard Stiegeler
Angel
2 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, B2B $1.3M–$6M
Bashar Hamood
Angel
2 United States, India, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $6k–$5M
Sebastian Stoddart
Angel
2 United Kingdom, South Africa Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Rental, Internet, Analytics
Michael Jordaan
Angel
2 South Africa, Mauritius, The Netherlands Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Information Technology, Education $1.2M–$1.5M
Wayne Gosling
Angel
2 South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Rental, Internet, Analytics
Bas Hochstenbach
Angel
2 South Africa, The Netherlands Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed B2C, Travel, Tourism $36k–$68k
Robby Hilkowitz
Angel
2 Hong Kong, Israel, Singapore Series A, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $1M–$4M
David de Picciotto
Angel
2 South Africa, United States, Brazil Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $550k–$24M
Kevin Gaskell
Angel
2 South Africa Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Advertising, Product Research, Information Technology
Walid Aradi
Angel
2 India, United States, Nigeria Seed, Angel, Series A Information Technology, Internet, Health Care $150k–$4M
Daniel Guasco
Angel
2 Uganda, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Rental, Internet, Software $60k–$110k
Frederik Gerner
Angel
2 South Africa, Germany, The Netherlands Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed B2C, Energy, FinTech $36k–$68k
Iain Williamson
Angel
2 South Africa Series A Information Technology, Apps, Internet $8.4M–$10M
Mato Perić
Angel
2 Germany, India, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce $2M–$100M
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Angel
2 United States, Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, FinTech, Software $172k–$30M
Michael Vaughan
Angel
1 United States, Brazil, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Software $3M–$100M
Will Herman
Angel
1 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software $400k–$8.8M
Llew Claasen
Angel
1 Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Corporate Round Logistics, Transportation, Retail $2.3M–$5.5M
Johan Bosini
Angel
1 South Africa, Egypt, Turkey Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, AgTech $3M–$8.4M
Shola Akinlade
Angel
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Education, Insurance $192k–$4M
Nitesh Banta
Angel
1 United States, Canada, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $500k–$24M
Paul Breloff
Angel
1 Mexico, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Banking, FinTech, Mobile Payments
Karim Beguir
Angel
1 Tunisia, France, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Andre Pienaar
Angel
1 Luxembourg, South Africa, United States Series F Information Technology, Cyber Security, Delivery
Michael Leeman
Angel
1 United States, South Africa Angel, Seed Apps, Publishing, Software
Vishal Agarwal
Angel
1 Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed FinTech, Finance
Marc Andreessen
Angel
1 United States, France, Germany Series A, Series B, Seed Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$80M
Jeff Dean
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Permjot Valia
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Angel Advertising, Video, Internet $110k–$788k
Anthony Nicalo
Angel
1 Kenya Pre-Seed Banking, FinTech, Embedded Software
Iqram Magdon-Ismail
Angel
1 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Series A Information Technology, Software, Social Media $50k–$16M
Emilian Popa
Angel
1 Egypt, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, Apps, Travel
Geoffrey D Fink
Angel
1 South Africa Seed FinTech, Payments, Point of Sale
Marko Virkebau
Angel
1 Estonia, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Energy, Mobile $636k–$2.4M
Tom Berckt
Angel
1 South Africa Angel Apps, Events, Printing
Nasir Jones
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Youcef Oudjidane
Angel
1 United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Organic Food
Alan Rutledge
Angel
1 United States, India, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
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Phillip Sebole Masango
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 8 investments in South Africa startups

Phillip Sebole Masango, is a South African C-Siute Executive and Venture Capitalist, a visionary who seamlessly navigates the intersections of Technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Development, Business Intelligence (BI), Design, Web, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, IoT, Digital Strategy, Creativity, and Innovation. With aproven track record of assuming CEO, CTO, and other top executive roles, he brings a rare fusion of technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic foresight to every venture he leads. Phillip doesn’t just build companies—he drives innovation, scales businesses, and redefines industries.A Mission Rooted in Empowerment and Progress: With extensive experience in the Startup Ecosystem, Technology Industry, Creative Industry, Digital Innovation, Management Consulting, and Venture Capital, Phillip thrives in environments where innovation flourishes. His mission is to empower individuals, startups, businesses, and organizations by delivering cutting-edge technology and digital solutions that drive exponential growth. However, his work extends beyond personal ambition—it is a devotion to serving humanity. Phillip is committed to creating a world where technology democratizes and decentralizes industries, enabling individuals and businesses to innovate, lead, and thrive. He envisions a future where technology not only liberates but also elevates and inspires—enabling companies to reach new heights and igniting a wave of global prosperity.A Legacy of Meaningful Success: For Phillip, success is not defined by accolades or financial gain—it is measured by the profound impact he creates. He refuses to chase success in pursuits that lack meaning, believing that true success comes from doing what one loves—better than anyone else—driven by passion, joy, and self-mastery. His approach to business and innovation is holistic, tackling challenges from multiple angles to fuel transformative change. He thrives in collaborative environments where boundaries are pushed, industries are reshaped, and new possibilities emerge.Yet beyond business, Phillip understands that life is a journey of emotions and meaning. He embraces every experience—both triumphs and challenges—as stepping stones toward a greater purpose. With unwavering dedication and a heart set on impact, he continues to push forward, leaving a legacy that will resonate for generations to come.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Private Equity
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$11M; Series A $1.6M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TRVL CAPE — Your Cape Town travel companion App. Your gateway to Cape Town! Quickly book flights, hotels, shuttles, and rental cars. Enjoy real-time updates, exclusive deals on our app! Let our travel experts help you plan the perfect trip to Cape Town. Let our skilled advisors craft a flawless itinerary for your journey.
  • The AI Studio — The AI Studio is an advanced artificial intelligence research and innovation hub operating under Amani Creative Studios. It is designed to enhance and integrate AI capabilities into our existing services, spanning Web2, Web3, cybersecurity, branding, and software development. Every solution we offer at Amani Creative Studios and Web3 Studio willnow be AI-powered and AI-enhanced, unlocking new capabilities in automation, prediction, personalization, and efficiency.AI-Powered Web3 Solutions – AI-driven smart contracts, blockchain forensics, and decentralized automation., AI-Driven Branding & Marketing – Intelligent content creation, data-driven strategies, and hyper-personalization, AI-Powered SaaS & Software Development – Automated workflows, predictive analytics, and intelligent decision-making, AI-Optimized UI/UX & Product Design – AI-powered design systems, adaptive interfaces, and automated A/B testing.
  • Cyrrix Cybersecurity — At Cyrrix Cybersecurity, we understand the importance of protecting your business from online threats. Our team provides a full range of cybersecurity services to help safeguard your company's sensitive information and systems. We offer comprehensive risk assessments, penetration testing, and incident response planning to identify and addressvulnerabilities in your network. Our managed security services provide ongoing monitoring and threat detection to keep your business protected around the clock. With our help, you can rest easy knowing that your company's valuable assets are secure.
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 7 investments in South Africa startups

