Top 10 InsurTech Startup Investors in South Africa in January 2026

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• OmniRetail — Get visibility of complete value chain and optimize processes end to end with our network of networks platform.
• Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
• Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.

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• 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.

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• 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 — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.

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• 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.

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• Swvl — Swvl | Book Your Daily Ride or Make Money Driving Now
• Curve — Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.It allows customers to supercharge their legacy banks to the 21st century without leaving their bank or topping-up. Curve offers a host of benefits to its customers; it makes cards fee-free when spending abroad, get instant notifications andcategorization of spend, earn an instant 1% cashback at the likes of Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Sainsbury’s and Time Travel enables customers to swap spend to a different card in the app for up to two weeks after the purchase was made. Curve also offers Curve Customer Protection, a policy that covers all credit and debit card payments made via the Curve card up to £100,000, giving cardholders an extra layer of protection for disputes with merchants and any unauthorised use of their Curve card. IDC Ventures backs Curve with Fuel Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, OneMain Financial, and Novum Capital backs Curve.Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter established the company in London, England in 2015.
• Click2Sure — We provide cloud-based Insurance SaaS solutions for omnichannel distribution, which can save costs & support data-driven decision making. Contact us today.

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• Aerobotics — Powerful insights for precision growing and crop insurance
• CompariSure — Custom, built-for-purpose service and sales chatbot solutions for financial services providers.
• 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.

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• I-G3N — I-G3N is a South African developer of lithium-ion batteries. The company’s core market is on stationary storage in conjunction with Solar PV and focuses on superior products and on the incorporation of the latest technologies to battery functionality. One of the key focus areas is on exporting to the SADC region and the rest of Africa, asextraordinary opportunities exist on the rest of the continent, especially in the development of mini and micro-grids to impact development.
• 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.
• Aviro Health — We believe that empowering and supporting people to manage their own health benefits everybody.We built the Aviro Pocket Clinic to support self-care and provide access to services. We give people what they need to perform important health checks like regular HIV self-testing and connect them to experts and services who can offer hands-on and supported care when needed.

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• PawaPay — pawaPay helps global companies accept payments from and terminate transactions to African consumers via mobile money.
• 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.

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• CoverGo — CoverGo is the ultimate no-code insurance platform helping insurance companies build and launch products for health, life, and P&C.
• Gala Macs — Gala Macs is an agricultural company engaged in the production of macadamia nuts.
• 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.

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• InRev — The modern surety underwriter
• District Cover — District Cover takes a data-driven approach to understanding city-based businesses' risk profiles and creates tailored insurance policies for small businesses. We exist to ensure brokers and small businesses can rely on consistent access to insurance solutions that empower continued growth. Our proprietary, non-admitted commercial insuranceproduct provides a new solution as existing options become harder to get, less relevant, and more expensive.
• Vivere Partners — Vivere is a tech-enabled MGA providing specialty property and management liability solutions for complex risks. We combine industry expertise with advanced analytics to deliver faster quotes, tailored coverage, and competitive terms.