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Top 50 Finance VC Funds & Investors in South Africa (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in South Africa Finance startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Africa Finance startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Maven 11 Capital
VC Fund
5 United States, United Kingdom, Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.3M–$43M
1kx
VC Fund
4 United States, Germany, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $1.8M–$40M
Scalar Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A Blockchain, Software, Financial Services $1.5M–$30M
Sound Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, Israel Series A, Seed, Series B Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1.4M–$105M
Reciprocal Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency $2M–$50M
Kleiner Perkins
VC Fund
3 United States, China, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $5M–$110M
Merrill Lynch
VC Fund
2 United States, India, United Kingdom Series B, Series C Software, Information Technology, Internet $10M–$85M
Wintermute
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Cayman Islands Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $3M–$50M
The LAO
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $100k–$30M
Qualica
VC Fund
2 South Africa, Taiwan Pre-Seed, Private Equity Software, Banking, Finance $2.5M–$2.5M
EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Financial Services, FinTech $200k–$22M
Zip
VC Fund
2 India, South Africa, Czech Republic Series C, Seed FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce $22M–$50M
Imvelo Ventures
VC Fund
2 South Africa Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Software $302k–$5M
Launch Africa
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $200k–$4M
AlphaCode Venture Partners
VC Fund
2 South Africa, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates Grant, Seed, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $30k–$17M
CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $250k–$21M
BYLD
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, Payments, FinTech $120k–$6.5M
Sherpa Africa Partners
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $50k–$6M
Wintermute Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Cayman Islands, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $2.7M–$50M
Launch Labs
VC Fund
1
RaiCap
VC Fund
1 South Africa Pre-Seed Credit, Finance, Financial Services
Gauss Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Malta Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Banking $390k–$80M
A.Capital Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency $2.4M–$100M
Hash CIB
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, Singapore Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 $3M–$20M
Africa GoGreen Fund
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Rwanda, United States Debt Financing Energy, Solar, Logistics $7.5M–$33M
Kagiso Tiso Holdings
VC Fund
1 Ghana, South Africa Seed Finance, Financial Services, Banking
Placeholder
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology $2M–$38M
UNCOVERED FUND
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce $700k–$40M
Knife Capital
VC Fund
1 South Africa, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Education $1M–$15M
Five35 Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Kenya, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech $100k–$4.9M
BREEGA
VC Fund
1 France, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown FinTech, Software, Financial Services $1.1M–$24M
R-Ventures
VC Fund
1 Togo, Senegal, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Banking, FinTech, Payments
Collab+Currency
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $2M–$50M
Venture Capital Studio
VC Fund
1 South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Venture Capital, Software Engineering $262k–$14M
4Di Capital
VC Fund
1 South Africa, United States, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, Mobile $677k–$47M
Unicorn Growth Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Kenya, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $1M–$5.3M
Quona Capital
VC Fund
1 India, Brazil, Indonesia Series A, Seed, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $3M–$87M
Galaxy Interactive
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Series B Gaming, Blockchain, Software $1.4M–$150M
Punk Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States Seed Lending, Blockchain
Cypher Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, United Arab Emirates Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $675k–$150M
Naspers Foundry
VC Fund
1 South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, Farming, Software $854k–$15M
Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Software $300k–$4.5M
4DX Ventures
VC Fund
1 Egypt, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics $50k–$40M
Norrsken Foundation
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Rwanda Pre-Seed, Seed Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech $125k–$4M
Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $637k–$32M
54 Collective
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech $40k–$4M
Qualica Technologies (Pty) Ltd
VC Fund
1 South Africa Pre-Seed Apps, Banking, FinTech
RaliCap
VC Fund
1 United States, Mexico, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $300k–$5.5M
Flamingo DAO
VC Fund
1 United States, Austria, Croatia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$50M
Bloccelerate VC
VC Fund
1 United States, Switzerland, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $3M–$41M
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Maven 11 Capital
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 5 investments in South Africa Finance startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Maven 11 is a global blockchain and digital asset investment firm. The teams we partner with are on a rigorous quest to solve most exciting problems and make the necessary shift towards decentralised tomorrow.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 138
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$3.1M; Series A $5M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $107M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • tenka — tenka is an institutional-grade, decentralized market layer for asset-based finance (ABF) and private credit
  • functionSPACE — functionSPACE builds DeFi infrastructure to price and trade numerical outcomes.
  • Alkemya Luxembourg — Alkemya Luxembourg is an international high tech metals firm specializing in sourcing and distributing rare earth oxides, titanium, and nickel wire, that are increasingly important to R&D and manufacturing companies in semiconductor, aerospace, and other high technology industries.
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1kx
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 4 investments in South Africa Finance startups, 8 in the past 12 months