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1171
  • Round size: Seed $20k–$2M; Pre-Seed $10k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Groccery store — Groccery store is a local Groccery store based in Hlotse, Leribe, Lesotho, designed to address a key challenge in the community
  • Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Mercy Community School — Mercy Community School is a community-driven education initiative based in Linda Compound, Lusaka, Zambia.
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Wes Schwalje
Angel · 5 investments in South Africa startups

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $360k–$1M; Series A $5M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
  • PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
  • Chhotastock — SAUDARATOTO adalah daftar situs toto slot dan bandar togel resmi 4D & 5D terpercaya yang menawarkan layanan aman, transaksi cepat, serta peluang menang besar setiap hari. Nikmati permainan lengkap dengan sistem stabil dan akses mudah kapan saja.
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Yossi Hasson
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 5 investments in South Africa startups

Yossi Hasson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metaversal and a Venture Partner at 2048 Ventures. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WeThinkCode_. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Techstars. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Blockchain, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, United States, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$120k; Pre-Seed $20k–$685k
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ozow — Easy, fast, safe online payments and bank API solutions for merchants and consumers across South Africa. Secure instant EFT directly from bank to bank.
  • Howler — Howler, is the powerful event technology platform designed at the uppermost benchmarks of service and technology to help consumers and event organisers to make moments that matter.
  • The Sun Exchange — The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar leasing marketplace. We leverage financial innovation and the power of the crowd to drive sustainable energy development and make the environmental, social and economic benefits of solar accessible and affordable for all. Through the Sun Exchange online platform, anyone, anywhere in the world, can buyremotely-located solar cells and then lease them to power businesses and organisations in sunny emerging markets. Solar cell owners earn income from the electricity that’s generated, while schools, businesses, clinics and other organisations gain access to affordable clean energy, reducing electricity costs and carbon emissions.
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Justin Stanford
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 4 investments in South Africa startups

Justin is a 31-year old entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist from Cape Town, South Africa. He is founder, MD, board member, advisor, or investor to a wide variety of companies in the global technology sector.Having grown up on a farm, he decided not to complete high-school and instead made the move to the city of Cape Town, topursue his dreams of being an Internet entrepreneur.Despite years of struggles and false starts in the wake of the dotcom crash in 2001, he ultimately went on to successfully launch and grow a pan-African Internet based software company from a garage in the suburbs of Cape Town.Have founded his first startup attempt at the age of 18, Justin has been involved in tech startups and entrepreneurial endeavours ever since.He is today the co-founder and MD of 4Di Group, a diversified investment management group and family office, and co-founding General Partner of early-stage technology venture capital firm 4Di Capital, as well as an active angel investor.As co-founder and Steering Committee Chairman of the Silicon Cape Initiative in 2009, designed to highlight and foster South Africa's nascent emerging tech startup ecosystem, Justin fully believes in South Africa’s potential as a global technology innovation hub.In 2011, he was listed by the Mail & Guardian for the 'Top 200 Young South Africans', and in 2013, listed by Forbes for '30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs'.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Security, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$6.4M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FitKey — SENGTOTO menghadirkan login alternatif game online dengan akses mudah pilihan permainan menarik hadiah beragam tampilan nyaman dan pengalaman seru setiap hari.
  • TaxTim — TaxTim helps South African taxpayers file with confidence using a simple, step-by-step experience linked to SARS eFiling.
  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
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Ragnar Sass
Angel · 4 investments in South Africa startups

Ragnar Sass is the Co-Founder of Darkstar Camp. He previously worked at LIFT99 as a Founder and CEO. Ragnar Sass attended Estonian Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Estonia, Ukraine, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $677k–$5.9M; Pre-Seed $206k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alvin — Highly accurate, automated column-level lineage, powering your data workflows.
  • BeTRITON — 100% electric recreational vehicle - revolution in sustainable travel. BeTRITON (formerly known as Z-Triton) offers extraordinary experience and freedom to travel both over land and water.
  • Around — The largest network of workspaces on flexible terms. We are a savvy team from Latin America providing fast-growing companies with on-demand access to flexible office space. Everywhere.We believe work at its best is always creative and collaborative, expressed with freedom, autonomy, and purpose; and the space surrounding us should help us achieveit, anywhere & everywhere.We are shaping the future of work today by improving workspaces and the rules around them, and helping innovative teams find their ideal space to make their best work every day — our first step on a journey to change the way we work and think about work.Our best work. Anywhere. Everywhere. We are Around.
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Martin Villig
Angel · Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia · 4 investments in South Africa startups

