Top 50 Financial Services Startup Investors in South Africa in May 2025
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Financial services startups based in South africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Financial services companies from South africa. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Financial Services Startup Investors in South Africa in May 2025
Investor | Financial Services South Africa investments |
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CRE Venture Capital | 8 |
UW Ventures | 7 |
4Di Capital | 6 |
Launch Africa | 6 |
Allan Gray | 6 |
Naspers Foundry | 6 |
Maven 11 Capital | 5 |
Raba Partnership | 5 |
Martin Villig | 4 |
Quona Capital | 4 |
Future Africa | 4 |
Ragnar Sass | 4 |
Goodwell Investments | 4 |
Merrill Lynch | 4 |
1kx | 4 |
Change Ventures | 4 |
Scalar Capital | 3 |
Musha Ventures | 3 |
Markus Villig | 3 |
Oui Capital | 3 |
54 Collective | 3 |
Hollard Insurance | 3 |
Kleiner Perkins | 3 |
Firstminute Capital | 3 |
Kalon Venture Partners | 3 |
Lireas Holdings | 3 |
Imvelo Ventures | 3 |
Sound Ventures | 3 |
Wes Schwalje | 2 |
TLcom Capital Partners | 2 |
Everywhere Ventures | 2 |
500 Fintech | 2 |
Norrsken VC | 2 |
Boost VC | 2 |
Hustle Fund | 2 |
Robby Hilkowitz | 2 |
PayPal Ventures | 2 |
DCG Expeditions | 2 |
4DX Ventures | 2 |
Alumni Ventures | 2 |
Wintermute | 2 |
Flourish Ventures | 2 |
First circle capital | 2 |
Yossi Hasson | 2 |
Phillip Sebole Masango | 2 |
AlphaCode Club | 2 |
LoftyInc Capital | 2 |
Crossfin Technology | 2 |
Village Global | 2 |
Accion Venture Lab | 2 |
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
- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Africa, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Sabi Am — Sabi is Africa's largest B2B company, & we are digitising informal trade via our platform. We access markets hard to reach and ensure ease of distribution, & are the No 1 FCMG supplier in Africa.
- Sukhiba — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
UW is a multi-stage investor that provides growth and replacement capital across the equity-cycle. Its activities span from high-growth venture to mid-market private equity opportunities.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Payments, Insurance
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Pargo — Pargo is a convenient logistics solution that lets you collect and return parcels at Pargo parcel points throughout the country when it suits you best.
- Synatic — Synatic is a unified platform that enables your business to integrate and automate systems and services without sacrificing enterprise features and security.
- Peach Payments — Get Peach as your Payment Gateway and Grow your ecommerce. Process online payments with Visa, Mastercard, Debit Orders, EFT payments, and subscriptions. Plugins for Wix, Shopify, WooCommerce.
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
- Software, Financial Services, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Africa, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Maxe AI — AI investment Assistant for all investors. AI Portfolios tracker of stocks bonds exchanges futures. all in one to track mutual funds.
- Cloudline — The all-in-one cloud platform helping leisure businesses sell more, reduce costs & personalize experiences.
- Happy Pay — Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services.
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
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Affinity — Join over 60,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage your personal banking needs and qualify for an Affinity Instant Loan
- ToumAI Analytics — ToumAI Analytics is a software development company providing voice analytics, real-time analytics, and reporting services.
- PBR Life Sciences — A cloud-based real-world, non-observational pharmacy sell-out data
Allan Gray is privately owned investment management company focused on generating long-term wealth for investors.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- South Africa, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Mobiz — Supercharge your SMS marketing with dynamic, high-converting landing pages sent directly into the hands of your customers.
- onafriq — MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.
- Sendmarc — Maximize your email security and domain protection with DMARC to safeguard your business against email impersonation, phishing, and spoofing.
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
- Financial Services, Information Technology, Information Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Africa, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-own car service for private clients.
- LifeCheq — Transforming financial services sales & distribution
- 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.
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
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- MagicBlock — MagicBlock Labs is a gaming and technology firm that creates infrastructure for fully on-chain games.
- Resolv Labs — Resolv USR was born from the idea of a stablecoin independent from real-world assets risks, with yield powered by crypto money markets.