1kx is a research-driven global investment firm making trust instant, open, and programmable, with 160+ investments since 2018 across DeFi, stablecoins, and onchain infrastructure.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 183
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$11M; Series A $5M–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EarnOS — EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3.
  • KOR Protocol — KOR Protocol is a decentralized intellectual property (IP) infrastructure designed to empower creators, protect rights, and enable seamless collaboration and monetization of IP assets across various industries, including music, film, TV, gaming, and art. Backed by notable entities like Animoca Brands, Republic, Niantic, Sfermion, Solana, andprominent creators such as Black Mirror, Disclosure, deadmau5, and Richie Hawtin, KOR leverages blockchain, AI, and DeFi to offer a transparent, efficient, and scalable environment for IP expansion.
  • Freehand — AI Teams for Complex Spend Management
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Scalar Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Crypto investment firm. Austin, TX.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $7.5M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Sound — Sound is a suite of music and economic tools powering the next generation of artists and their communities, starting with listening parties for new releases
  • Stack — Stack's consumer products are shutting down. Withdraw remaining funds from the Stack app.
  • Stackr Labs — Micro-rollups to scale web3 applications
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Sound Ventures
VC Fund · Beverly Hills, California, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm. The company seeks to invest in the technology sector.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 265
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $9M–$30M; Series B $17M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $50M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Knit — Knit is an AI-Native Research Agency that combines the rigor and expertise of a traditional agency with the speed and efficiency of AI.
  • Factory — Factory is bringing autonomy to software engineering.
  • Stability AI — AI for Humanity. Stability AI is a solution studio dedicated to innovating ideas. By using collective intelligence principles and augmented technology we design and implement feasible solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
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Reciprocal Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Partnering with crypto founders from day 0. Here investments == partnerships.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$8M; Series A $6M–$30M; Series B $12M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1.6M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Coinflow Labs — Tech-driven payments solutions for your business
  • CEA Industries — CEA Industries (NASDAQ: BNC) is a publicly traded company pursuing a BNB-focused digital asset treasury strategy.
  • BLOCKWORKS INC. — Blockworks is a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Our editorial content, newsletters, podcasts and events provide investors with the critical analysis and information they need to make smarter decisions about digital assets.
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Kleiner Perkins
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Finance startups, 71 in the past 12 months

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1362
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$50M; Series B $10M–$75M; Series C $12M–$110M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $58M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Armadin Security — Armadin Security is an AI-powered cybersecurity company that specializes in real-time threat hunting.
  • Harvey — Harvey is an artificial intelligence technology service provider.
  • Profound — 1. https://t.co/uNIJRlRUFJ 2. https://t.co/tNizCMQYpy 3. https://t.co/ljElw4BSK7
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Merrill Lynch
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management has the financial advisors and expertise to help you achieve your goals at any stage of your life or career.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Series B $10M–$80M; Series C $10M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Eldorado Gold Corp. — Eldorado is a global gold mining company with a local operating philosophy.
  • Banco de Occidente, S.A. — Banco de Occidente is the fifth largest bank in Colombia by asset level and portfolio at June 30, 2016. It has national coverage and a portfolio of integrated products and services, offered through a network of 241 offices and 336 ATMs 9,671 banking correspondents and other features.
  • Almaty International Airport — Almaty International Airport is an airline company.
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Wintermute
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Cayman Islands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 91
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$18M; Series A $5M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $20M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • BULK Trade — One Exchange Infinite Markets
  • Pave Bank — The world's first multi-asset and programmable bank
  • Nova Markets — Decide what lists next on @HyperliquidX and earn from every listing, forever.
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The LAO
VC Fund · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