Martin is co-founder of Bolt.eu, Estonian Founders Society, Garage48.org, Good Deed Education Foundation and kood/Jõhvi coding school. Read more from http://martinvillig.com

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Estonia, Spain, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$6M; Angel $116k–$662k; Pre-Seed $303k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-buy car service for private clients.
  • Mentornaut — Mentornaut is a new online tutoring platform is aiming to increase inclusion in personalized education and counts Super angel, United Angels VC, and a list of EdTech advocates like Bolt co-founder Martin Villig, and Clanbeat co-founder Kadri Tuisk among its investors.
  • StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
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Vinny Lingham
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 4 investments in South Africa startups

Vinny Lingham is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rumi.ai(Waitroom). He previously worked at YPO as a Member. Vinny Lingham attended Harvard Business School Executive Education.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5.6M; Angel $125k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Glif — Interoperable tools for the Filecoin network
  • Afterparty — Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships
  • Shield USDT — US bank accounts built for international wholesalers and distributors. Same-day USD wires, USDT payments, escrow, and business credit cards.
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Bill Paladino
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa startups

Bill Paladino - Angel Investor @ Aella Credit

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Rental, Internet
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
  • reOS — Simplify Rental Property Management with reOS. Enjoy seamless bank integration to automate rent collections, reconciliations and payments, with advanced tools for leasing, tenant communication, and maintenance tracking.
  • The Student Hub — Black Ubuntu Technologies (BU Tech) is revolutionising education and career opportunities through innovative technology solutions, empowering individuals and
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Renier Weideman
Angel · 3 investments in South Africa startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Advertising, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Private Equity, Angel
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Private Equity $4.5k–$14k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Benoni Media — We are doing some work on our site. Please come back later. We'll be up and running in no time.
  • RBoT Media Agency — RBoT Media Agency: Your Comprehensive Digital PartnerIn the dynamic realm of digital marketing, RBoT Media stands as a beacon of excellence, offering a suite of tailored services designed to amplify your brand's voice in the digital landscape. As a premier Digital Marketing Agency, we specialize in crafting strategies that resonate, engage,and convert.Our expertise in Social Media Marketing ensures your brand's consistent resonance across platforms, from curated posts to engaging community management. With our Ad Campaign Management Service, we harness data-driven insights to craft compelling ads, targeting the right audience and maximizing ROI.Content is the lifeblood of digital engagement, and our Content Creation Service is second to none. Whether it's captivating podcasts, dynamic reels and shorts, engaging YouTube videos, or trend-setting TikTok content, we have the creativity and technical prowess to make your brand shine.In today's digital-first world, your website is often the first interaction potential customers have with your brand. Our Customized Website Design service ensures that this interaction is memorable, merging aesthetics with functionality to create sites that captivate and convert.At RBoT Media, we believe in a holistic approach to digital marketing. Our services are not just about transactions; they're about building lasting relationships. Under the visionary leadership of Renier Weideman, we're committed to elevating brands, fostering community, and driving digital excellence.Choose RBoT Media Agency, and embark on a transformative digital journey.
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Markus Villig
Angel · Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia · 3 investments in South Africa startups

Markus Villig is founder and CEO of Taxify. He attended University of Tartu.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Estonia, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $230k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Creem — Creem is the all-in-one platform where software companies run payments, taxes, affiliates and revenue - together Finance for humans building online
  • Bilt.me — Describe your app idea and Bilt builds it. Preview on your phone, publish to the App or Play Store when you're ready.
  • ScamGuardian.AI — ScamGuardian develops AI-powered victim simulations to capture actionable scam intelligence
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Mark Forrester
Angel · 3 investments in South Africa startups