- Camp Network — Camp Network is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain to power AI agents.
The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, South Africa, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Swypex — The all-in-one financial platform empowering businesses with control, visibility, and efficiency. Swypex simplifies business finances, freeing you to focus on growth.
- Kera — We are on a mission to connect health ecosystems and enable healthy lives for all communities. Starting in Senegal.
- Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Education
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Estonia, Spain, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-own car service for private clients.
- Mentornaut — Mentornaut is a new online tutoring platform is aiming to increase inclusion in personalized education and counts Super angel, United Angels VC, and a list of EdTech advocates like Bolt co-founder Martin Villig, and Clanbeat co-founder Kadri Tuisk among its investors.
- StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing inclusion in emerging markets. 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
- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- India, Brazil, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- enza — Our focus on providing the richest possible API environment means that enza clients can concentrate on solving business challenges and not waste valuable time and effort on technical integrations.
- Belvo — Belvo is the leading Open Banking API platform in Latin America and the easiest way for users to connect their account to an app
- Ideem — Manual 2FA (SMS/WhatsApp One Time Passcodes, Authenticator Apps and Soft Tokens) are plagued with friction, fraud, and costs. Ideem cryptographically binds to the device to replace traditional possession factor 2FA and device fingerprinting solutions. Ideem's drop-in SDK works across all browsers and native apps. No user interaction isrequired - no effort, no permissions, no exceptions. Just an easy and invisible 2FA that reduces friction, fraud and costs.
Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership globally. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analyticsof mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
- Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
- Filmmakers Mart — Find and book film locations, equipment, and services across Africa. Filmmakers Mart simplifies production logistics from start to finish.
Ragnar Sass is the Co-Founder of Darkstar Camp. He previously worked at LIFT99 as a Founder and CEO. Ragnar Sass attended Estonian Business School.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Estonia, United States, Ukraine
Portfolio highlights
- Alvin — Highly accurate, automated column-level lineage, powering your data workflows.
- BeTRITON — 100% electric recreational vehicle - revolution in sustainable travel. BeTRITON (formerly known as Z-Triton) offers extraordinary experience and freedom to travel both over land and water.
- Around — The largest network of workspaces on flexible terms. We are a savvy team from Latin America providing fast-growing companies with on-demand access to flexible office space. Everywhere.We believe work at its best is always creative and collaborative, expressed with freedom, autonomy, and purpose; and the space surrounding us should help us achieveit, anywhere & everywhere.We are shaping the future of work today by improving workspaces and the rules around them, and helping innovative teams find their ideal space to make their best work every day — our first step on a journey to change the way we work and think about work.Our best work. Anywhere. Everywhere. We are Around.
Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Agriculture
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- OmniRetail — Get visibility of complete value chain and optimize processes end to end with our network of networks platform.
- Good Nature Agro — Their priority is to generate lasting income with small-scale farmers. They build local community leaders into qualified Private Extension Agents (PEAs) who oversee and train farmers throughout the growing season. They support PEAs to provide frequent trainings and personalized recommendations on how their growers can make their field healthier andmore productive. PEAs promote improved farm practices and deliver a farmer-friendly loan of seeds and additional inputs. At harvest, Good Nature is a guaranteed market for the certified legume seed that their growers produce. Choosing to produce these high-value crops over traditional cash crops - maize and cotton - more than doubles their income.
- Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.
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
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Funding Round, Series B, Series C
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ITM Power — ITM manufacture PEM electrolysers. A pioneering technology that generates green hydrogen enabling customers to decarbonise.
- Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients either the same day or next weekday
- The Boeing Company — Welcome to the official corporate site for the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. Learn about our passion for innovation, our products, careers and more.
1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Kaia — Kaia is a public blockchain that utilizes Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) for enhanced reliability and performance.
- Miden — Miden grants applications the power to scale with public and private transactions.
- Camp Network — Camp Network is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain to power AI agents.
We are a seed stage venture capital fund based in the Baltic states, backing ambitious Baltic founders anywhere in the world.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Portfolio highlights
- Modash.io — High performing marketing teams use Modash to find, analyze and monitor influencers at scale all over the world. Join them today.