A venture DAO supporting the Ethereum Ecosystem

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 150
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$8.5M; Series A $4.4M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Bio.xyz — Biotech's new financial layer.
  • Recall Labs — Textile is building new digital experiences by focusing on user privacy, transparency, and decentralization.
  • Blackbird — We believe the next great hospitality technology platform should connect restaurants and their customers directly, in meaningful and ongoing ways. Blackbird is founded by a team with a passion for restaurants and a track record of using technology to solve problems.
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Qualica
VC Fund · Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Qualica provides B2B, managed services/software and tech in niche Industries such as Fin Serv, Airlines, enterprise branch mngt,user experience mngt, and mobile

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Banking, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Private Equity
  • Geography: South Africa, Taiwan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $2.5M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BancX — bancX is a modular, as-a-service platform for banks, fintechs, lenders, and retailers to build or extend their offering to meet market demand.
  • Qualica — Qualica provides B2B, managed services/software and tech in niche Industries such as Fin Serv, Airlines, enterprise branch mngt,user experience mngt, and mobile
  • WiXtar — WiXtar Digital Services Co., Ltd. is a leading provider of intelligent retail solutions, dedicated to empowering brick-and-mortar stores through innovative digital transformation. Formerly known as LaFresh Information Co., Ltd., the company has over two decades of experience in the industry. In late 2023, WiXtar underwent a strategic merger withMaji Digital, Beauty Technology, and Singapore's Epoint Systems, rebranding itself to better reflect its expanded capabilities and global reach.​At the heart of WiXtar's offerings is the LaaS (LaFresh as a Service) platform—an open, scalable SaaS solution designed to integrate front-end and back-end operations seamlessly. This platform supports comprehensive automation and omnichannel applications, enhancing management efficiency, service quality, and customer experience. WiXtar's solutions are tailored for various industries, including food and beverage, retail, tourism, wellness, and entertainment.​With a presence in over 20 regions across the Asia-Pacific and the United States, WiXtar has established robust local and international teams, assisting more than 15,000 clients in achieving localized operations and digital transformation. The company's commitment to innovation is evident in its development of the market's first AI-powered multilingual voice recognition ordering system and multilingual menu generation software. WiXtar continues to lead the industry by breaking boundaries and enabling businesses to thrive sustainably through the power of information technology.​
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.2M; Series A $1.2M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.5M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Rivy — Access flexible financing for solar energy projects with Rivy. Power homes, businesses, and communities with clean, affordable energy.
  • Snowstorm — Official site of the Snowstorm Network
  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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Zip
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Zip is a leading digital financial services company providing fair and seamless solutions that simplify how people pay.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series C, Seed
  • Geography: India, South Africa, Czech Republic

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Series C $22M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Payflex — Shop smarter with Payflex's buy now pay later services - enjoy interest-free payments using Pay in 2, 3 or 4 options. Apply now and shop online or in-store.
  • ZestMoney — ZestMoney is a growing consumer lending FinTech company that uses digital EMI, without the need for a credit card or a credit score. The company believes that being able to pay in EMI should be available to everyone and not only those who hold a credit card or have a credit score. With the use of mobile tech, digital banking, and AI, ZestMoney wasmade accessible to millions of Indian consumers.Founded in 2016 by digital finance and technology professionals, Priya Sharma, Lizzie Chapman, and Ashish Anantharaman, the company is backed by leading global digital financial services investors like PayU, Ribbit Capital, Omidiyar Networks among other.
  • Twisto — Twisto is on a mission to challenge the status quo of everyday finances via exceptional customer experience by being at the forefront in delivering cutting edge technology. Pay simply, fast and securely.
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Imvelo Ventures
VC Fund · Sandown, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Imvelo Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm in South Africa managed by Capitec Bank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $659k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $302k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Botlhale AI — Botlhale AI allows to build, train, test, and deploy multilingual conversational AI. Botlhale AI is a research and innovation start-up that specializes in conversational AI. Computer systems have become an integral part of everyday lives and as a result, natural spoken language is the desired form of human-computer interaction.
  • Acumen Software — Acumen Software develops configurable SaaS solutions for enterprise work management, asset management, field service, smart city engagement and AIoT solutions.
  • The Cape Town Stock Exchange — The Cape Town Stock Exchange is a south Africa’s stock exchange for small- and medium-sized businesses.
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Launch Africa
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups, 6 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 — Manza 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 — Explore GPU cloud and hardware through AGH Cloud, UduTech's flagship product, and AI advisory for teams in the United States, Africa, the Caribbean and beyond.
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AlphaCode Venture Partners
VC Fund · Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

