Top 5 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in South Africa

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 5 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Crowdfunding startups based in South africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Crowdfunding companies from South africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in South Africa

Investor	Crowdfunding South Africa investments
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners	1
Yossi Hasson	1
Alphabit Fund	1
Nexus Ventures	1
Network Society Ventures	1

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ARCH is a specialist emerging markets investment advisor with deep experience of emerging markets, private equity, asset management and legal and governance matters over many decades.

Investment focus

Solar, Finance, Consumer
Series D, Debt Financing, Private Equity
Kenya, South Africa, United States

Portfolio highlights

CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
Sun King — Sun King solar lanterns and home systems enables underserved communities to achieve more with inclusive distribution and flexible financing options.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
South Africa, United States, Ghana

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.

Alphabit Digital Currency Fund.

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

OrangeDX — OrangeDX, the first-generation DEX aggregator, is your innovative portal to the BRC20 DEX universe. As a multifaceted Bitcoin Protocol platform, it enables users to trade, swap, secure, and launch BRC20 and bridged ERC20 tokens, along with borrowing and lending services.
Championfy — Championfy's mission is to empower and unleash everyone's inner champion through Esports and ignite the region with hope, inspiration, respect, strengths, and friendship.
MetaVersus World — MetaVersus combines gaming with Web3 to provide a hyper-realistic digital environment for brands to build in and for users to discover as MetaCitizens

Nexus Ventures is an investment firm that invests in transformational businesses and creates meaningful partnerships with entrepreneurs. They support these ventures through its mentorship, business and technical know-how, vast network, and capital. The firm was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Series A
Turkey, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Rapido — Rapido bike taxi provides the best intra-city commuting services and is currently operating in 100+ cities. It is considered as the most affordable choice.
Iambic Therapeutics — Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.
Liminal — Create Multisig wallets for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple using hardware wallets. We make it extremely easy and secure for individuals and businesses to manage their digital assets without giving up control and ownership.

Blockchain Investors Consortium (BIC) is a 50-member strong (crypto funds and a handful of individuals) who have over $1 billion of digital assets under management. The purpose of BIC is to allow its members to share due diligence and to co-invest in the most promising blockchain ventures. BIC is t