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Top 50 Education Startup Investors in South Africa (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Africa Education startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Africa Education startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Injini
VC Fund
12 South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed Education, EdTech, E-Learning $7k–$500k
AngelHub Ventures
VC Fund
4 South Africa, Mexico, Colombia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Education $300k–$2.3M
Vumela Fund
VC Fund
4 South Africa, Brazil Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown Education, Hospital, Software $500k–$1.7M
Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
3 Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$23M
Knife Capital
VC Fund
3 South Africa, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Education $1M–$15M
Base Capital
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Banking $2M–$55M
Naspers Foundry
VC Fund
2 South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, Software, Farming $989k–$17M
Investisseurs & Partenaires
VC Fund
2 France, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire Seed, Series A Financial Services, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Hlayisani Capital
VC Fund
2 South Africa, Mauritius Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Software, Education, Information Technology $2M–$11M
FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Seed, Grant, Series A Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech $40k–$4.2M
Proparco
VC Fund
2 India, Kenya, Nigeria Debt Financing, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, Energy, Finance $447k–$290M
Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries
VC Fund
2 Kenya, India, Belgium Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, Finance, Banking $16k–$17M
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Angel
1 United States, Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, FinTech, Software $172k–$30M
Norrsken Foundation
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Rwanda Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care $100k–$4M
Oli Farago
Angel
1 United Kingdom, United States, South Africa Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A Real Estate, Software, FinTech $391k–$7.7M
54 Collective
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech $40k–$2M
Sustainable Ocean Alliance
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Sustainability, Software, CleanTech $25k–$14M
Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
1 Nigeria, Kenya, United States Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $625k–$7.5M
LocalGlobe
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1M–$30M
African Infrastructure Investment Managers
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Nigeria Private Equity, Debt Financing Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy $9.4M–$130M
Autodesk Foundation
VC Fund
1 United States, Kenya, Uganda Seed, Series A, Series B Energy, Renewable Energy, CleanTech $2.1M–$40M
Oppenheimer Generations Foundation
VC Fund
1 South Africa Seed Education
Emerge VC
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Germany, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Education, EdTech, Software $33k–$22M
NuState Capital
VC Fund
1 South Africa Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Education, Software, SaaS
Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub
VC Fund
1 Zimbabwe, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed EdTech, Robotics, Software
Odunayo Eweniyi
Angel
1 South Africa, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel EdTech, Chatbot, Facebook $115k–$1M
Raba Partnership
VC Fund
1 United States, South Africa, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $600k–$32M
KNF Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Africa Series A, Venture - Series Unknown SaaS, EBooks, EdTech
Jozi Angels
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown B2B, Legal, Finance $188k–$1.6M
Kalon Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Luxembourg, United States Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Internet $715k–$11M
4DX Ventures
VC Fund
1 Egypt, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics $50k–$40M
Bas Hochstenbach
Angel
1 South Africa, The Netherlands Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed B2C, Travel, Tourism $36k–$68k
Alan Rutledge
Angel
1 United States, India, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software $600k–$9.5M
Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $575k–$30M
Industrial Development Corporation
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Australia, Luxembourg Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A Renewable Energy, Mining, Mobile $6M–$509M
Technology Innovation Agency
VC Fund
1 South Africa Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Software, Electronics $22k–$1.3M
Calculus Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Biotechnology, Software, Medical $1.9M–$10M
iHub
VC Fund
1 Kenya, South Africa Seed Education, E-Learning, EdTech
LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$37M
Edge Growth
VC Fund
1 South Africa Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Energy Storage, Internet, Software $142k–$1.4M
BYLD
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, Payments, FinTech $120k–$6.5M
Oakley Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Spain, France Private Equity, Secondary Market Internet, Apps, Service Industry $12M–$583M
Oikocredit International
VC Fund
1 India, Nigeria, Kenya Debt Financing, Series B Financial Services, Finance, FinTech $1.1M–$33M
Naspers
VC Fund
1 South Africa, India, Brazil Private Equity, Series B, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Retail $456k–$421M
elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
VC Fund
1 India, Kenya, Mexico Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage $100k–$4.5M
Enygma Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Lending, Beauty $150k–$1M
Isaac Oates
Angel
1 United States, France, South Africa Seed, Grant Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, B2B $750k–$4.2M
Launch Africa
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $200k–$4M
Absa group (Bank)
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Australia, Ireland Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed Mining, Financial Services, Mineral $31M–$678M
Educas
VC Fund
1 France, South Africa Seed, Private Equity Education, Non Profit, Hospitality
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Injini
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 12 investments in South Africa Education startups

Injini's EdTech Accelerator and Think Tank aims to support founders of African startups with a mission to improve educational outcomes across the region.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, E-Learning
  • Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $39k–$500k; Grant $55k–$132k; Pre-Seed $7k–$40k
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Book Village — We are a NPC helping to end the reading crisis in SA using our online reading application where volunteer tutors digitally teach children how to read.
  • Buddy Learning — Explore educational resources for families with Buddy Learning in the United States. Join us today!
  • The Marking App — The Marking App provides a data-free application that automatically marks handwritten school assessments while also automating school administration.
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AngelHub Ventures
VC Fund · Stellenbosch, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 4 investments in South Africa Education startups