We are an African venture capital fund, for world-class African entrepreneurs run by seasoned African investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Grant, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $77k–$7.2M; Grant $30k–$130k; Series B $2.3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% 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.
  • AgrigateOne — Shining a light on every stage of the fresh produce supply chain, ensuring transparency for growers & buyers. Agritech | Software | Technology
  • Moment — Africa is entering a transformative period of economic and technological growth driven by rapid digital adoption, expanding mobile connectivity, and a young, increasingly connected population. With approximately 1.5 billion people and one of the world’s fastest-growing youth demographics, the continent is experiencing a significant shift towardelectronic payments, mobile-first services, and broader digital transformation.Although widespread internet access and traditional banking infrastructure developed later in many African markets compared to other regions, this delayed adoption has accelerated innovation in mobile technology and financial services. Mobile money platforms, digital banking solutions, fintech ecosystems, and e-commerce adoption are reshaping how consumers and businesses interact across the continent.This youth-driven wave of innovation is creating substantial opportunities in sectors such as fintech, telecommunications, logistics, e-commerce, renewable energy, education technology, and digital services. Both global corporations and emerging local enterprises are actively investing in Africa’s rapidly evolving digital economy, competing to unlock new markets and address underserved populations.The continent’s ongoing transformation is expected to play a major role in global economic growth over the next two decades, positioning Africa as a significant center for innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital commerce.
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$4M; Pre-Seed $250k–$3.3M; Series A $1.1M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
  • 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.
  • Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.
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BYLD
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Finance 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 — Bluerails is a fintech firm that has created an on-chain treasury platform to improve cross-border payments and treasury management for businesses, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.
  • Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
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Sherpa Africa Partners
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

A venture fund for pre-seed startups in Africa, led by Startup Operators, backed by Startup Operators.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$6M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$300k
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Novek — Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains.
  • CashBackApp — An App that offers you Cash Discounts on a wide range of household essentials available at local supermarkets in Kenya.
  • Jackfruit Finance — Fast, flexible school financing in Kenya. Get working capital, projects, and asset loans designed around school fee cycles and growth needs.
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Wintermute Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Wintermute Ventures is an investor dedicated to supporting innovation in the blockchain ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Cayman Islands, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$20M; Series A $7.6M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jeeves Inc. — Pay for anything, anywhere, in your local currency. No fees. No interest. No personal guarantees. Mobile-first, built with your team in mind.
  • Velocity — Velocity provides a unified platform for efficiently moving and managing funds across both traditional banks and blockchains.
  • Silicon Data — Revolutionize compute markets through unparalleled data transparency, financial product innovation and market intelligence
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Launch Labs
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Launch Labs turns your team's know-how into AI agents and custom software. Built by founders who sold to NBC Sports. Seattle-based, global team.

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Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • NFTfi — NFTfi allows borrowers to use the NFTs they own to access the liquidity they need - in a safe, secure and anonymous way. Lenders can earn attractive yields efficiently and have the chance to obtain rare assets at a steep discount in case of loan defaults.
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RaiCap
VC Fund · Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

RaiCap it’s a early-stage startups venture capital. With Latin American presence, our value proposition is based on smart money investments, reflected in capital, mentoring and advice.In addition, the fund provides support and the necessary assistance to startups that want to expand regionally through strategic partners and our angelinvestors associated network.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Credit, Finance, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Sava — Embedded banking for African finance: accounts, cards, payments and compliance in one licensed API. Sponsor-bank integrations and regulatory licences behind fintechs, lenders and marketplaces.
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Gauss Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Backing high-impact technologies that reshape industries Building growth

