Top 10 EdTech Angel Investors in South Africa (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Bas Hochstenbach
Angel
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1 | South Africa, The Netherlands | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | B2C, Travel, Tourism | $36k–$68k |
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Shaun Hurwitz
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | SaaS, FinTech, Software | |
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Marcus Swanepoel
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Chatbot, Facebook, Education | |
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Bill Paladino
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Angel | Real Estate, Rental, Internet | |
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Justin Drennan
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Angel | Software, Education | |
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Hind al Adwani
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Training, Tutoring, Education | |
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Odunayo Eweniyi
Angel
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1 | South Africa, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | EdTech, Chatbot, Facebook | $115k–$1M |
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Isaac Oates
Angel
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1 | United States, France, South Africa | Seed, Grant | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, B2B | $750k–$4.2M |
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Youcef Oudjidane
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $120k–$23M |
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $625k–$7.5M |
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Bas Hochstenbach is the Co-Founder of Conservation Club. He attended Leiden University.
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- 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.
shaun hurwitz is a Investor.
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- Industry: SaaS, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FloatPays — Floatpays help your employees achieve financial wellbeing by giving them early access to earned wages.
Marcus previously worked for Standard Chartered in Singapore and before that 3i and Morgan Stanley in London.He holds an MBA from INSEAD, is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a CFA charterholder. He is a South African citizen and a Singapore Permanent Resident.
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- Industry: Chatbot, Facebook, Education
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Bill Paladino - Angel Investor @ Aella Credit
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- 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
Justin Drennan - Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Parcelninja
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- Industry: Software, Education
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zelda Learning — Zelda provides free online career guidance for students looking to enter university and then links them to bursary and study opportunities.
Hind al Adwani
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- Industry: Training, Tutoring, Education
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Preeva — Our mission is to ensure that every student in the country who can benefit from a tutor, has access to high quality and affordable tutoring. The Preeva Foundation has been developed to provide non-fee paying students the very same access to our tutors, free of charge.Why Preeva?Preeva is a brand that has students’ best interests at heart. Thegoal of every tutor is to ensure all of a student’s goals are reached and challenges are overcome. The ultimate is for students to be able to work fully independently from their tutor. Consistently High Quality Tutors - District Managers carefully accept tutors onto the team who they personally trust to fit into the Preeva mould - to be a good teacher who is a great person to spend time with. You can replace or find new tutors very quickly.Tutor Training - Preeva has developed a training system which ensures any Preeva tutor you are matched with, at any time, can be trusted to provide you with the help and motivation you need to reach your goals.South Africa’s most affordable rates - Our pricing model has been developed to make tutoring radically more affordable. You save by buying larger credit bundles or by having 2-on-1 & 3-on-1 lessons. Tutoring costs as little as R128.00 per hour with Preeva! P.S. You are charged per minute, meaning you get valuable tutoring time for every cent you spend.Personal Matching - When making a request, you have the opportunity to specify your needs on a deep level so that we can match you with the right tutor who will cater to those unique needs.Powerful technology - The Preeva app has been developed after years of experience in the industry. A full and comprehensive history of lessons is easy to access, requesting new or replacement tutors is simple, topping up your credit balance is safe, secure and easy and signing up to workshops takes a few seconds. Progress tracking - After each lesson, students get a score out of 5 on each of the following criteria: Ability & Understanding, Engagement in the Lesson & Independence from the Tutor. The results of these scores will show you how much your tutoring has helped over time. We have seen that students who receive 5/5 consistently are achieving their goals and enjoying their work.Preeva - You can know it. Now.
Odunayo Eweniyi is the Co-founder and COO at Piggybank and PushCV. Odunayo is a Co-Founder and General Partner at FirstCheck Africa and a Board Member at Village Capital. She was also a Writer atTechCabal. Odunayo attended SOAS University of London, freeCodeCamp, and Covenant University.
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- Industry: EdTech, Chatbot, Facebook
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $115k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
- Norebase — Norebase knows that there's an opportunity to grow successful businesses in Africa. It also understands the complexities of the market, and so is using technology to make doing business in Africa worthwhile. With Norebase get to operate in Africa with no hassle and with minimum risk.
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Isaac Oates is based out of New York city, New York and is the Founder & Director of Justworks. Isaac previously worked at Etsy as a VP, Special Projects. Isaac Oates attended the Cornell University. Isaac Oates has received Henry Crown Fellow award.
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: United States, France, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $750k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Osium AI — Speed up your materials and chemicals innovation with AI.
- Lately — Lately uses AI to create your social media content and manage your social media marketing and social selling programs.
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Youcef Oudjidane is the Founder and Managing Partner of BYLD and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Elevate (YC W22).
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $200k–$10M; Pre-Seed $120k–$5M; Series A $6.5M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
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.
Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- tushop — Shop wholesale groceries, market fresh produce, local brands, and affordable preloved finds on Tushop. Secure checkout, friendly support and fast 90 minute delivery across Nairobi.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- 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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