Operating out of Stellenbosch in South Africa and backed by two family offices Angelhub Ventures's team is passionate about early stage investments in (South) Africa. Being entrepreneurial ourselves, we thoroughly understand the challenges and changes our founders face – which is why we back them in any way we can. Most importantly, we believein building great businesses and we are in it for the long haul.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, Mexico, Colombia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$2.3M; Series A $300k–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Motai
  • Syscap — Syscap is a financial technology company that offers cutting-edge solutions to financial institutions to have a better administration and management of their funding sources. It connects the leaders of financial and real estate institutions with their funders. For institutions, the company ensures the optimization of their funding source managementprocesses, but also the strengthening of the relationship with their funders. To funders, Syscap guarantees the transparency and timely monitoring of its funds for the safety and growth of its resources.
  • Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.
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Vumela Fund
VC Fund · Hyde Park, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom · 4 investments in South Africa Education startups

Vumela was established in 2009 by FNB Business Banking and Edge Growth. The objective was to create an innovative model for the development of a sustainable and a financially and operationally independent investment business which invests in high growth small, medium and micro size enterprises with good economic and impact returns.Vumela wascapitalised in 2010. Within the first four years, we’d invested R90 million into eight high growth SMEs, and created a total of 400 jobs. They launched their second fund in 2015, after a further investment of R100 million from FirstRand and R127 million from the Jobs Fund. Within the first year of launching this second fund, we’ve committed R43 million to five investments that are expected to create over 1800 new jobs.The first fund of its kind in South Africa, Vumela’s main goals are to invest in and develop entrepreneurial companies in order to help alleviate poverty in South Africa by creating jobs, and to generate a return for its beneficiaries: the Shalamuka Foundation and the FirstRand Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Hospital, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$910k; Debt Financing $1.1M–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Trade Shield — Trade Shield's aim is to increase access to trade credit facilities for those companies that most need them and will benefit the most from them.
  • Mia Healthcare — Mia Healthcare is a Hospitals and Health Care firm offering dental services and orthodontic products.
  • Breaze Delivery — Optimize your last-mile delivery in SA. Breaze offers same-day delivery, easy Shopify/WooCommerce integration, and live WhatsApp tracking for your brand.
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in South Africa Education startups

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series A $1.1M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
  • Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
  • TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
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Knife Capital
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Education startups

Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. By leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, Knife accelerates the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. Knife have offices in Cape Town andLondon.Knife invests via a consortium of funding partnerships, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company KNF Ventures and select family offices. Knife facilitated lucrative exits of local technology companies to the likes of General Electric, Visa, Garmin and Uber.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • wamly — Wamly is the recruitment software, It has given us time back to focus on transformational work.
  • Cue — Cue is a customer service software company that empowers you with WhatsApp Business solutions to boost customer satisfaction, and drive growth.
  • Optique Optometrists — Optique Optometrists provides comprehensive eye care services, including eye tests, prescription glasses, and contact lenses. The company offers affordable eye care solutions and has multiple branches across South Africa. Customers can book appointments online and access a wide range of eyewear options. Optique Optometrists focuses on deliveringquality vision care and ensuring customer satisfaction through professional services and convenient booking options.
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Base Capital
VC Fund · 2 investments in South Africa Education startups

Base Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Banking
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8M; Series B $12M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
  • Nitex — Nitex is a B2B platform for sustainable garments supply chain allowing fashion retailers to manage product design, developments, compliance, order tracking, and insurance in one platform.
  • Swoop — Swoop operates as an internet marketplace platform that provides food delivery services while building a broader consumer super-app ecosystem. The company connects users with restaurants through a mobile and digital platform, enabling customers to browse menus, place orders, and receive deliveries via an independent rider network. Its deliverymodel relies on third-party couriers who fulfill orders, while the platform coordinates transactions, routing, and customer interactions. The company generates revenue through restaurant commissions and service fees applied to customer orders, rather than directly employing delivery personnel.
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Naspers Foundry
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Education startups

Naspers Foundry is a global internet group and invests in technology-based companies. The company believes in the power of local backed by global scale and they look for opportunities to address big societal needs in markets where they see the greatest growth potential.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, Farming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $989k–$6M; Series A $3.3M–$15M; Series B $2.3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 89% lead, 11% 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.
  • LifeCheq — LifeCheq partners with insurers and advisory firms to deliver AI-enabled distribution, boost adviser productivity, and transform how financial advice is delivered.
  • 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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Investisseurs & Partenaires
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in South Africa Education startups

Investisseurs et Partenaires

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Health Care, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: France, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • iProcure — iProcure is a Nairobi-based start-up working to optimize the agriculture input supply chain in rural Kenya. iProcure’s web and mobile technology solution improves agriculture retailers’ operations. It lets them manage ordering based on inventory, point of sale activities, and client profiles along with geo-located purchasing patterns, real-timeagent performance and transaction analysis, and built-in mobile payments. As a result, retailers can better predict demand with business intelligence data, improve inventory management, and streamline distribution efficiency.
  • Trackbit — Trackbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
  • Lapaire — Discover a wide range of high-quality & affordable eyeglasses at Lapaire Glasses. Book a free vision test with our professional optometrists to help you find your perfect pair of glasses to enhance your vision and style. Shops in 7 african countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Uganda.
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Hlayisani Capital
VC Fund · Fourways, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Education startups

Hlayisani Growth Fund is focussed on mid-market, high growth private equity investments focussed on South Africa with an allowance for Sub-Saharan Africa and East African countries.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • wamly — Wamly is the recruitment software, It has given us time back to focus on transformational work.
  • GoMetro — Fleet management simplified with GoMetro. Integrate telematics, gain real-time visibility, and optimize operations with a secure, scalable platform,
  • Spatialedge — Empowering Businesses to Make the Right Data-driven Decisions. We specialise in building and operationalising cutting-edge analytical solutions that deliver business value through a suite of decision tools.
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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Education startups, 7 in the past 12 months