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Malta

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $390k–$4M; Series A $3M–$34M; Series B $14M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Anvizent — Generative Data Pipelines
  • Bettr — Bettr is a digital banking app for creator. Download the app to get your zero monthly fee digital bank account and virtual card. Join our community of creators, gamers, influencers, freelancers, tiktokkers, streamers, YouTubers and digital gig workers.
  • Zilch — Buy now, pay later with Zilch. Shop thousands of brands online or in store and pay off your purchase over 6 weeks in 4 instalments.
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A.Capital Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

a_capital provides resources and counsel to the creators, inventors and entrepreneurs, who are building a new future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $2.4M–$13M; Series A $5M–$20M; Series B $16M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $180M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • SageOx — Shared context and operating toolkit for human-agent teams.
  • Deep Infra — Deep Infra offers cost-effective, scalable, easy-to-deploy, and production-ready machine-learning models and infrastructures for deep-learning models.
  • Expo — Expo is the fastest way to build native apps for iOS, Android, and the web with React.
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Hash CIB
VC Fund · Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

HashCIB offers financial solutions in the crypto-asset markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$6.2M; Series A $6M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shaga — Shaga is a veteran team of blockchain, gaming, distributed systems, and networking professionals.
  • Verida — The Verida Wallet is a mobile application that allows you to manage your decentralized identity and personal data. It provides a user-friendly interface for interacting with applications built on the Verida network.
  • Liquorice — We're thrilled to announce our $1.2M pre-seed round, led by @greenfield_cap and with participation from @l2iterative, @polymorphiccap, @HoradrimCapital, and @HASHCIB. Angel investors include founders from @1inch.
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Africa GoGreen Fund
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

AGG drives green investments across Africa through renewable energy and energy efficiency financing. Supporting climate projects that reduce GHG emissions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Logistics
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: Kenya, Rwanda, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Debt Financing $7.5M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $47M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • BioLite — BioLite designs off-grid personal scale energy products for cooking, charging, and lighting. Perfect for camping, fishing, tailgating, power outages, and more.
  • Spironet — 130K+ Bikes Deployed. 50M+ Battery Swaps. 2.6B+ CO2 Free KMs Driven
  • Cold Solutions Rwanda — Cold Solutions Rwanda is a temperature-controlled storage and logistics provider specializing in end-to-end cold chain management.
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Kagiso Tiso Holdings
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Kagiso Tiso Holdings Proprietary Limited is a venture capital arm of Kagiso Trust specializing in investing in start-up businesses, expansion, secondary purchases, buy in and buy out.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Financial Services, Banking
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Ghana, South Africa

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Me Cure Healthcare — Me Cure Healthcare provides medical imaging, pathology, diagnostics, ophthalmology, dentistry, oncology, EMS, and cardiac-care services.
  • Futurewise Education — Futurewise Education is a licensed insurer that secures future of children and for quality education.
  • Gagasi Heart Media Group — Gagasi Heart Media Group, media solutions company representing powerhouse coastal brands, Gagasi FM and Heart FM. https://t.co/bQqRZZBVyV
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Placeholder
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized networks and web services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$6.5M; Series A $5.5M–$38M; Venture - Series Unknown $4M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • ARX — Secure chips, onchain. Creators of @useburner @offlinecashco @kongiscash.
  • Kamino — Building the next generation of credit infrastructure on Solana. NFA.
  • Squads — Collaborative infrastructure for web3 native teams
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UNCOVERED FUND
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

UNCOVERED FUND is a venture capital firm that leads the creation of industries in Africa and other emerging countries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $700k–$2.1M; Series A $4M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
  • 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
  • Mecho — Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses in Africa.
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Knife Capital
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Finance 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 one customer service platform for live chat, chatbots and broadcasts across WhatsApp, Messenger, web chat, email and many other digital channels.
  • 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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Five35 Ventures
VC Fund · Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Five35 Ventures is committed to unlocking capital and growth opportunities for female-focused early-stage African technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa, Kenya, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.8M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
  • Kasha — Health products and household goods you want, delivered to where you are.
  • 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.
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BREEGA
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups, 10 in the past 12 months

VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: France, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 151
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Series A $4.4M–$24M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $165M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Moneybox — Moneybox is the simple way to save, invest, buy your first home, and combine your old pensions - all with one award-winning app. Download now.
  • Wealthcome — Wealthcome is a wealth management company that offers tools for tracking expenses, optimizing fees, and analyzing investment performance.
  • Biochar Industrial Group — Biochar Industrial Group partners with agricultural processors to convert biomass waste into biochar through industrial pyrolysis. The company finances, installs, and operates biochar production systems that process agricultural residues such as palm kernel shells, cashew husks, and sawdust. It manages biochar production, carbon creditverification, carbon credit sales, and revenue sharing with its partners. Biochar Industrial Group also provides waste value assessments and partnership programs for eligible agricultural processors.
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R-Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