- ENGYcell — ENGYcell provides personalized energy storage solutions to reduce energy costs, gain energy independence, and participate in the energy market.
- Trace.Space — Engineers develop complex products 10x faster with Trace.Space. Requirements management for the next generation
Crypto investment firm. Austin, TX.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Sound — Sound connects artists and listeners to take ownership over the culture they create together.
- Stack — Recognize and reward the relationships that matter
- Stackr Labs — Micro-rollups to scale web3 applications
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Regfyl — Powered by AI, Regfyl is the all-in-one fraud and compliance platform for financial institutions and fintechs. Regfyl allows these businesses to reduce costs and focus on higher value activities.
- Sukhiba — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
- Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
Markus Villig is founder and CEO of Taxify. He attended University of Tartu.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Estonia, Poland, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- GScan — Cosmic-ray based solutions for 3D imaging. GScan redefines the boundaries of 3D scanning with Muon Flux Technology (MFT) detectors. Unparalleled quality, safety, ease-of-use. Scan anything. Detect everything.
- Sera — Sera's AI streamlines prospecting with tailored lists and enriched profiles, including accurate emails and metrics.
- Tab — Tab is the API-first company that enables smart receipts to arrive straight to your mobile bank app, all linked to your payment card. We help merchants deliver a seamless checkout experience and to unlock new avenues for post-sale engagement, banks to offer better user experiences & reducing customer support costs and consumers can wave goodbyeto lost receipts, tedious expense reporting processes and a more engaging banking experience.
Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.
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Investment focus
- Transportation, Information Technology, B2B
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Billboxx — Enabling businesses pay and get paid twice as fast
- Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
- 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.
Love your life without worrying about the risk.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, South Africa, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Bdeo — Bdeo provides a visual intelligence solution designed to change the way customers connect with insurance companies. Its platform enhances the customer journey beginning with underwriting and all the way through the time the claim is processed, also recognizing risks, damage, and providing assessments in real-time, allowing insurance companies todetect fraud or pay customers in the event a claim is approved.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
- Naked Insurance — The new way to cover your stuff: savings & convenience through AI. Naked Insurance offers online insurance for car, home and contents. Get a quote in 90 seconds!
- Simply — Life, Disability and Funeral Insurance
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
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, China, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Stord — Stord offers fulfillment, warehousing, and transportation for DTC and B2B, plus the integrated software you need to provide your end consumers with the best pre-purchase and post-delivery consumer experience. No matter your product, Stord is ready to power your commerce.
- NewLimit — NewLimit is extending human healthspan by unlocking regenerative potential.
- Chainguard — We build products and offer services that help protect organizations from software supply chain attacks and vulnerabilities.
firstminute is a seed fund backed by over 120 unicorn founders and a world-class community.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Ontik — Ontik provides a modern payment platform that helps merchants achieve a greater number of trade customers. The platform automate key credit processes and reduces the administrative burden and enables real-time reporting, minimise credit losses, and get paid on time.
- Scalera — Scalera is an AI-powered platform designed to automate and optimize the administrative processes involved in construction procurement and tendering.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
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
- Apps, Mobile Apps, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Africa, Luxembourg, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
- Sendmarc — Maximize your email security and domain protection with DMARC to safeguard your business against email impersonation, phishing, and spoofing.
- visionAI — visionAI augments existing CCTV cameras with computer vision AI to drive improved operational outcomes in manufacturing.
Lireas Holdings is an investment company with a specific focus on insurance and insurance technology investments.
Lireas Holdings focuses on investing in start-ups and existing businesses requiring growth funding or new partners.
Lireas Holdings was founded in 1988 and was headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, InsurTech, Security
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Africa, United States
Portfolio highlights
- LifeQ — We empower everyone to delay aging, optimize your health, harness more energy, reduce the probability of disease, and understand why and how your body is changing, right now! It is in your power to be your biologically younger self.
- Pineapple — In short, Pineapple see the traditional insurance model, user journey and products as lacking and set out to remedy these by doing the following: 1) Changing the business model to align incentives, show people how premiums are used and award members leftover premium back 2) Making insuring as easy as snapping a picture where AI does the rest andcover is issued in under 60 seconds 3) Allowing per-item insurance and new product innovation to address cover not currently offered or accessible to manyPineapple launched in South Africa in 2018 with their "My Stuff" per-item insurance and have since launched their auto offering "My Ride". They have also partnered with Travelers in the US and have white-labeled their platform in the US.