FINCA Ventures is an impact investing initiative of FINCA International that provides patient capital and support to early-stage social enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Grant $40k–$100k; Series A $1.1M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cladfy — Cladfy is a data analytics company that creates tools to assist lenders, merchants, and individuals in making informed loan, savings, and expenditure decisions.
  • Karpolax — Offering innovative fruit preservation products! For the grower, the packer, and the retailer.
  • Affinity — Join over 145,000 who trust the Affinity to manage their personal and business banking needs, from payments to savings, as well as loans
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Proparco
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in South Africa Education startups

Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 139
  • Round size: Debt Financing $447k–$290M; Private Equity $10M–$60M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$72M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
  • Ecoener — Ecoener is a renewable energy company that develops, builds, operates, and maintains electricity generation projects based on clean energy sources. The company works across hydropower, wind, and solar photovoltaic technologies, managing the full lifecycle of energy facilities from early development and engineering to construction and long-termoperation. It also engages in energy commercialization activities that support the sale and distribution of electricity generated from its assets. Ecoener handles project planning, permitting, environmental assessment, and technical design as part of its infrastructure development process. The company operates and expands renewable energy plants across multiple international markets while integrating maintenance and operational management services for its facilities. It also participates in storage-related and hybrid energy projects that combine different renewable technologies to support grid stability and energy supply efficiency.
  • ETG — ETG, established in 1967, is one of the largest and fastest growing integrated agricultural conglomerates in sub-Saharan Africa, importing and exporting soft commodities to and from 48 countries including Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa. It also has supply chain operations in China, India, America, Middle East, andSouth East Asia; merchandising desks in Europe, and; treasury companies in Singapore, Mauritius and UAE. Globally, ETG is present across 48 countries. ETG runs its business under five business verticals: 1. Fertilizer and Farm Inputs: ETG is one of the largest importers and distributors of fertilizers and farm inputs in sub-saharan africa 2. Cash traded products: Pulses, Sesame seed, Cashew and Rice are key commodities in this vertical. ETG is the world largest trader and processor of Pulses as well as world largest trader for raw cashew nuts. 3. Exchange traded commodities: Grains & oilseeds, sugar, coffee, cocoa, maize and soybean are key products in this segment. ETG is one of the major players for maize and soybean in sub-shara africa 4. Consumer Branded (Vamara): ETG operates multiple processing plants across 14 countries to manufacture products that are targeted to African consumers. ETG has 22 brands in its portfolio that offers products from vegetable cooking oil, condiments, and spreads, etc. 5. Logistics: ETG operates a very successful and integrated Logistics platform. ETG has a network of more than 400+ warehouses across 32 countries and a fleet of more than 900 trucks. ETG provided end-to-end Logistics services across sub-Sahara Africa.
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Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries
VC Fund · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium · 2 investments in South Africa Education startups

BIO invests in SMEs in developing countries and makes a structural contribution to the socio-economic growth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Banking
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Kenya, India, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Debt Financing $1.6M–$17M; Non-Equity Assistance $16k–$145k; Venture - Series Unknown $43k–$9.8M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Amartha — Amartha Mikro Fintech - P2P Lending Indonesia. Alternatif investasi dengan modal terjangkau mulai 100Rb. Tedaftar OJK, Imbal hasil 15%* & Berdampak Sosial.
  • Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
  • Orchidia Pharmaceutical — Orchidia Pharmaceutical Industries (Orchidia) is an outstanding Egyptian company specialized in the production of pharmaceutical ophthalmic products.
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Angel · 1 investments in South Africa Education 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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Norrsken Foundation
VC Fund · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Norrsken Foundation is non-profit organization solving problems such as poverty, famine, environmental issues and mental health.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Rwanda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $125k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RYE — RYE is a members-only, low-cost green energy supplier built for businesses with no time to deal with energy suppliers. Always accurate energy or it's free
  • Eden Care Medical — Eden Care Medical is a mobile application that provides medical and health insurance as well as financial services.
  • ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
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Oli Farago
Angel · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Oli Farago Founder & CEO at Coyote Software. He attended Culford School during 1996-2002.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.1M; Series A $3.6M–$5.4M; Equity Crowdfunding $391k–$7.7M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Maroo — Maroo is a payment platform tailored for the wedding and events industry, allowing businesses to manage payments with no processing fees. It supports payment acceptance, branded invoice creation, and payments to freelancers and suppliers. A notable feature is its zero fee model, where fees can be passed onto clients. Trusted by over 9,000businesses, Maroo has facilitated more than $180 million in revenue for its community of event professionals
  • HyperionDev — Accelerate your career with a online coding bootcamp. Learn to code in just 3 - 6 months.
  • The Smart Container Company — The Smart Container Company is the team behind KegTracker and BeverEDGE, a first-to-market IoT device and platform that instantly turns kegs into SMART containers. Our technology tracks real-time location, volume, temperature, and motion for each keg and delivers actionable insights that enable transparency and zero.
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54 Collective
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 112
  • Round size: Seed $40k–$2M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
  • REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
  • Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
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Sustainable Ocean Alliance
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

SOA develops leaders, cultivates ideas, and accelerates solutions to the biggest problems facing our ocean through the Leadership and Accelerator programs

