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Top 10 Manufacturing VC Funds & Investors in South Africa (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in South Africa Manufacturing startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Africa Manufacturing startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Debt Financing round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Knife Capital
VC Fund
3 South Africa, United States, Kenya Series A, Seed Software, Education, Manufacturing $2M–$30M
Industrial Development Corporation
VC Fund
2 South Africa, Australia, Canada Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Series A Renewable Energy, Mobile, Sustainability $1.1M–$315M
Venture Capital Studio
VC Fund
2 South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, FinTech, Finance $256k–$9.6M
Vumela Fund
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Brazil Seed, Debt Financing Education, Software, E-Commerce $600k–$1.4M
Secha Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 South Africa, The Netherlands Private Equity, Seed Health Care, Energy, Farming
Edge Growth
VC Fund
1 South Africa Seed, Debt Financing Software, Education, Accounting
SAB Foundation
VC Fund
1 South Africa Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device
Alitheia IDF
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana Series A, Seed Logistics, E-Commerce, Retail $3M–$13M
Capaci.Tech
VC Fund
1 South Africa, United States Seed SMS, Apps, SaaS $97k–$4M
The ASISA ESD Fund
VC Fund
1 South Africa Seed, Series B, Series A FinTech, Internet, InsurTech $740k–$3.8M
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Knife Capital
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Manufacturing 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, Education, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • d6 — SCHOOLS Schools Communication Platforms and School Management Software COMMUNITIES Community & Internal Business Communication Platforms MEDIA Let your brand be seen Advertise on
  • DataProphet — DataProphet offers production intelligence solutions for manufacturers. By combining human ingenuity with production data, we supercharge manufacturing excellence. Explore our Connect platform and expert services, trusted by industry leaders.
  • Stone Three Venture Technology — We combine expert services with the power of machine learning to help our customers increase their productivity and safety.
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Industrial Development Corporation
VC Fund · Sandown, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$26M; Post-IPO Debt $1.1M–$49M; Debt Financing $30M–$315M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Ann-Connect — Ann-Connect is an EdTech SaaS for learning, teaching, exams and assessments rolled into an all-in-one education platform.Founded in 2021 by Bonginkosi Mabaso, Nexa was born from a real problem: students missing exams and learning opportunities because of unreliable internet. Our mission is simple: make online education accessible to everystudent, regardless of connectivity or background. Today, Nexa is trusted by universities, training institutions, and professional bodies across South Africa, with partnerships that give access to more than 450,000 learners. One workspace. All your education tools: - Nexa ExamCore: Offline exam tool where students can access, write, and submit online exams even without internet. - Nexa Invigilator: Invigilation tool designed to monitor for online exams. - Nexa Invigilator Venue-based – Proctoring for physical/venue-based exams for schools, corporates & teams. - Nexa Room – Low-bandwidth video conferencing just like MS Teams but designed for teaching and learning, with AI-driven student engagement tracking. - Integrations – Seamless connection with Learning Management Systems (LMS), plagiarism checkers, and other education tools — all in one place. Recognised with awards from TIA, ABSA, and the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Nexa is shaping the future of global education by making it inclusive, resilient, and accessible everywhere. Ready to experience THE platform for inclusive learning? Visit ann-connect.com and join us in building education without limits.
  • Minbos Resources — Minbos has to build a nutrient supply and distribution business that stimulates agricultural production and promotes food security. They provide nutrient supply and distribution business that stimulates agricultural production and promotes food security.
  • Theta Gold Mines — Theta Gold Mines is an Australian Securities Exchange listed company. Through it’s controlling subsidiaries in the Republic of South Africa, TGM currently controls 62,000 hectares of gold Mining and Prospecting Rights which covers the majority of the Transvaal gold fields approximately 350km East of Johannesburg. The Project is named TGME GoldProject which currently has 5.8Moz of a combination of underground/open-cut gold resources.
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Venture Capital Studio
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Manufacturing 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, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $928k–$9.6M; Pre-Seed $256k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Accrual Software — We are a Software Development Company
  • Venture Capital Studio — 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.
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Vumela Fund
VC Fund · Hyde Park, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom · 1 investments in South Africa Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Africa, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$822k; Debt Financing $854k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Rentoza — We champion giving you access, affordability and flexibility to explore tech on your own terms
  • Mia Healthcare
  • ProfitShare Partners — Business funding solutions with ProfitShare Partners. We specialise in Short Term Asset Finance to help empower SMEs.
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Secha Capital Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Africa Manufacturing startups

South African Impact Investing firm focusing the FMCG and Agribusiness Sectors

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Energy, Farming
  • Stage:Private Equity, Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
  • FarmTrace — Transform your farm into a data-driven powerhouse with FarmTrace! Streamline HR, Asset, Energy, Stock, and Chemical Management.
  • Barracuda Holdings
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Edge Growth
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Manufacturing startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, Accounting
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $21M in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Syafunda — Trying something new
  • ProfitShare Partners — Business funding solutions with ProfitShare Partners. We specialise in Short Term Asset Finance to help empower SMEs.
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SAB Foundation
VC Fund · Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Manufacturing startups

The SAB Foundation invests in entrepreneurs and social innovation. Its priority focus in on businesses and innovations that benefit women and youth, people in rural areas and people living with a disability.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • LIQID Medical — Glaucoma Implants in South Africa. Liqid Medical is a medical device company focusing on addressing the need for effective, long-rerm solutions for glaucoma treatment.
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Alitheia IDF
VC Fund · Moka, Moka, Mauritius · 1 investments in South Africa Manufacturing startups

Alitheia IDF is investing in dynamic and growing businesses throughout Africa. By investing in teams that recognize the importance of gender diversity the firm generates superior financial returns and impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, E-Commerce, Retail
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$13M; Series A $3M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Lupiya — Lupiya is an online marketplace for microloans. It is a branch-less, innovative digital microfinance platform that leverages technology to make the process of borrowing simpler and easier so that people and businesses located across the country even in rural, remote areas can access financial services.
  • 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.
  • Alma Clinics
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Capaci.Tech
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in South Africa Manufacturing startups

CapaciTech operates as a South African holding company that consists of an advisory business and special purposes vehicles that house shareholdings in various entrepreneurial ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SMS, Apps, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $97k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mobiz — Supercharge your SMS marketing with dynamic, high-converting landing pages sent directly into the hands of your customers.
  • HomeFarm — Homefarm provides smart, indoor gardens to homes and businesses. It is a group of modern farmers, designers, engineers, and researchers. It breaks new ground and innovates in the agricultural technology space.
  • Right Now Response — The future of repairs starts soon. Counting down to smarter tracking in 2025! There are perks to working 24/7, 365 days a year... Like launching the future of repairs ahead of schedule!
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The ASISA ESD Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in South Africa Manufacturing startups

An Invetsment Fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Internet, InsurTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series B $740k–$3.8M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Manufacturing VC funding in South Africa at a glance

Stats across 21 deals from 21 investors.

21
investors
in South Africa Manufacturing startups
21
deals
in South Africa Manufacturing startups
$3.9M
median round
in South Africa Manufacturing startups
62%
lead investors
lead at least one round
19%
Seed
most common funding stage

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