- Investsure — InvestSure is a technology company that uses its software to enable partner investment platforms to sell its unique Investment Indemnity (insurance) product to their clients. InvestSure provides a full set of APIs that trading platform developers can use to integrate the Investure Investment Indemnity product seamlessly and easily into theirwebsites and mobile applications. Once InvestSure technology is added to a trading platform, it enables users to buy insurance on their shares with a single click. The full process from buying to insurance to settling claims is fully automated.The Investment Indemnity product itself is a unique innovation; it is designed to protect to protect shareholders against any losses in share value caused by actual or perceived fraud committed by management. This enables investors to secure their investments. The cost of the product is low enough to not significantly reduce returns of investors where no insurance event occurs, but to provide significant downside protection where an insured event does occur.
Imvelo Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm in South Africa managed by Capitec Bank.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round
- South Africa
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.
- Lipa Payments — Lipa Payments is a payment software solution that allows businesses to perform transactions using NFC. We remove the need for additional payment hardware.
- The Cape Town Stock Exchange — The Cape Town Stock Exchange is a south Africa’s stock exchange for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Form Health — Form Health's tele-health program takes a medical & personalized approach to weight loss. Get weight loss expertise wherever you are & improve your health today!
- Hugging Face — Hugging Face is an open-source and platform provider of machine learning technologies. Their aim is to democratize good machine learning, one commit at a time. Hugging Face was launched in 2016 and is headquartered in New York City.
- Supra — Supra is the world's highest-performing, fully vertically integrated L1 blockchain, and it's about to change everything.
Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, United States, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
- PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
- Chhotastock — SAUDARATOTO adalah bandar togel resmi dan terpercaya di 2025. Nikmati pengalaman bermain toto togel terlengkap dengan pasaran resmi, diskon besar, dan bonus menarik setiap hari. Bergabung sekarang untuk kemenangan maksimal!
TLcom Capital, is an Africa focused tech VC, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom had been investing since 1999 in Tech, Media, Mobil and Internet companies across Europe, US and Africa, which is the exclusive focus of its most recent TLcom TIDE Africa funds.
TLcom manages total commitments of approximately 300 million USD in thesesectors via a series of dedicated investment vehicles. Our investment strategy is to identify, back and assist world class entrepreneurs and management teams with disruptive technologies and business models, compelling intellectual property and deep market knowledge.
We primarily target companies focused on Africa as a prime market, in the following investment themes: Access to Data Service; Financial Services; eCommerce; B2C applications (including but not limited to: health, education, energy, media and entertainment); and Software solutions to corporates and SMEs.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Hub2.Io — Welcome to HUB2, the leading FINTECH startup in interoperability and payment infrastructure in Francophone Africa. We are proud to work with all financial industry players in Africa who need stable and high-performing infrastructure, and contribute to their success.
- Educatly — We help you get into the University of your dreams. We are the only platform with all the information you need to Study Abroad
- littlefishapp — Littlefish is a comprehensive commerce platform that empowers banks to serve small business with tools to streamline operations, drive growth, and enhance customer engagement.
Everywhere Ventures (fka "The Fund") is a first-of-its-kind early-stage venture fund created by founders for founders to support the next generation of entrepreneurs.Everywhere Ventures is a community-powered venture investing platform that integrates the capital, expertise, and mentoring of experienced founders and operators acrossten micro funds. The Fund's $70M+ under management comes almost exclusively from the over 500 founders and operators who are its limited partners. Everywhere Ventures operates from the belief that those who have actually built successful companies are best suited to advise and support early-stage startups. Everywhere Ventures invests in pre-seed deals globally usually in the first financing round the company raises. Emphasis is placed on purpose-driven teams across money, health and work verticals.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Ideem — Manual 2FA (SMS/WhatsApp One Time Passcodes, Authenticator Apps and Soft Tokens) are plagued with friction, fraud, and costs. Ideem cryptographically binds to the device to replace traditional possession factor 2FA and device fingerprinting solutions. Ideem's drop-in SDK works across all browsers and native apps. No user interaction isrequired - no effort, no permissions, no exceptions. Just an easy and invisible 2FA that reduces friction, fraud and costs.