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sustainability, Software, CleanTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $25k–$2.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.7M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Agriloops — Agriloops is reinventing aquaculture to produce eco-friendly products that are healthier and tastier. To carry out this mission, the Agriloops team gives all its power to a sustainable and innovative production mode, by designing the first aquaponic farm in salt water.
  • bound4blue — bound4blue provides Suction Sails Technologies for vessels which deliver fuel consumption reductions of up to 40%.
  • PierSight Space — PierSight builds application-specific SAR satellite and drone systems for persistent maritime surveillance, EEZ monitoring, IUU fishing detection, and defense reconnaissance.
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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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LocalGlobe
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 422
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.3M; Series A $4.2M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • nPlan — AI that forecasts project outcomes, creates scenarios of the future and helps mitigate risk across single projects and portfolios. Trained on over 750,000 past programmes.
  • Stream — Stream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app. The app allows them to have complete control over when they get paid. It also effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans, and employee stress suffered from short-term, unplanned financial obligations. Thecompany aims to play a key role in reducing the poverty premium and preventing employees from entering cycles of debt caused by overdraft fees, high-interest credit, or payday loans.
  • microagi — Accelerating embodied AGI
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African Infrastructure Investment Managers
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) develops and manages private equity infrastructure funds designed to invest long-term institutional unlisted equity in African infrastructure projects.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Private Equity, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Africa, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Debt Financing $9.4M–$10M; Private Equity $31M–$130M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $50M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • SolarAfrica — Our integrated solutions are designed to reduce electricity costs, provide energy security and improve the carbon footprint of your business.
  • NOA Group — NOA Group offers a vertically integrated energy platform to provide net zero-oriented renewable energy solutions to customers in the commercial and industrial sectors.
  • The Logistics Group — The Logistics Group is a provider of logistics and warehousing services to serve the mining, agricultural, trading, manufacturing, and shipping sectors.
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Autodesk Foundation
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Autodesk Foundation is the first foundation to focus investment exclusively on the people and organizations using design for impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, CleanTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Uganda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Series A $5M–$20M; Series B $40M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • M2X Energy — M2X Energy is a scalable methane conversion technology company that provides automated gas-to-product systems for methane conversion.
  • Last Energy — Last Energy develops and delivers micro modular nuclear power plants designed to provide decarbonized, reliable energy through a full-service delivery model that spans design, construction, and operations. The company offers factory-produced modular plants, like its 20 MWe PWR-20 units, that can be deployed rapidly to serve energy-intensiveindustrial customers and utilities with baseload electricity and heat. Its services include long-term power purchase agreements that eliminate upfront capital for customers while enabling flexible siting and minimal resource requirements. Last Energy’s solutions support both behind-the-meter applications for industries and grid-scale energy projects for broader power delivery. The company integrates established reactor technology with its delivery process to help clients access consistent, carbon-free energy.
  • Found Energy — Found Energy's aluminum-thermal power systems extract renewable energy from aluminum at double the energy density of diesel and at a competitive cost. Compact, modular, safe, and carbon-free, our technology makes industrial decarbonization practical.
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Oppenheimer Generations Foundation
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Oppenheimer Generations Foundation is a long-term supporter of the AL group, with catalytic, early-stage funding round.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GrowSari — Helping 1 million Sari Sari stores transform using technology
  • BluLever Educations — Join the artisans & apprentices who are building the future. At BluLever Education you can build your career, business, or the artisan ecosystem with an education partner that believes in artisans. Welcome to our digital home. We offer plumbing and electrical apprenticeships.
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Emerge VC
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Emerge is a $70m pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world’s best edtech and future of work founders and executives. Our vision is to democratise access to opportunity by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders re-designing the future of learning and work.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, EdTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $53k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $33k–$3.2M; Series A $5M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $73M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • VARM — Varm provides efficient insulation for energy saving and comfort.
  • 5U AI — 5U AI gives freight teams an AI workforce that's connected across multiple communication channels to understand, reason and act on data.
  • Kinfolk — Resolve 70% of employee requests, run lifecycle programs on autopilot, gain visibility into service delivery and unlock capacity to scale Workforce Ops.
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NuState Capital
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