R-Ventures is a global investor in high-impact tech startups driving change and economic growth through emerging market investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Banking, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Togo, Senegal, South Africa

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • SEMOA — Founded in 2016, SEMOA have today an international footprint in 13 countries of Africa with the statement to bring something more to people's daily lives. SEMOA is a pioneering fintech company that is reshaping the financial landscape across Africa by specializing in two key areas: the digitalization of banking services and empowerment ofmobile transactions.As a software editor, SEMOA offers a suite of APIs platform and white-label SaaS tools designed to address financial inclusion challenges in Africa, where traditional banking systems often fall short. As a transaction enabler, SEMOA acts as a schema for mobile transaction allowing banks to create more value through a service layer.
  • Bettr — Bettr is a digital banking app for creator. Download the app to get your zero monthly fee digital bank account and virtual card. Join our community of creators, gamers, influencers, freelancers, tiktokkers, streamers, YouTubers and digital gig workers.
  • Yobante Express — Yobante Express offers a web & mobile platform that connects retailers, businesses & individuals with carriers for point-to-point delivery.
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Collab+Currency
VC Fund · Eugene, Oregon, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Collab+Currency is a crypto-focused venture fund that backs early-stage projects developing the next generation of financial infrastructure, culture, and human organization.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $5M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AKEDO — The vibe coding Content Creation Engine and Launchpad Backed by @Karatage_, @Sfermion_, @Collab_Currency https://t.co/PA0vYr1Oeo
  • Squads — Collaborative infrastructure for web3 native teams
  • Limited — Secure your treasury and scale your business globally with a truly self-custodial account that only you control. No banks. No middlemen.
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Venture Capital Studio
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

36 Followers, 31 Following, 1 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Black Silver Capital (@blacksilvercapital)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Venture Capital, Software Engineering
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $928k–$10M; Pre-Seed $262k–$3.7M; Series A $2.7M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 90% lead, 10% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $250000B in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Accrual Software — We are a Software Development Company
  • Cyrrix Cybersecurity — At Cyrrix Cybersecurity, we understand the importance of protecting your business from online threats. Our team provides a full range of cybersecurity services to help safeguard your company's sensitive information and systems. We offer comprehensive risk assessments, penetration testing, and incident response planning to identify and addressvulnerabilities in your network. Our managed security services provide ongoing monitoring and threat detection to keep your business protected around the clock. With our help, you can rest easy knowing that your company's valuable assets are secure.
  • Aesthetic Prosthetic Bionics — Biological Engineering, Bionics, Biomimetics, Hydraulics, Prosthetics, Neuroprosthetics, Exoskeleton Suits, Dynamics, Kinematics Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Artificial Organs, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Knowledge Reasoning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Robotics, Artificial GeneralIntelligence, Deep Learning, Bayesian Networks, Evolutionary Algorithms, Computational Neuroscience, Neurocybernetics, Cybernetics, Cognitive Science, Source Coding, Channel Coding, Algorithmic Complexity Theory, Algorithmic Information Theory, Information-Theoretic Security, Grey System Theory & Biotechnology
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4Di Capital
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

4Di Capital is an independent seed- and early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.Nurture capital is the term that best describes 4Di Capitalâ€:tm:s purpose and philosophy.We understand that in the early days of any business, support, mentoring and access to networks is just as important as seed capital.Using tried and tested international venture capital best practices, adapted for local use, we believe in entrepreneur-friendly finance without frills, and in working as a team with our investments to achieve their true potential.4Di Capital Early-Stage Technology Fund 1 targets startup investment opportunities with high growth potential at the seed- and early-stages in the mobile, enterprise software and web sectors.We look for founder teams with hungry passion, commitment, domain expertise and deep insights into the large market problems they wish to solve with their technology solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $677k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$4M; Series A $2M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $24M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
  • FireID — FireID is a venture builder that helps makers, with unique skills and passion, build businesses to solve meaningful problems.
  • Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
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Unicorn Growth Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Propelling category-leading companies fueling a new and inclusive digital economy