Co-Founder & Advisory @ Castle One

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Shopping, Software, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reshop — Get your refund, fast.
  • reOS — Simplify Rental Property Management with reOS. Enjoy seamless bank integration to automate rent collections, reconciliations and payments, with advanced tools for leasing, tenant communication, and maintenance tracking.
  • Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
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Leonard Stiegeler
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Leonard Stiegeler is an entrepreneur & investor in projects unlocking potential. Educated in Europe, he founded companies across EMEA and is now investing globally. He is passionate to develop opportunities with & for others. The companies he co-founded include Jumia, now a leading eCommerce company in Africa and Pulse, now a leading mediacompany in Africa. His investments include Paystack, Flutterwave, Scalable Capital, Conversion and many more. Dedicated to creating trusted connections to enable potential, he founded two networks - Africa Collective, focused on elevating the continent's role globally, and Counder, focused on enabling visionary leaders embrace emerging trends & regions collectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
  • Bamba — Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far.
  • Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
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Bashar Hamood
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 631
  • Round size: Seed $11k–$1.9M; Pre-Seed $6k–$413k; Series A $33k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
  • Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
  • ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
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Sebastian Stoddart
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Sebastian Stoddart after working for 10 years as a product design consultant for top design consultancies in the US, Netherlands and UK, working for clients such as Samsung, Philips, Smith & Nephew, Compaq and Hewlett Packard, Sebastian formed his own company, albooto.com, to bring innovative products to market.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Internet, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
  • Boost Technology — Enabling informal small businesses to thrive in Africa's emerging digital economy
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Michael Jordaan
Angel · Stellenbosch, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Michael Jordaan, the former banker now heads up a private investment company, Montegray Capital and lends a strategic-hand to various businesses, including as Chairman of Wines of South Africa (WoSA), Chairman of consumer data buro, Compuscan and as Director on the JSE. Michael also actively invests as a partner in AngelHub Ventures, a SouthAfrican based Venture Capital Fund.In 2014 he co-founded a coding apprenticeship program, ProjectcodeX, to grow highly skilled software developers to fuel the digital economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, Mauritius, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VALR — Buy and sell bitcoin, ethereum & more | Pay anyone for free with VALR Pay
  • OfferZen — On OfferZen, Dutch tech companies reach out to you with upfront role and salary info so you can make the right career move.
  • Real Time Wine — Share your wine moments. Real Time Wine is the social wine discovery app for everyone who enjoys wine, not just those who understand it. [In App Stores NOW!]
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Wayne Gosling
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Wayne Gosling - COO @ Twangoo South Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Internet, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
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Bas Hochstenbach
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Bas Hochstenbach is the Co-Founder of Conservation Club. He attended Leiden University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Travel, Tourism
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Angel $36k–$68k
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DX Digital Africa — DX Digital Africa specializes in automotive intelligence to build capabilities for vehicles of the future. Optimizing processes and reducing maintenance costs throughout the lifecycle of vehicles from the factory floor to scrap yard.
  • Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
  • Zelda Learning — Zelda provides free online career guidance for students looking to enter university and then links them to bursary and study opportunities.
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Robby Hilkowitz
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Robby Hilkowitz is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong, Israel, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neat — Built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneursAs entrepreneurs our businesses are always in motion: starting from an idea, to making a first sale, to expanding globally. We need a financial experience that evolves with us – an experience that’s still stable and secure, but adaptive too. Banks were built for a different era of business, not for thenew economy – where borders are disappearing and it’s easier than ever to start a global business. Neat believes in making international business a reality for entrepreneurs around the world. Today, Neat is a modern alternative to a bank, designed to support you wherever you go. Tomorrow, we’re a platform for doing business: building a dynamic and frictionless economy.
  • Bambu — Bambu is a leading global digital wealth technology provider for financial institutions. We enable companies to make saving and investing simple and intelligent for their clients. The cloud-based platform is powered by our proprietary algorithms and machine learning tools. The company serves over 20 financial institutions globally. Founded in 2016,Bambu is headquartered in Singapore with a subsidiary in the United Kingdom and the United States and EMEA representatives.
  • MyPermissions — MyPermissions is an easy, powerful way to scan, control and clean up applications across Web and mobile that have permission to access personal data. MyPermissions offers two freemium products: MyPermissions Cleaner, an extension for Web browsers, and Permissions, a mobile app for iOS and Android, which protect users from unknowingly sharingphotos, documents, locations, contacts, emails, work history, political and religious affiliations ever again.
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David de Picciotto
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa startups

David de Picciotto - Co-Founder & CEO @ Pledge

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, United States, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$24M; Pre-Seed $550k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Quansa — Quansa offers on-demand pay, allowing workers to access earned wages after each shift. The platform connects with time and payroll systems so wages can be released without changing payroll cycles. Workers receive pay in a digital wallet and can use funds when needed. The service helps companies offer an extra work benefit to support employeeretention. Rules for attendance and seniority can be set through the system. The tool updates payroll records so month-end work stays clear.
  • Ezeebit — Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies.
  • FrankieOne — FrankieOne helps banks and fintechs make better decisions using a single API and dashboard to manage KYC/AML and fraud.
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Kevin Gaskell
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Advertising, Product Research, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Delvv.Io — delvv.io allows brands and agencies to get on-demand feedback from creative professionals anywhere in the world.
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Walid Aradi
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Omnisient — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
  • Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
  • Termii — Prevent transactions like logins, payments, checkouts, fraud alerts, and OTPs from failing using AI. Built for banks, fintechs and modern enterprises.
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Daniel Guasco
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Innovation. Leadership. Technology. Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Uganda, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $60k–$110k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
  • intelworld — Welcome to the intelworld twitter feed. We are an IT solutions provider. We focus only on the customer experience
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Frederik Gerner
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Frederik Gerner

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Energy, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, Germany, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Angel $36k–$68k
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DX Digital Africa — DX Digital Africa specializes in automotive intelligence to build capabilities for vehicles of the future. Optimizing processes and reducing maintenance costs throughout the lifecycle of vehicles from the factory floor to scrap yard.
  • Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
  • Zelda Learning — Zelda provides free online career guidance for students looking to enter university and then links them to bursary and study opportunities.
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Iain Williamson
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Iain was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company in July 2020, after serving as the Interim Chief Executive Officer from May 2019. He joined the Group in 1993 and following various roles across employee benefits and personal finance he relocated to London to a Corporate Development role at Old Mutual plc. In 2003, Iain returned to SouthAfrica serving in a number of roles across distribution, technology and finance before being promoted to CFO Retail Affluent and then managing director of the Retail Affluent segment. He was appointed as Old Mutual Emerging Markets’ Finance Director in 2015, as Chief Operating Officer in 2017 and has also previously been the Interim Chief Executive Officer in 2017.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $8.4M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SwiftVee — SwiftVEE is a livestock trading mobile app. They support live webcast livestock auctions and silent auctions. Their platform facilitates the discovery and viewing of livestock auctions.They provide webcast advertising, online auctions, and online livestock insurance services and data products for financial institutions.
  • Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
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Mato Perić
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Mato invests in technology companies globally. His portfolio companies have raised over US$ 5 billion in capital, employ >15,000 people and have operations in 35 countries across six continents.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $3M–$6M; Series A $8M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
  • Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.
  • Bamba — Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far.
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa startups