NuState Capital as private equity investor is to generate attractive returns through positive social transformation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sticitt — Sticitt is a cashless payment platform. Sticitt services schools, lifestyle and golf estates, as well as events and is assisting one utility company to get clients to pay for water bills using its cashless payments system.
  • d6 — SCHOOLS Schools Communication Platforms and School Management Software COMMUNITIES Community & Internal Business Communication Platforms MEDIA Let your brand be seen Advertise on
  • Principal Software(d6 education) — d6 is a school management software application that helps you manage your school's curriculum, administration, communication and finance.
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Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Ranked 3rd Leading Startup Hub in the UK for 2025 by the @FT, we support disruptive engineering entrepreneurs to start up, spin out and scale up across the UK.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Robotics, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Zimbabwe, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LabCycle — LabCycle is the world's first company to recycle hazardous plastic waste from laboratories (service) as well as the first to create 100% recycled laboratory consumables (product). Working with public and private labs, we are driving the circular economy of lab plastics to reduce the 5.5m tonnes of lab waste annually. A few highlights of ourprogress to date: • Proven impact - saving 90% of CO2 emissions & 93% energy compared to current alternatives: incineration and autoclave (LCA available upon request).• Technological validation creating the world's first 100% circular lab consumables including petri dishes, test tubes and more.• Secured commercial contracts with the NHS, several private companies and also universities. We are raising £1.5m to scale our patent pending technology to serve our growing demand after over 150+ organic expressions of interests following our feature in BBC news. The funding will establish the first automated decontamination system of our network, recycling over 350 tonnes annually, saving over 1000+ tonnes of carbon.
  • Ann-Connect — Ann-Connect is an EdTech SaaS for learning, teaching, exams and assessments rolled into an all-in-one education platform.Founded in 2021 by Bonginkosi Mabaso, Nexa was born from a real problem: students missing exams and learning opportunities because of unreliable internet. Our mission is simple: make online education accessible to everystudent, regardless of connectivity or background. Today, Nexa is trusted by universities, training institutions, and professional bodies across South Africa, with partnerships that give access to more than 450,000 learners. One workspace. All your education tools: - Nexa ExamCore: Offline exam tool where students can access, write, and submit online exams even without internet. - Nexa Invigilator: Invigilation tool designed to monitor for online exams. - Nexa Invigilator Venue-based – Proctoring for physical/venue-based exams for schools, corporates & teams. - Nexa Room – Low-bandwidth video conferencing just like MS Teams but designed for teaching and learning, with AI-driven student engagement tracking. - Integrations – Seamless connection with Learning Management Systems (LMS), plagiarism checkers, and other education tools — all in one place. Recognised with awards from TIA, ABSA, and the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Nexa is shaping the future of global education by making it inclusive, resilient, and accessible everywhere. Ready to experience THE platform for inclusive learning? Visit ann-connect.com and join us in building education without limits.
  • Purple Future Trust — The Purple Future Trust develops STEM education tools and products for women and children in sub-Saharan Africa, especially those from underrepresented communities. We use STEM education to empower women and children by providing them with the resources, mentorship and training they need to develop their skills and confidence in the subject.Through our programs, we offer learners the chance to experiment with science and robotics kits, learn hardware assembly as well as software programming. In addition, our programs feature interactive activities to help strengthen their problem-solving skills. By engaging learners in this way, we hope to help them use STEM education as a tool to make a positive impact in their lives and the lives of others.
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Odunayo Eweniyi
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Raba Partnership
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$6M; Pre-Seed $635k–$6.5M; Series A $10M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Thndr — Thndr is a financial services company that operates an app-based investment platform.It comes with 0% commission, no account minimum, access to market data, easy account setup, and funding processes. Users can also get access to the latest news, market data, and other educational tools. Seif Amr established the company in 2020 in Cairo, AlQahirah, Egypt.
  • 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.
  • Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
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KNF Ventures
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

was a SARS-approved section 12J Venture Capital Company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, EBooks, EdTech
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Quicket — Quicket is a cloud-based and self-managed ticketing solution which allows anyone to instantly start selling tickets, marketing and managing their own event within minutes. Being user-friendly and self-managed allows Quicket to cater for the countless smaller event organisers that, before Quicket, had no viable solution in South Africa and currentlyhave no solution in Africa. Quicket also caters for larger events, integrating into the various payment solutions required for event management across Africa.
  • Snapplify — Snapplify is at the forefront of edtech solutions in Africa, and specialises in enabling digital learning for individuals and institutions via the largest digital educational marketplace in Africa. As a global edtech company, Snapplify strives for radical inclusion to level the playing field and equip individuals across emerging markets with theworld-class tools they need to collaborate, innovate and thrive. Snapplify’s technology is used in other educational products to facilitate collaboration throughout the educational community.Snapplify for Education’s award-winning platform is already a top choice for institutions integrating digital education into their classrooms. From software to support, Snapplify provides institutions with everything they need to create a secure, collaborative e-learning environment for students. Snapplify’s robust 24-hour-access digital-library solution offers thousands of free ebooks and widely applicable, curriculum-approved educational content supplied by partner publishers from across the globe. Snapplify’s diversity of device integration allows schools to use its products on the devices that they already have access to, without having to invest in costly digital infrastructure upgrades. Snapplify’s solutions are industry celebrated and globally recognised for their innovation in technology.In order to achieve its educational goals, Snapplify has built strong relationships with diverse partners around the growth of its ebook, e-textbook, and device catalogue, and partnered with international publishers and other key stakeholders to meet the demand for widely relevant, curriculum-compliant digital educational content. As a socially minded company, Snapplify is committed to supporting others and creating sustainable change through collaboration and innovation. Snapplify empowers, inspires, and uplifts teachers via Teacha! (a media hub, resource marketplace, and careers portal for educators); is the digital content partner on a project that delivers technology and e-learning to public schools in South Africa’s Gauteng province, and runs impact programmes through the Snapplify Foundation.Snapplify originated in South Africa, focusing initially on the South African education and digital content industries. Since its establishment in 2012, the company has grown and expanded into new markets in Africa and the United States, with offices across South Africa, as well as in Nairobi, London, Amsterdam and New Jersey. Snapplify is backed by AngelHub Ventures, a venture capital company backed by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan and the Harris family, as well as international investors. In 2019, Snapplify secured $2 million expansion capital from venture capital firm Knife Capital, and empowered African investment manager Hlayisani Capital’s Hlayisani Growth Fund.Snapplify for Education’s award-winning platform is already a top choice for institutions integrating digital education into their classrooms. From software to support, Snapplify provides institutions with everything they need to create a secure, collaborative e-learning environment for students. Through Snapplify’s e-learning and digital library solution, Engage, educators can share teacher-created, multimedia resource materials with students; administrators can manage the access and permissions for multiple student and staff accounts; schools can host their own 24-hour access digital content library (which comes with over 50 000 free resources including study guides, e-textbooks, past exam papers for multiple curricula, children’s books in African languages and more); and students and parents can purchase prescribed e-textbooks. Snapplify’s diversity of device integration allows schools to use its products on the devices that they already have access to, without having to invest in costly digital infrastructure upgrades. Snapplify’s solutions are industry celebrated and globally recognised for their innovation in technology.
  • GraniteWMS — GraniteWMS is a powerful warehouse management system designed to streamline inventory, boost efficiency, and simplify warehouse operations.
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Jozi Angels
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Jozi Angels is an angel network based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We exist to grow the startup ecosystem and facilitate the growth of innovative startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Legal, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $188k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jahazii — Jahazii helps employers offer on-demand access to earned wages, giving employees financial flexibility without loans while reducing pressure on HR and payroll teams. Funds on M-PESA in seconds, at no cost to you.
  • TUNL — Ship globally with ease. TUNL offers affordable, transparent international shipping built for South African brands. Up to 91% cheaper. No surprises.
  • The Awareness Company — We use data to tell stories that are useful to humans.
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Kalon Venture Partners
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