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.1M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Fig Finance — We're closing the credit gap. We connect global and local lenders, with the strongest emerging market businesses.
  • Bitmama — Bitmama is the best cryptocurrency trading platform that lets you buy, sell Bitcoin, ETH, Celo, USDT, XRP, and more. Available in Nigeria & over 100 countries.
  • Touch and Pay Technologies — Mobile payment & services via NFC Technology
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Quona Capital
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing financial inclusion around the globe. Through our investments, Quona aims to deliver outstanding financial returns while making a lasting and positive impact on the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: India, Brazil, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 218
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $3.1M–$25M; Series B $8M–$87M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $332M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Jusfy — Jusfy offers legal services and consulting for individuals and business organizations.
  • Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
  • International Payments Identity — iPiD provides a single global API for real-time payee validation, reducing fraud and ensuring seamless payments across borders. Discover our KYP solutions today.
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Galaxy Interactive
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Play the Future. Galaxy Interactive is a leading sector-focused VC investing in interactive entertainment, at the intersection of content, social, finance and technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 180
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8M; Series A $6M–$46M; Series B $9M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $89M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Row64 — Row64 delivers real-time operational intelligence for assets in motion, so you can detect and act on problems the moment they happen, before they cost you.
  • 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.
  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems — The fastest path to clean, limitless fusion energy.
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Punk Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Punk DAO - a community for Punks.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Lending, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • NFTfi — NFTfi allows borrowers to use the NFTs they own to access the liquidity they need - in a safe, secure and anonymous way. Lenders can earn attractive yields efficiently and have the chance to obtain rare assets at a steep discount in case of loan defaults.
  • Ion Protocol — Ion is an Open Source Protocol built to support Ethereum stakers and restakers, to unlock a world of new applications for their assets.
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Cypher Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Leading blockchain investment and advisory firm based in the UAE. Empowering Web3 innovation through strategic investments and expert guidance.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Pre-Seed $675k–$3.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.7M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Biton — Biton is a full-chain ecology trading platform that offers services to simplify the trading process and mitigate cross-chain risks.
  • Lyvely — Lyvely. A Profile That Pays. The future of monetizing online for creators, freelancers, and digital entrepreneurs.
  • Falcon Finance — Falcon Finance is a protocol that enables the use of any liquid asset as collateral for issuing onchain liquidity and unlocking value across various financial domains.
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Naspers Foundry
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Finance 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, Farming, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $854k–$6M; Series A $3M–$15M; Series B $940k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% 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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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