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the Founding Partner of Future Africa. He previously worked at Oby Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign as a Deputy Director General. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji attended the University of Waterloo - St. Jerome's University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$20M; Pre-Seed $172k–$2.1M; Series A $14M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
  • Rapport — Rapport understands how your people are doing, coaches everyone in your company's own language, and shows you it's working. Launches in Slack or Teams in days.
  • Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
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Michael Vaughan
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Michael Vaughan is based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is the Chief Executive Officer of North America of IG Group. Michael Vaughan previously worked at Stem Disintermedia as a Board Member. Michael Vaughan attended The Wharton School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $12M–$100M; Series B $28M–$61M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flip — Transfer uang, top up e-wallet & kirim uang ke luar negeri lebih mudah dengan Flip. Bayar pulsa, listrik, BPJS, PDAM, dan pembayaran lainnya bisa lebih hemat.
  • Kick — Daily bookkeeping for the modern business owner. Minimize your audit risk and only pay when you save. Join now and get your first $5,000 in Savings Credits.
  • Maplerad — Global payment infrastructure for businesses.
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Will Herman
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$2.8M; Series A $557k–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VueBox — VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles
  • Pristeem — The laundry & dry cleaning services industry has seen no hardware innovation in a long time resulting in 24 hr+ turnarounds, insanely expensive prices, and a complete lack of reliability. Pristēm has built a magical new clothing care experience that's 150x faster, 10x cheaper, and hassle free. Our smart hardware and consumable cleansyour outfit exactly when you need it, not 24 hours later.Our nationwide network of smart hardware products can be accessed through your mobile phone and a monthly subscription. Pristēm provides the best customer experience that's a faster, greener, and more enjoyable alternative to the laundry and dry cleaning services available today.
  • Looking Glass Factory — Introducing Looking Glass Portrait, your first personal holographic display. Designed for people, real and imagined. Available for pre-order today.
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Llew Claasen
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Llew is the Managing Partner of Newtown Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startup businesses. Founded and run by internationally successful entrepreneurs, Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen, Newtown Partners has an entrepreneurial focus that goes beyond investment. The team operatesout of offices in Cape Town, South Africa and Sunnyvale, California (Silicon Valley).Llew is a go-to-market strategist with almost two decades of senior management experience in cryptoassets (since 2012), digital product management and digital marketing.He co-founded Clicks2customers (rebranded to www.nmpidigital.com) with Vinny Lingham, now a global digital marketing agency with annual billings in excess of $100 million and Synthasite (rebranded to www.yola.com).Llew is also the former Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, the original, the oldest and the largest Bitcoin advocacy organization globally, headquartered in San Francisco, U.S.Llew has a Masters degree in the Management of Technology & Innovation and lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Transportation, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
  • Chefaa — Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning
  • SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.
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Johan Bosini
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Johan Bosini is based out of Cape Town, Western Cape and is the Partner of Quona Capital. Johan previously worked at JUMO.WORLD as a Managing Director : Digital Financial Services. Johan Bosini attended the Stellenbosch University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Africa, Egypt, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$6.8M; Series A $5M–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • enza — Our focus on providing the richest possible API environment means that enza clients can concentrate on solving business challenges and not waste valuable time and effort on technical integrations.
  • Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
  • Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
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Shola Akinlade
Angel · Sunnyvale, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Shola Akinlade s based out of Sunnyvale, California and currently works as the CEO for Paystack.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Education, Insurance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$4M; Pre-Seed $192k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
  • Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
  • Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
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Nitesh Banta
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Nitesh Banta is the Co-Founder & CEO at B12.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$16M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.5M; Series A $6.5M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Varda — Expanding the economic bounds of humankind with the world's first orbital manufacturing & reentry platform.
  • Chai Discovery — Building frontier artificial intelligence to predict and reprogram the interactions between biochemical molecules.
  • Draftboard — Refer your friends, community and following with our hiring platform, and get paid when they get hired! Start referring (or hiring!) now!
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Paul Breloff
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Paul Breloff is the founding managing director of the Accion Venture Lab. He has advised CGAP (an independent research center focused on financial inclusion and housed at the World Bank) on policy and technical issues related to branchless banking and has been engaged by Root Capital, Shell Foundation, BRAC, and others on access-to-finance issuesin Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Previously, Paul worked with SKS Microfinance, India’s largest microfinance institution, leading business development and strategic initiatives and assisting on capital raising. While at SKS, he led new product launches and managed strategic partnerships across mobile/mobile banking, energy, education, water, and rural distribution.He has also practiced corporate law with Mayer Brown, worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co., and worked as an advertising account executive for Leo Burnett.Paul has a bachelor of arts from Amherst College and a law degree from Yale Law School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Banking, FinTech, Mobile Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Mexico, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Clip — Clip is changing card acceptance in Mexico, offering different models of portable card-reading hardware to accept all credit and debit cards as well as other solutions. More than a device to accept all cards, Clip is an ally focused on empowering Mexican businesses.
  • CatalyzU — CatalyzU is a tech-enabled ecosystem that uses data and the community to help people find work, and advance their skills.
  • Billpocket — Billpocket convierte tu smartphone o tablet en una terminal punto de venta. Ya no tienes que esperar al banco y pagar exageradas cuotas de mantenimiento, fianzas y papel para poder cobrar con tarjeta. Simplemente necesitas una cuenta bancaria a donde puedas recibir tus cobros con tarjeta de débito y crédito.
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Karim Beguir
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Co-Founder & CEO of InstaDeep and Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning, Karim helps companies get a grip on the latest AI advances and deploy them in practice. A graduate of France’s Ecole Polytechnique and former Program Fellow at NYU’s Courant Institute, Karim has a passion for teaching and using applied mathematics. This encouragedhim to launch InstaDeep, nominated at MWC17 in the top 20 global startup list by PCMAG. He is on a mission to democratize AI and make it accessible to a wider audience.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Tunisia, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Dabchy — Created in 2016 by Ameni Mansouri, Ghazi Ketata, and Osama Mahjoub, Dabchy is a localized fashion marketplace where women can buy and sell their new or used fashion items online. Dabchy is headquartered in Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Uptale — Uptale provides an enterprise solution that enhances employee learning through immersive experiences in 360° and virtual reality. The platform allows organizations to create, share, and analyze training modules without requiring technical expertise.
  • Thunder Code — Transform your QA process with Thunder Code's AI-powered test automation platform. Create, manage, and run automated tests without coding - perfect for QA teams seeking efficiency, reliability, and seamless integration.
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Andre Pienaar
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa startups