- PlantBaby — We are developing a portfolio of clean-label, organic, plant-based foods and beverages to support families on the nutritional journey from infancy to adulthood.
- Keebler Health — Keebler Health is an AI-first risk adjustment platform for providers and payers that are at risk for Medicare & Medicaid lives.
500 Fintech
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Vietnam, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Kilo — Kilo develops a retail platform that provides retailers access to price, assortment, and inventory management. The platform is designed specifically to serve small and medium-sized retailers. The Kilo network effect creates a virtuous growth cycle for both supply and demand.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
- finally — Finally is the easiest way for businesses to manage their bookkeeping, accounting & finance. Learn more today.
We are a venture capital fund investigating in Start-Ups solving the worlds biggest problems while building massive businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, Food and Beverage, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Kapu — We are an online shopping community that helps you save even more on your everyday essentials when you buy together with your friends.
- trawa — The partner for renewable and affordable electricity for businesses. Get electricity directly from solar and windparks with corporate PPAs.
- Beans — Beans is on a mission to help the planet by reducing food waste, saving products, and offering them through an online grocery platform at discounted prices.
Boost VC: The Pre-Seed Fund Making Sci-FI a Reality. Investing in crypto, virtual reality, augmented reality, AI, Ocean Tech, Space Tech, human augmentation, exoskeletons and more.
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Investment focus
- Software, Blockchain, Virtual Reality
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- sati — Fast, secure Bitcoin payments. Send. Receive. Pay. Share. Join thousands of people using Sati.
- Potato AI — Literature-based tools to plan and run new methods.
- ResearchHub — We're a community seeking to improve prioritization, collaboration, reproducibility, and funding of scientific research. Discuss and discover academic research on ResearchHub
Hustle Fund is a seed fund that invests in early-stage startups operating in software, business-to-business, fintech, and digital health sectors.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- ThriveAI — Offload the busywork. Focus on the outcomes that matter.
- Agree.com — Agree.com is the best solution for creating and managing contracts, streamlining negotiations, enhancing compliance, optimizing workflows, and converting more customers — all within one intuitive platform. View edits, track signatures, and get alerted on all upcoming key milestones. Include free, one-click e-signatures with identity verification onevery agreement. Increase deal velocity and drive revenue impact with integrated payments.
- Rently — Rently is a digital platform for buying, selling, and managing properties.
Robby Hilkowitz is an angel investor.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore
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- Neat — Built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneursAs entrepreneurs our businesses are always in motion: starting from an idea, to making a first sale, to expanding globally. We need a financial experience that evolves with us – an experience that’s still stable and secure, but adaptive too. Banks were built for a different era of business, not for thenew economy – where borders are disappearing and it’s easier than ever to start a global business. Neat believes in making international business a reality for entrepreneurs around the world. Today, Neat is a modern alternative to a bank, designed to support you wherever you go. Tomorrow, we’re a platform for doing business: building a dynamic and frictionless economy.
- Bambu — Bambu is a leading global digital wealth technology provider for financial institutions. We enable companies to make saving and investing simple and intelligent for their clients. The cloud-based platform is powered by our proprietary algorithms and machine learning tools. The company serves over 20 financial institutions globally. Founded in 2016,Bambu is headquartered in Singapore with a subsidiary in the United Kingdom and the United States and EMEA representatives.
- Moneyhub — Moneyhub is a data and payments fintech that provides open banking, open finance, and open data solutions.
PayPal Ventures is PayPal's venture capital arm, investing in PayPal's strategic interest fields for return.Leveraging PayPal Venture's expertise and experience, PayPal – and the companies in which it invests – are helping to bring innovative solutions to market more quickly, scale them faster, and build a global financial systemthat is more transparent, personalized, inclusive, and customer-focused. PayPal Venture's investments reinforce its commitment to leading the financial technology industry and supporting entrepreneurship.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- Formance — Numary makes it easy to build complex money-moving software with its open-source ledger & Numscript programming language.