We back exceptional founders in and from Africa who are addressing deep gaps between the status quo and the ideal.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Onboard — Onboard helps hardware companies transform their text manuals to 3D, intelligent manuals with instant customer support capabilities.
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance 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: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $6.6M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Autochek — Welcome To Autochek Group's Homepage. Read About The Company's Vision And Mission. Select A Country And Apply For Car Loans
  • CINETPAY — CinetPay is a mobile money payment hub that federates mobile money payment methods in Africa.
  • Franc — Franc is the easiest way to save & invest. Our app doesn’t require any investment knowledge & our friendly risk quiz helps us understand how much investment risk is right for you. Users can start investing in less than 2 minutes. There is no minimum requirement & no paperwork. It is a seamless digital experience end-to-end. A usersimply chooses a goal, selects an investment strategy, verifies their identity & makes a deposit. Each user is recommended a personalised investment strategy for each investment goal, combining money market & index tracking ETFs. Our helpful calculators assist clients with their budgeting, retirement & targeted savings needs. We also provide free access to our online academy & fun financial literacy quizzes.We know saving is hard & investing can be scary, which is why we create savings groups & challenges so that users can encourage one another. We also run weekly competitions where users can stand a chance to win a cash prize that will boost their investments.
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Norrsken Foundation
VC Fund · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 1 investments in South Africa Finance 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, Health Care, FinTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Rwanda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$4M; Pre-Seed $125k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% 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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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 1 investments in South Africa Finance 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: 842
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $637k–$5M; Series A $4M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Finbits — Fintech company formed by co-founders with digital product background. The startup is solving major financial problems faced by entrepreneurs in LatAm: time wasted with non-core activities and difficult access to financial products. Finbits is developing an all-in-one finance solution for LatAm SMB. This new solution saves 80% of back-office costsand allows users access to financial products. This new financial OS integrates bank accounts, payment means, third-party ERP, and accounting software already available in the ecosystem. The new platform leverages modern technology and a data driven architecture to provide intelligent insights and financial products.
  • Musa — Musa is a smart city solution providing a platform that efficiently connects waste generators, haulers, and recyclers. Our mission is to guarantee that all waste becomes raw material directed to a productive chain of reuse. This is what connects us, a world without waste where everything can be reused. We want to transform the waste managementindustry by leveraging technology and developing new business models ensuring economic, social, and environmental impact.
  • Membrane — Membrane is AI for product integrations. Describe what you need, watch integrations build, test and maintain themselves.We exist to let any product connect to any other reliably, safely, and at scale, by turning intent & customer needs into integrations with AI.Our platform offers the state-of-the-art solution in the AI Age for productintegrations:Membrane Agent builds integrations for one or multiple apps at once, choosing correct API calls, field mappings, and data structuresMembrane Engine is the configurable infrastructure that you or any agent can play with. It contains actions, events/webhooks, flows, data collections, unified API models, field mappings, and schemas & more used to build and maintain integrations at scale.Membrane Packages - integration code that is purpose built for your use case, that you can deploy in your IDE.Membrane is used by 100+ B2B SaaS companies like Constant Contact, PandaDoc, Dialpad, Storyblok & many others as their preferred integration partner
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54 Collective
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Finance 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: 108
  • Round size: Seed $40k–$4M; 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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Qualica Technologies (Pty) Ltd
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Qualica has been taking the complex world of information technology and making it simple since 1999. Today, Qualica provides funding, professional services, and resources to several businesses across the financial services and hospitality industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • BancX — bancX is a modular, as-a-service platform for banks, fintechs, lenders, and retailers to build or extend their offering to meet market demand.
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RaliCap
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Rally Cap is a global community of tech folks investing in an exclusive portfolio of top-tier early stage venture funds in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.5M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Cata — Launch your branded mobile app for ordering, CRM & loyalty. Increase order frequency & basket size. Learn how Cata can scale your business!
  • Pago ASAP — Asap optimizes every process with speed, security, and efficiency by facilitating cross-border payments targeted at resource banking. Pago ASAP's payment infrastructure enables banks, fintechs, digital wallets, remittance companies, and businesses to transmit and receive payments.
  • Gangkhar — Gangkhar provides AI-native embedded insurance infrastructure for digital platforms, insurers, MGAs, and brokers to launch, optimize, and scale embedded protection.
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Flamingo DAO
VC Fund · Sacramento, California, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Flamingo DAO is an NFT-focused DAO that aims to explore emerging investment opportunities for ownable, blockchain-based assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Austria, Croatia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Series A $4.4M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NFTfi — NFTfi allows borrowers to use the NFTs they own to access the liquidity they need - in a safe, secure and anonymous way. Lenders can earn attractive yields efficiently and have the chance to obtain rare assets at a steep discount in case of loan defaults.
  • Namcon — Namcon provides blockchain infrastructure services that rely on numerous devices and trusted execution environments for secure computing.
  • mmERCH — mmERCH is a blockchain-enabled Web3 fashion startup.
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Bloccelerate VC
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in South Africa Finance startups

Bloccelerate VC Investment Thesis Enterprise Blockchain Focus Areas Team Writings

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $6M–$16M; Series B $15M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Rover — Bitcoin Liquid Staking on @BotanixLabs
  • Interstate — Interstate is an Ethereum pre-confirmation protocol. It aims to make Ethereum transactions near-instant and allow applications to self-order while maintaining full composability with L1.
  • Cloudburst Technologies — Crypto, Crypto Threat intelligence, OSINT, Open source intelligence
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Finance VC funding in South Africa at a glance

Stats across 100 deals from 117 investors.

117
investors
in South Africa Finance startups
100
deals
in South Africa Finance startups
$5.1M
median round
in South Africa Finance startups
49%
lead investors
lead at least one round
19%
Private Equity
most common funding stage

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