André Pienaar is Managing Partner, Founder and Executive Chairman of C5 Capital, a specialist venture capital firm focused on cloud computing, big data analytics, artifial intelligence and cyber security. He is also a Mentor for C5 Nebula which aims to empower women aspiring to engage in the tech space.André founded C5 in 2014, to providelong-term support, private equity and venture capital to innovative cyber security companies. The firm is made up of a varied international team of investors and entrepreneurs and has offices in Washington, London, Munich, Luxembourg and Bahrain.A recognised expert on cyber law and cybercrime, André Pienaar started his career with Kroll in 1996 where he went on to hold the position of the company’s youngest ever Managing Director and also built and lead Kroll’s Africa & Natural Resources Division out of London prior to Kroll’s sale in 2004.Following this success, André Pienaar went on to launch G3 (which stands for Good Governance Group), an advisory consultancy which provided advice on regulatory compliance, risk mitigation and cyber security to its global client base.André is also a member of: • USIP (United States Institute of Peace) International Advisory Council • The National Council on White House History

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Cyber Security, Delivery
  • Stage:Series F
  • Geography: Luxembourg, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Parcelninja — ParcelNinja is an outsourced warehousing & fulfilment cloud service, aimed at providing ecommerce business owners a turnkey solution.
  • Cassava Technologies — Cassava Technologies is an innovative technology company encompassing fiber networks, data centers, renewable energy, cloud & cybersecurity.
  • Haven Cyber Technologies — Haven Cyber Technologies is an industrial holding which is focused on creating a European champion in Managed Security Solution Providers (MSSP) for enterprise customers. Haven brings together a network of organisations onto its platform, enabling it to offer a bespoke product suite to each client. Companies within Haven maintain their own brandsand management and benefit from innovation across the platform, which focuses on cloud computing, machine learning and automation and also provides companies with world-class talent and mentorship.
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Michael Leeman
Angel · San Diego, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Michael is the San Diego based Senior VP Business Development for Cognician, a self coaching and behavior change platform based in San Francisco. He is also a shareholder and director. Michael also has array of investments in and advisory roles with a number of other start ups, including Gyft, Yola, ChessCube and Skyrove.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Publishing, Software
  • Stage:Angel, Seed
  • Geography: United States, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Personera — Personera is a technology company focused on the development of Facebook applications and personalized products. Personera's unique platform allows brands to offer their communities a variety of branded print products or digital downloads, easily ordered directly from the brand's Facebook fan page and fully personalized with their socialnetwork content. Personera's platform is white-labeled and completely customizable for any unique brand identity. Products include calendars, photobooks, cards, and posters, and are available in professional print versions or digital downloads. All of their products include shared content between the brand and the individual consumer, creating a one of a kind keepsake or merchandise piece for every customer. Implementing Personera on websites or Facebook fan pages (or both) is easy. All it requires is installation of an app by adding a new tab to a fan page or embedding a line of code onto a website. Personera handles payments, printing and delivery via their global network.Personera's business model works on a per-sale revenue share basis, so there are zero setup fees for clients. They have a global network of commercial print partners that manage physical production and delivery of the products, ensuring high quality, fast and reliable service worldwide. Personera makes it easy for brands to monetize their Facebook page while engaging their fans with personalized product offerings. The Personera personalized products platform has been used by a variety of brands including leading magazines, musicians, celebrities and consumer focused companies.
  • Swiftly — Harness your public transit data with Swiftly's urban mobility solutions to make your city's mass transportation move more efficiently.
  • Appstores.com — Appstores is making it easier for consumers to find apps by giving small and large niche publishers and API/platform companies the tools to showcase apps most relevant to their users.
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Vishal Agarwal
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Vishal Agarwal serves as a Founder & CEO at ItsaCheckmate.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • OnePipe — OnePipe aggregates APIs from banks and fintechs into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate and makes partnerships seamless.
  • Momint — Momint is the Web3 investment platform of the future. The safest and easiest to use NFT marketplace in the world. Discover the real-world potential of NFTs.
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Marc Andreessen
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Marc Andreessen was the Co-founder of LoudCloud Systems.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $3.1M–$36M; Series B $3M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unite — We started Unite because we saw a problem.Two problems, in fact. A problem faced by marketplace sellers like you, who see high- quality traffic on your pages but have no way of retargeting shoppers who don’t end up purchasing, leaving potential sales on the table. And a problem faced by the marketplaces where you sell, which win by helping youdrive sales but aren’t equipped to offer you the sorts of online advertising tools like retargeting pixels, audience creation, and campaign management platforms that big brands have been using for years.That’s where we come in. Understanding these constraints and sharing the frustration faced by both sellers and marketplaces over lost revenue and lost customers, we created the perfect platform to put the industry’s most powerful advertising technology capabilities in the hands of people like you, building them into the marketplaces where you already sell. The result? Higher traffic and higher conversion rates. In other words, higher sales.Today, thousands of sellers across the Internet are using Unite to advertise like a big brand and drive sales. It’s time to join them.
  • Phi — Build your web3 cities from your wallet activities
  • Quillette — What is Quillette? Quillette is an Australian based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. We are politically non-partisan, but rely on reason, science, and humanism as our guiding values. Quillette hosts the Quillette and Quillette Cetera podcasts, and every year we throw Quillette Socials for our
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Jeff Dean
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Jeff Dean is the Chief Scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research. He joined Google in 1999 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technical foundations. He currently focuses on advancing AI and deep learning research across Google’s research teams.He co-founded and led the Google Brain team, helping drive innovations indeep learning for speech recognition, computer vision, natural language understanding, and a wide range of predictive applications. Over the years, he has co-designed and implemented several generations of Google's core systems, including its web search infrastructure, crawling and indexing pipelines, and advertising technologies such as AdSense for Content.He is also a key contributor to Google's distributed computing infrastructure, having co-designed and implemented systems like MapReduce, BigTable, Spanner, Protocol Buffers, LevelDB, and TensorFlow—one of the most widely used open-source machine learning platforms.Jeff Dean earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in 1996. He is a Fellow of the ACM, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences and the Mark Weiser Award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 77
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Sophont — Multimodal foundation models for healthcare
  • Onepot.ai — Onepot.ai offers automated synthesis of small molecules from basic building blocks using a unified, end-to-end process. It generates around fifty distinct compounds in a single workflow, eliminating the need for bespoke methods for each target. The platform employs modular couplings, deprotection, and streamlined purification steps to rapidlyassemble structurally diverse molecules. It supports chemistries that produce both sp²- and sp³-rich frameworks, enabling applications across pharmaceutical, materials, and probe development. By leveraging a catch-and-release purification protocol and iterative building-block assembly, Onepot.ai enables efficient production of complex small-molecule libraries.
  • Periodic Labs — Periodic Labs develops artificial intelligence systems that simulate and predict the properties of materials using machine learning. The company applies computational models to support the discovery and design of materials used in sectors such as energy, electronics, and infrastructure. It builds tools that aim to reduce the time and costassociated with traditional research and development processes. Periodic Labs uses AI to analyze large-scale scientific data and collaborates with academic and industry partners to support material science research.
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Permjot Valia
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Permjot Valia is the CEO and founder of MentorCamp and regularly travels the world mentoring startups. He is a goodwill ambassador for the state of Arkansas, having many business connections with the state. Valia received his bachelor’s degree with honors in economics from the University of Leeds. Afterwards, he became the youngest sales andmarketing director of Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Services in London. In 2005, Valia became a consultant through a company called Help With Sales. He also became an active angel investor and co-founded Flight and Partners, a London-based fund manager that is authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to carry out investment business. To date, Valia has invested in more than 30 companies around the world, including several in Arkansas. He started MentorCamp in 2011, bringing the best mentors and investors from around the world to places like Halifax, Arkansas, and Cape Town. In addition to running MentorCamp, Valia sits on the board of various companies including Bluelight Analytics, Wooshii and Flight and Partners. He is also a consultant to Deloitte working across Canada. He is a consultant to the Canadian Technology Accelerator program run by DFAIT in London, New York and across India. In 2011, Valia was recognized by TechCrunch as one of the best mentors in Europe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Advertising, Video, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $110k–$788k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
  • Wooshii — Video production, AI content solutions and video performance built for global enterprise. Any format, any purpose, anywhere in the world.
  • LeadSift — We comb through the public web to deliver only qualified leads interacting with your competitors and with demonstrated buying intent.
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Anthony Nicalo
Angel · Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Anthony Nicalo