- Finmo — Finmo is a fintech platform that focuses on providing online payment processing and payment gateway. We aim to empower businesses and consumers to transact with only the most relevant methods that optimise for speed, convenience and cost.
- Mendel — Optimiza tus gastos con Mendel: control eficiente, flujos automatizados, seguridad antifraude, integraciones y datos impulsados por IA.
Luno Expeditions is a global early-stage investor supporting fintech & crypto founders on their journeys to build the next generation of financial services.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Nigeria
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- Onmeta — Onmeta
- Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
- Sealance Corp. — Sealance provides financial services, cryptography and other services.
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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- Financial Services, Information Technology, Logistics
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, United States, Nigeria
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- Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
- MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
- Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- Spintly — Integrate the Spintly Smart Access control system with your apps and software, without having to toggle between multiple devices & software.
- Torch Dental — Torch Dental develops an all-in-one technology designed to meet dental practices' supply ordering and inventory management needs. Torch Dental simplifies and streamlines the ordering process, allowing dentists to focus on their patients.
- Mojave Energy Systems — Mojave the latest in HVAC innovation. Help the Climate. Reduce Energy Use. Improve Indoor Comfort. Perform Reliably. Lower Costs.
A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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- GTE — GTE is a decentralized trading platform that offers end-to-end trading services.
- Codex — Codex is a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.
- Silicon Data — Silicon Data is a data product that brings essential intelligence and efficiency to markets.
We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, India, Brazil
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- minu — In minu, we are revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. We work with HR areas of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech'sleading institutional investors globally, including QED.
- MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
- Morada Uno — Morada Uno underwrites and insures house rentals by equipping real estate professionals with tools and technology. The company aims to simplify and create trust and security in real estate transactions, promoting fairness in every interaction, and promoting a positive change in the mentality and way of doing things in Mexico.
First Circle Capital is a venture capital firm seeding the next fintech generation in Africa.
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- Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Egypt, Nigeria, United States
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- Pumpkn — Pumpkn is an SME finance partner that helps in boosting agribusiness's financial health to raise funds.
- Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
- Scale — Scale accelerates market entry and revenue for fintechs with a people-first approach.
Yossi Hasson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metaversal and a Venture Partner at 2048 Ventures. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WeThinkCode_. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Techstars. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria.
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- Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- South Africa, United States, Ghana
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- Ozow — Easy, fast, safe online payments and bank API solutions for merchants and consumers across South Africa. Secure instant EFT directly from bank to bank.
- Howler — Howler, is the powerful event technology platform designed at the uppermost benchmarks of service and technology to help consumers and event organisers to make moments that matter.
- The Sun Exchange — Sun Exchange delivers risk-free commercial solar power with full financing, installation, and maintenance.
Phillip Sebole Masango is a polymath immersed in the realms Information Technology, Web3 & Blockchain Technology, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering & Development, Mobile App Development, User Interface (UI) Design, User Experience (UX) Design, Brand Design & Development, Graphics & Digital Design, Digital Innovation, StartupInnovation &
Venture Scouting, and Startup Ecosystems for over 10 years. With over a decade of experience in the Technology Industry, the Digital Industry, Business & Corporate
Management, Venture Capital and Startup Ecosystem, Phillip's expertise spans a wide range of domains.His mission? Empowering individuals, startups, businesses, and corporates worldwide through innovative tech solutions, nurturing growth, and catalyzing positive societal change. With a robust skill set that includes Android Development, Mobile Application Development, User Experience Design (UED), Web Design, Brand Design, Graphic Design, Logo Design, Presentation Design, and Cybersecurity, Phillip is well-equipped to tackle the challenges of today's dynamic digital landscape.Leading the charge to new frontiers, Phillip Sebole Masango is on a mission to forge a global community where innovative solutions are not just accessible, but omnipresent — empowering every soul to flourish, innovate, and leave an indelible mark on society.He's dedicated to creating a world where the transformative power of technology democratizes and decentralizes accessibility, shaping a reality where boundless possibilities become tangible, and every dreamer is equipped to thrive and lead.For Phillip Sebole Masango, success isn't just about achieving trivial objectives; it's about making a profound impact and meaningful difference in our lives and the world around us. He believes that by directing our efforts towards what truly matters, we can create lives that are both fulfilling and impactful, fostering personal and collective growth.Guided by an unwavering belief, Phillip Sebole Masango tackles challenges from a holistic perspective, fueling innovation and driving progress. He thrives in collaborative environments where he can push boundaries, shape industries, and inspire transformative change.But beyond business, technology and expertise, life is a journey of emotions and meaning. Phillip embraces every step, recognizing that there's no failure in life, only stepping stones. With every endeavor, he pours his heart and soul, aiming to create an impact that resonates deeply with others.