A growing number of South Africans are investing in venture capital companies that operate under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act. Contact us now.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, Luxembourg, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $715k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GoMetro — Fleet management simplified with GoMetro. Integrate telematics, gain real-time visibility, and optimize operations with a secure, scalable platform,
  • Sendmarc — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.
  • visionAI — Discover how AI MES software enhances factory efficiency and reduces blindspots to minimize equipment downtime and boost productivity.
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $456k–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $49M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Anda Africa — Anda is Angola’s leading mobility fintech platform, providing asset financing, ride hailing, and delivery services to empower mobility entrepreneurs. Built for emerging markets, Anda bridges the credit gap by financing productive assets such as motorcycles, tricycles, and cars, enabling drivers to own their vehicles, increase their earnings, andenter the formal economy. Through technology driven credit profiling and fully digitized payments, Anda creates financial identities for people who were previously underserved and unlocks responsible access to financial services. As an impact driven company, Anda brings together mobility, financing, and digital payments to deliver safe, affordable, and inclusive transportation while enabling a new generation of financially empowered entrepreneurs.
  • Aether Bio — Aether uses its state of the art platform to rapidly engineer enzymes, enabling our customers to manufacture complex and novel products at fractional cost.
  • Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market.
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Bas Hochstenbach
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education 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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Alan Rutledge
Angel · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Alan Rutledge

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $600k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cekura AI — Cekura AI is an AI based Software Development firm offering Developer Tool to observe and test AI voice agents.
  • Mentra — Exploring ideas with @Mentraglass. Follow for future updates.
  • Cosmoserve Space — Cosmoserve Space is developing autonomous robotic spacecraft to mitigate the rapidly growing problem of orbital debris.
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1090
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Pre-Seed $575k–$5M; Series A $5M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
  • Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
  • Arrakis Technologies — Arrakis partners with ambitious companies to deploy secure AI in production, taking them from experimentation to real-world impact at warp speed.
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Industrial Development Corporation
VC Fund · Sandown, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) is a national development finance institution set up to promote economic growth and industrial development.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Renewable Energy, Mining, Mobile
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, Australia, Luxembourg

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$26M; Post-IPO Debt $11M–$49M; Debt Financing $30M–$509M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Fedgroup — Fedgroup offers financial solutions in South Africa & abroad, providing investments, asset-backed lending, group risk & fiduciary services
  • AMEA Power — Founded in 2016, AMEA Power has assembled a leading team of global industry experts to deliver clean energy projects across Africa, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
  • Minbos Resources — Minbos has to build a nutrient supply and distribution business that stimulates agricultural production and promotes food security. They provide nutrient supply and distribution business that stimulates agricultural production and promotes food security.
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Technology Innovation Agency
VC Fund · Pretoria, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

WELCOME TO TIA Innovating Tomorrow Together Welcome to our agency - where ideas are nurtured, innovation is enabled , and impact is realised Through our funding, support programmes, and partnerships, we help innovators move from concept to impact. Whether you are an innovator or a partner, you are welcome here Funding Solutions SUPPORT PROGRAMMES

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Electronics
  • Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $46k–$1.3M; Grant $22k–$1M; Pre-Seed $50k–$188k
  • Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ann-Connect — Ann-Connect is an EdTech SaaS for learning, teaching, exams and assessments rolled into an all-in-one education platform.Founded in 2021 by Bonginkosi Mabaso, Nexa was born from a real problem: students missing exams and learning opportunities because of unreliable internet. Our mission is simple: make online education accessible to everystudent, regardless of connectivity or background. Today, Nexa is trusted by universities, training institutions, and professional bodies across South Africa, with partnerships that give access to more than 450,000 learners. One workspace. All your education tools: - Nexa ExamCore: Offline exam tool where students can access, write, and submit online exams even without internet. - Nexa Invigilator: Invigilation tool designed to monitor for online exams. - Nexa Invigilator Venue-based – Proctoring for physical/venue-based exams for schools, corporates & teams. - Nexa Room – Low-bandwidth video conferencing just like MS Teams but designed for teaching and learning, with AI-driven student engagement tracking. - Integrations – Seamless connection with Learning Management Systems (LMS), plagiarism checkers, and other education tools — all in one place. Recognised with awards from TIA, ABSA, and the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Nexa is shaping the future of global education by making it inclusive, resilient, and accessible everywhere. Ready to experience THE platform for inclusive learning? Visit ann-connect.com and join us in building education without limits.
  • Aviro Health — We believe that empowering and supporting people to manage their own health benefits everybody.We built the Aviro Pocket Clinic to support self-care and provide access to services. We give people what they need to perform important health checks like regular HIV self-testing and connect them to experts and services who can offer hands-on and supported care when needed.
  • All Weather Roads Engineering — All Weather Roads Engineering is a building material manufacturing firm also offering supply of construction material.
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Calculus Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