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Banking, FinTech, Embedded Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alvin — Alvin is a powerful mobile app that automatically creates and adjusts your budget to help you meet your goals.
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Iqram Magdon-Ismail
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Iqram Magdon-Ismail is based out of New York and is the Co-Founder of JellyJelly. Iqram previously worked at Venmo as a Co-Founder. Iqram Magdon-Ismail attended the University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Social Media
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$4M; Angel $500k–$785k; Series A $14M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Clyx — Clyx is the next-generation friendship platform built for Gen Z, using curated IRL events, game-based discovery, and behavioral science to create real relationships. Guided by neuroscience and led by a Gen Z founder Alyx Van Der Vorm, Clyx turns online curiosity into community. Clyx is on a mission to reverse-engineer the disconnection of socialmedia. Where platforms once brought relationships online, Clyx helps turn those online signals into meaningful real-world interaction.
  • Hatz AI — Hatz AI provides a partner-focused platform for MSPs and resellers to offer AI-as-a-Service, unlocking new business opportunities. Our solution supports MSPs in adopting AI internally and guiding AI adoption for their clients, featuring a secure multi-tenant AI platform, a no-code AI workflows, and Adel, an AI phone agent.
  • Modal Labs — Modal develops machine learning software to help run code in the cloud. The software enables users to run or deploy machine learning models, massively parallel compute jobs, task queues, web apps, and more. It also writes the code to launch hundreds of custom containers and runs scripts in the cloud faster than on the local machine.
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Emilian Popa
Angel · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Investor and Entrepreneur with 10+ years of successful launching, fund raising, growing, and exiting more than 20 technology ventures in Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Russia. Present focus on Africa. Extensive process and strategy consulting experience with leading consulting firm in Europe, US, Africa. Joint MBA Columbia Business School /London Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Apps, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Egypt, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Swvl — Swvl | Book Your Daily Ride or Make Money Driving Now
  • Curve — Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.It allows customers to supercharge their legacy banks to the 21st century without leaving their bank or topping-up. Curve offers a host of benefits to its customers; it makes cards fee-free when spending abroad, get instant notifications andcategorization of spend, earn an instant 1% cashback at the likes of Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Sainsbury’s and Time Travel enables customers to swap spend to a different card in the app for up to two weeks after the purchase was made. Curve also offers Curve Customer Protection, a policy that covers all credit and debit card payments made via the Curve card up to £100,000, giving cardholders an extra layer of protection for disputes with merchants and any unauthorised use of their Curve card. IDC Ventures backs Curve with Fuel Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, OneMain Financial, and Novum Capital backs Curve.Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter established the company in London, England in 2015.
  • Click2Sure — We provide cloud-based Insurance SaaS solutions for omnichannel distribution, which can save costs & support data-driven decision making. Contact us today.
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Geoffrey D Fink
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Geoffrey Fink is the Founder and Chairman of Investment Committee of Incentrum Group. He previously worked at Neuronix Medical as the Chairman. He attended The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Payments, Point of Sale
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yoco — Save time, money and guesswork. Yoco helps 200,000+ SA businesses run point of sale, take payments and access flexible business funding from one account.
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Marko Virkebau
Angel · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Marko Virkebau