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- Information Technology, Robotics, Aerospace
- Series A, Seed, Private Equity
- South Africa
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- TRVL CAPE — Your Cape Town travel companion App. Your gateway to Cape Town! Quickly book flights, hotels, shuttles, and rental cars. Enjoy real-time updates, exclusive deals on our app! Let our travel experts help you plan the perfect trip to Cape Town. Let our skilled advisors craft a flawless itinerary for your journey.
- Black Silver Capital — 36 Followers, 31 Following, 1 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Black Silver Capital (@blacksilvercapital)
- 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.
We are an African venture capital fund, for world-class African entrepreneurs run by seasoned African investors.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Automotive
- Grant, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- South Africa, United Kingdom
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- BriefCo — BriefCo is South Africa's first and only legal cost consultancy leveraging technology. We utilize our own secure online platform to allow for the digital delivery and storage of all documents, thereby reducing the significant costs associated with printing, delivery, and file preparation.
- Vocalysd.ai — Vocalysd is a customer-centric, AI-powered insights tool. Vocalysd unlocks usable, easy-to-digest insights from your conversational data. These insights are key to optimising client interactions and enhancing your customers' experience.
- Sizanani — Collaboration is at the centre of everything we do. We partner with like-minded organisations to help our users find the best financial products in the market. We are the first WhatsApp-first stokvel solution because we believe that technology is fundamentally meant to create value, not apps.
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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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Egypt
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- Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
- EMTECH — EMTECH provides solutions for Digital Currency regulatory compliance, development and management to help Central Banks and FinTechs build, run and manage modern financial systems.
- Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.
Crossfin invests in FINTECH solutions to enable growth for economies in Africa and beyond. Crossfin invests in high growth and established cash generative businesses, offering investors a blended exposure to technology investments in Fintech.
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- Payments, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
- South Africa, United States, Russian Federation
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- Adumo — We are your expert partner in payments, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept payments in-store and online with our true omni-channel experience. Never miss a sale with South Africa's largest independent payments processor.
- VantagePay — VantagePay provides white-label payment and technology solutions to the Banking, Telco, Financial Services, and Consumer Product Industries.
- Momint — Momint is the Web3 investment platform of the future. The safest and easiest to use NFT marketplace in the world. Discover the real-world potential of NFTs.
Early stage venture capital backed by some of the world's best entrepreneurs.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- 1Fort — Get peace of mind from digital threats with combined cyber insurance and security. All in a few clicks - no tech expertise needed.
- P-1 AI — P-1 AI is a technology company focused on developing an artificial general engineering intelligence (AGEI) designed to help humanity design physical systems with far greater efficiency and complexity than currently possible.
- Stately Bio — Stately Bio is the trade-off between measuring cells and keeping them alive. Our patented ML technology measures cell identity, behavior, and maturation—all directly from live-cell, label-free imaging.
Accion Venture Lab is a leading early-stage investor in inclusive fintech, providing seed-first capital and strategic support to innovative startups that are meeting the financial needs of underserved people globally. Our global portfolio and local approach enable us to spot and respond to global trends faster, sharing learnings across geographies. Accion Venture Lab is an investment strategy of Accion and is managed by Accion Impact Management.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Mexico
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- Foyer — Saving the American Dream with the "401k" for homeownership
- Finfra — From application to decisioning to operations - FINFRA provides the necessary infrastructure and services for technology companies to embed financial services to their environment through a seamless integration.
- Agrim Wholesale — Agrim Wholesale is a b2b e-commerce market for manufacturers and retailers.
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