At Calculus Capital they are specialists in creating and managing tax efficient private equity funds for the individual. Funds that are ideal for today's market - offering generous tax benefits, and significant growth potential within a sensible risk profile.They look to make £2-5 million investments in established companies with provenmanagement teams and a successful product or service. Their entrepreneurial flair, combined with their experience and sound commercial judgement has resulted in a diversified investment portfolio and an impressive track record. In June 2013 Calculus Capital was top ranked in the prestigious Martin Churchill Tax Efficient Review for the 6th year in a row. The Government has recently shown its support for EIS funds, by maintaining the five generous tax benefits and widening the scope of EIS investments. These changes benefit Calculus Capital's rigorous and proven strategy. As a result they are experiencing their strongest pipeline of prospective investments yet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Medical
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Series A $2.5M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$7.8M
  • Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Edify Systems — The Human-First AI platform for multi-site food and beverage operators. Tighter margins, less waste, more time on the floor.
  • Grateful — Grateful provides cashless tipping and trunk management software that integrates QR/NFC, EPOS systems, and compliance reporting.
  • Resurrect Bio — Resurrect Bio is a disease resistance trait discovery company. Using AI and our high-throughput in planta screening platform we provide traits for breeders.
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iHub
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

iHub is a globally recognized organization that is deeply steeped in the local tech innovation culture. It is fair to say that the iHub has been both the main catalyst for regional tech acceleration and a role model for tech hubs across emerging markets. We are nurturing the best innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem; one that constantlychallenges and influences technology; one that can be replicated across the continent, as we believe that African innovation will play a critical role in shaping future technology globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, E-Learning, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SILABU — Silabu is a platform that links students with skilled teachers to help them achieve their learning objectives, offering an alternative to traditional education.
  • ntemata — ntemata an Edtech platform that allows you to automate teacher assessment processes and analyze competence-based learning holistically.
  • LoHo Learning — Loho Learning is an e-Learning platform that provides customized and interactive education to the schooling generation in a variety of digital formats.
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund · Carmel, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 187
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $43M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
  • WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
  • Nucleon Security — Zero-Trust and ML-based Endpoint Detection and Response Platform #EDR #FDR #EndpointSecurity
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Edge Growth
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

We are SME Development Solutionists, co-creating innovative solutions that combat business growth constraints.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy Storage, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $142k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $39M in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • Aviro Health — We believe that empowering and supporting people to manage their own health benefits everybody.We built the Aviro Pocket Clinic to support self-care and provide access to services. We give people what they need to perform important health checks like regular HIV self-testing and connect them to experts and services who can offer hands-on and supported care when needed.
  • Sensor Networks — Sensor Networks helps insurance companies improve risk mitigation, enhance loss management and better engage with customers through smart sensors. We've created Sensor Desk, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that controls and manages a range of internally developed and third-party-connected sensors. Our focus is to predict and prevent lossor damage insurance claims, improve operational efficiency and reduce costs for end users.
  • Creslow Energy Solutions — Creslow Energy Solutions is a manufacturer of sustainable energy storage technologies.
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BYLD
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Byld Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology investments.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Munify — Fast, secure, and cost-efficient cross-border payments powered by stablecoins. Send and receive money globally without delays, high fees, or the complexity
  • Bluerails — Payment infrastructure for the agentic economy. Get found, acted on, and paid by AI agents. Agent-ready checkout, global settlement, and compliance built in.
  • Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
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Oakley Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Oakley Capital partners with ambitious founders and management teams to build successful businesses across three sectors: technology, consumer, education.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Apps, Service Industry
  • Stage:Private Equity, Secondary Market
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Spain, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Private Equity $12M–$583M
  • Lead/follow: 72% lead, 28% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $4.5B in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Paraty Tech — Paraty Tech we are specialists in the development and implementation of technology and online marketing services for the tourism and hospitality sector.They offer complete solutions to make an increase in direct sales a reality. They guarantee an increase in bookings on your official website with innovative tools, ensuring you develop all youronline potential.
  • Brevo — Brevo is a developer of a cloud-based digital marketing platform used to meet the demand of businesses to engage with customers. Its platform encompasses the entire chain, from the creation of a newsletter to analysis and reporting tools to targeting modules that enable businesses, eCommerce sellers, and agencies to build customer relationshipsthrough digital marketing campaigns, transactional messaging, and marketing automation.Unlike other marketing solutions built for enterprise-level budgets and expertise, Sendinblue tailors its all-in-one suite to suit the marketing needs of growing SMBs in tough markets.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
  • Groupe Senef — Groupe Senef is a digital software provider that serves service industries like home care, cleaning, hospitality, and many others.
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Oikocredit International
VC Fund · Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Invest in People with Oikocredit and use your money to create change. giving people opportunity to build better lives. Invest Now