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Energy, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Estonia, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $636k–$2.4M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LynxPower — Cleantech platform offering wireless metering and AI-driven energy management to track, analyze, and optimize energy use in real time.
  • MarkeDroid — Turn sites into intelligent power plants The world's most adaptable AI-powered Energy Orchestration Platform. Google Play App Store Our customers participate
  • DriveX Technologies — Decrease your average claim size with AI vehicle inspection tool for CASCO pre-checks and windshield claims.
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Tom Berckt
Angel · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Tom is currently a commercial executive at Clicks2customers.com, a global Search Engine Marketing company. His background is in (bio-) engineering but he has been involved in online companies for the past 10 years. Besides working at Clicks2customers, Tom is a part time lecturer at TSIBA (http://www.tsiba.org.za/) a South AfricanNGO providing tertiary education to economically disadvantaged children. He is also an angel investor in a number is technology startups and is an active member of the Silicon Cape initiative (www.siliconcape.com)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Events, Printing
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Personera — Personera is a technology company focused on the development of Facebook applications and personalized products. Personera's unique platform allows brands to offer their communities a variety of branded print products or digital downloads, easily ordered directly from the brand's Facebook fan page and fully personalized with their socialnetwork content. Personera's platform is white-labeled and completely customizable for any unique brand identity. Products include calendars, photobooks, cards, and posters, and are available in professional print versions or digital downloads. All of their products include shared content between the brand and the individual consumer, creating a one of a kind keepsake or merchandise piece for every customer. Implementing Personera on websites or Facebook fan pages (or both) is easy. All it requires is installation of an app by adding a new tab to a fan page or embedding a line of code onto a website. Personera handles payments, printing and delivery via their global network.Personera's business model works on a per-sale revenue share basis, so there are zero setup fees for clients. They have a global network of commercial print partners that manage physical production and delivery of the products, ensuring high quality, fast and reliable service worldwide. Personera makes it easy for brands to monetize their Facebook page while engaging their fans with personalized product offerings. The Personera personalized products platform has been used by a variety of brands including leading magazines, musicians, celebrities and consumer focused companies.
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Nasir Jones
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Nas, byname of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, also called Nasty Nas, (born September 14, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American rapper and songwriter who became a dominant voice in 1990s East Coast hip-hop. Nas built a reputation as an expressive chronicler of inner-city street life.Nasir Jones, the son of a jazz musician, grew up in public housingin Queens, New York. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and searched for a creative outlet, finally settling on hip-hop. His breakthrough came in 1992, when his song “Half Time” (credited to Nasty Nas) appeared on the sound track to the film Zebrahead. Columbia Records soon signed him to a contract. His debut recording as Nas, Illmatic (1994), drew widespread acclaim for its poetic narration of hard-edged inner-city life.The more pop-oriented approach of It Was Written (1996) helped that album reach an even wider audience than its predecessor but ignited a recurring tension in Nas’s career between the appetite of the pop audience and the demands of hip-hop purists. He maintained his commercial appeal with I Am... (1999), although by that time he had also become embroiled in a public feud with fellow rapper Jay-Z over which of the two was the preeminent voice in East Coast hip-hop. The schism inspired Stillmatic (2001), which many fans considered a return to form. The two rappers publicly settled their differences in 2005, and shortly thereafter Nas signed with Def Jam, of which Jay-Z was president at the time.Nas’s penchant for provocation marked Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and an untitled follow-up (2008), while Life Is Good (2012) struck an introspective tone. He also notably collaborated with reggae musician Damian Marley (the youngest son of Bob Marley) on the album Distant Relatives (2010).Nas also made occasional film appearances, notably in Belly (1998), a crime drama in which he starred opposite rapper DMX, and Black Nativity (2013), an adaptation of Langston Hughes’s gospel play.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Magic Spoon — Magic Spoon cereal is high-protein, low-sugar, keto-friendly, and gluten-free. Available in Cocoa, Frosted, Fruity, Blueberry, Peanut Butter, and Cinnamon.
  • Everyrealm — Leaders in metaverse innovation and development.
  • Altered State Machine — Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.
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Youcef Oudjidane
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Youcef Oudjidane is the founder of Byld Ventures and co-founder of Bloom (YC W22)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Organic Food
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Waza — Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements.
  • Theneo — Generate Stripe-like API docs in just a few clicks. We support OpenAPI, Postman, GraphQL and much more
  • FloatPays — Floatpays help your employees achieve financial wellbeing by giving them early access to earned wages.
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Alan Rutledge
Angel · 1 investments in South Africa startups

Alan Rutledge

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bujeti — Corporate Credit Cards, Spend Management software built for your African realities. It empowers your people to do more. It combines virtual, smart physical credit cards, payments and expenses into one experience powered by Visa Cards, dedicated NUBANs, Mobile Wallets and Faster Payments.
  • FlexDesk — FlexDesk is creating a new evolution of the flexible workspace model. Remote workers use the platform to discover and book a dedicated desk or private office by the day. FlexDesk unlocks this inventory by partnering with office landlords and coworking operators that have furnished, underutilized space.
  • SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.
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Angel investor funding in South Africa at a glance

Stats across 123 deals from 175 investors.

175
investors
in South Africa startups
123
deals
in South Africa startups
$1.3M
median round
in South Africa startups
15%
lead investors
lead at least one round
44%
Seed
most common funding stage

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