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
  • Geography: India, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Series B $3.6M–$24M; Debt Financing $1.1M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
  • Prestamype — Prestamype was launched in 2017 with the aim of providing a broader access to funding to micro and small businesses, with better credit conditions. With its first product, a secured working capital loan with a real estate collateral, it has lent over USD 24 million to 750 Peruvian entrepreneurs (as of 1st of October 2021). In 2019, Prestamypelaunched its online FX platform called Cambio Seguro. In 2020, the company launched its digital factoring product. In 2021, INCA Ventures and Angel Ventures Peru (AVP), two leading funds in Peru, invested in the company.
  • Sindhuja Microcredit — Sindhuja Microcredit is a new generation digital and rural-focused Micro Finance Institution (MFI) providing financial services to the bottom of the pyramid self-employed women entrepreneurs.
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Naspers
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Naspers is a global internet group that empowers people and enrich communities. Naspers companies operate and invest in countries and markets across the world with long-term growth potential. The company believes in the power of local backed by global scale and they look for opportunities to address big societal needs in markets where they see thegreatest growth potential. The company was founded on May 12, 1915, and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Retail
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, India, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Series A $456k–$20M; Series B $1.7M–$40M; Private Equity $55M–$421M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PharmEasy — PharmEasy is one of India's most trusted online pharmacy & medical stores offering pharmaceutical and healthcare products at a FLAT 20% OFF*. Used by 50 lakhs+ customers in India in 1.2K+ cities like Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Pune, etc.
  • 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.
  • Delivery Hero — Delivery Hero is the world's leading local delivery company. We are on a mission to deliver an amazing experience - fast, easy, and to your door.
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elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, Kenya, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BukaPO — BukaPO is a food and beverage company that provides pulses, rice bowls, and various other snack food services.
  • Toroto — Toroto neutralizes greenhouse gas emissions through nature-based solutions and carbon management. They provide a science-based way for companies and organizations to move closer to carbon-neutral operations. They support companies by measuring and reducing their environmental footprint. They also design forestry and regenerative agricultureprojects that make carbon offsetting possible.
  • MazaoHub — AI-first SaaS connecting soil, farmers, inputs, agronomy care, field operations, traceability and markets through real last-mile intelligence.
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Enygma Ventures
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Enygma Ventures is an investment fund for female entrepreneurs and women founders, focused on Southern Africa or SADC. Unlike traditional private equity, venture capital, and banks our team is full of award winning entrepreneurs who understand the same struggles you face first hand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Lending, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $230k–$457k
  • Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pranary — The practical business school for entrepreneurs
  • The Good Mineral — The Good Mineral is award-winning, vegan makeup designed for acne prone, sensitive skin - enjoy natural glowing lightweight coverage - free from preservatives, fragrance, talc, oils, waxes and dyes.
  • PremierCredit Zambia — PremierCredit is an international financial technology company that operates an online microlending and investment platform in Sub-Saharan Africa's emerging markets. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has licensed and regulated the company, allowing them to provide inclusive financial services throughout Africa.
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Isaac Oates
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Launch Africa
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 218
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Zazu — Zazu is an all-in-one financial platform for African SMEs, helping businesses manage payments, automate cash flow, and access real-time financial insights from one simple dashboard.
  • Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
  • Udu Technologies — Udu Technologies is an AI infrastructure company that offers GPU systems, AI platform integration, and technical support services.
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Absa group (Bank)
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

A leading financial group that brings your possibility to life across the African content.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mining, Financial Services, Mineral
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, Australia, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $53M–$301M; Debt Financing $31M–$678M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • West Wits Mining — West Wits Mining is focused on the exploration, development and production of high value precious and base metals. View more info here.
  • Aircraft Engine Lease Finance — Aircraft Engine Lease Finance is a commercial aircraft and engine leasing company that offers customized and flexible financing solutions to airlines, lessors, banks, and non-traditional aircraft owners. The company focuses on acquiring, leasing, and trading mid-life aircraft and provides liquidity and financial technology to airlines related todeal generation, technical bridging, lease administration, and asset management that are housed internally.
  • Red Rocket South Africa — Red Rocket is a renewable energy integrated power plant (IPP) that designs, develops, and distributes clean energy.
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Educas
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Education startups

Educas is a global investment firm focused on the education sector. Educas has two platforms: an international premium K-12 group of 42 schools educating over 31,000 students from Nursery to Grade 12 and a tertiary platform launched in 2017.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Non Profit, Hospitality
  • Stage:Seed, Private Equity
  • Geography: France, South Africa

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Inspired — Inspired is a co-educational, non-denominational, independent school group designed to inspire students to achieve their maximum potential in a nurturing, progressive academic environment from ages 1 to 18.
  • CMH Academy — CMH is a well-recognised higher education institution in the Hotel Management, Luxury Brand and Tourism sector in the heart of Paris.The school offers Bachelors, Master, MBA and Executive Programs with 18 specialisations to c.400 students from 60 nationalities. The school is particularly well known for its strong links with top luxury hotelsestablishments and its high job placement rates.
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Education Investor funding in South Africa at a glance

Stats across 127 deals from 123 investors.

123
investors
in South Africa Education startups
127
deals
in South Africa Education startups
$870k
median round
in South Africa Education startups
48%
lead investors
lead at least one round
27%
Grant
most common funding stage
86/14
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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