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

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in South Africa Marketplace startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in South Africa Marketplace startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Launch Africa
VC Fund
7 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $200k–$4M
TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund
7 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Software, Mobile, Information Technology $1.9M–$20M
CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
6 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $250k–$21M
Kalon Venture Partners
VC Fund
5 South Africa, Luxembourg, United States Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Internet $715k–$11M
Maven 11 Capital
VC Fund
5 United States, United Kingdom, Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.3M–$43M
Oui Capital
VC Fund
4 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Finance, Apps $40k–$4.9M
Vumela Fund
VC Fund
4 South Africa, Brazil Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown Education, Hospital, Software $500k–$1.7M
Vinny Lingham
Angel
4 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet $125k–$5.6M
Knife Capital
VC Fund
4 South Africa, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Education $1M–$15M
E4EAfrica
VC Fund
4 South Africa, The Netherlands, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management $1M–$8.4M
1kx
VC Fund
4 United States, Germany, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $1.8M–$40M
IDF Capital SA
VC Fund
3 South Africa Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Retail $81k–$1.3M
Endeavor South Africa
VC Fund
3 South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Internet, Payments, Software $2.5M–$48M
Naspers Foundry
VC Fund
3 South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, Software, Farming $989k–$17M
UW Ventures
VC Fund
3 South Africa Seed, Series A FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments $563k–$31M
Flourish Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, India, Brazil Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $1.3M–$65M
Scalar Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A Blockchain, Software, Financial Services $1.5M–$30M
AECI
VC Fund
3 Luxembourg, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Chemical, AgTech, Farming $1.3M–$1.4M
Allan Gray
VC Fund
3 South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Series C FinTech, Payments, Health Care $563k–$100M
Savannah Fund
VC Fund
3 Kenya, United States, South Africa Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, FinTech $25k–$12M
Reciprocal Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency $2M–$50M
Smollan
VC Fund
3 South Africa Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, SaaS, Mobile
Sound Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, Israel Series A, Seed, Series B Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1.4M–$105M
Invenfin
VC Fund
3 South Africa, United Kingdom, Chad Venture - Series Unknown, Seed FinTech, Food and Beverage, Information Technology $2.5M–$3M
Growth Grid Venture Capital Partners
VC Fund
3 South Africa Venture - Series Unknown Software, Medical, InsurTech $318k–$1.5M
Newtown Partners
VC Fund
3 United States, South Africa, Ghana Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Logistics, Health Care, Software $600k–$30M
Kleiner Perkins
VC Fund
3 United States, China, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Information Technology, Health Care $5M–$115M
Hustle Fund
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Financial Services $100k–$25M
Simple.capital
VC Fund
2 South Africa, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Software, Retail $100k–$11M
Dazzle Angels
VC Fund
2 South Africa Seed, Angel Retail, Consumer, Delivery
Mark Forrester
Angel
2 South Africa, Australia Seed, Angel, Series A Shopping, Software, Logistics
The ASISA ESD Fund
VC Fund
2 South Africa, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Debt Financing Financial Services, FinTech, Consulting
Zip
VC Fund
2 India, South Africa, Czech Republic Series C, Seed FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce $22M–$50M
Daniel Guasco
Angel
2 Uganda, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Rental, Internet, Software $60k–$110k
Wintermute
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Cayman Islands Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $3M–$50M
Alumni Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $850k–$75M
FJ Labs
VC Fund
2 United States, Brazil, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $1.2M–$65M
Robby Hilkowitz
Angel
2 Hong Kong, Israel, Singapore Series A, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $1M–$4M
Enza Capital
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech $1M–$31M
4Di Capital
VC Fund
2 South Africa, United States, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, Mobile $677k–$47M
LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Nigeria, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$37M
Sebastian Stoddart
Angel
2 United Kingdom, South Africa Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Rental, Internet, Analytics
Wayne Gosling
Angel
2 South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Rental, Internet, Analytics
Apis Partners
VC Fund
2 India, Singapore, South Africa Private Equity, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $10M–$120M
Future Africa
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $100k–$40M
The LAO
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $100k–$30M
Justin Stanford
Angel
2 South Africa Seed, Angel, Series A FinTech, Security, Financial Services $3.5M–$6.4M
Soma Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, India, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $125k–$35M
Untapped Global
VC Fund
2 Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Transportation, FinTech, Financial Services $1.2M–$30M
Vunani
VC Fund
2 South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Sports, Medical
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Launch Africa
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 7 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups, 7 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Zazu — Zazu is an all-in-one financial platform for African SMEs, helping businesses manage payments, automate cash flow, and access real-time financial insights from one simple dashboard.
  • Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
  • Udu Technologies — Udu Technologies is an AI infrastructure company that offers GPU systems, AI platform integration, and technical support services.
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TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 7 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

TLCOM finds and funds exceptional founders building technology companies across Africa. Seed to Series C. Lagos, Nairobi, London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 77
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$8.5M; Series A $3.8M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
  • Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
  • LittleFish — Full stack enterprise platform that extends your infrastructure, instead of replacing it.
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 6 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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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Kalon Venture Partners
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 5 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • GoMetro — Fleet management simplified with GoMetro. Integrate telematics, gain real-time visibility, and optimize operations with a secure, scalable platform,
  • Sendmarc — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.
  • visionAI — Discover how AI MES software enhances factory efficiency and reduces blindspots to minimize equipment downtime and boost productivity.
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Maven 11 Capital
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 5 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups, 13 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: 136
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$3.1M; Series A $5M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $107M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • THEA-AI — AI that amplifies human performance
  • Firelight — Firelight is a DeFi protocol that allows XRP holders can stake tokens and help cover risks on DeFi platforms.
  • 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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Oui Capital
VC Fund · Belmont, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
  • Herconomy (Ex AGS Tribe) — Herconomy is a platform that allows women build their finances, capacity, collaborate and access opportunities.
  • Alliance Chemicals Global — Alliance Chemicals Global supplies raw materials, commodities, and specialty chemicals to manufacturers across sectors such as home and personal care, food and nutrition, plastics, polymers, construction, coatings, and industrial applications. The company supports chemical distribution, sourcing, and logistics, including local currency invoicingand dedicated transport. It focuses on compliant, sustainable supply, working with global manufacturers and African clients. Its projects include plastic chemical recycling and development of a shea butter value chain. The organization serves customers mainly across African markets.
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Vumela Fund
VC Fund · Hyde Park, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom · 4 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Trade Shield — Trade Shield's aim is to increase access to trade credit facilities for those companies that most need them and will benefit the most from them.
  • Mia Healthcare — Mia Healthcare is a Hospitals and Health Care firm offering dental services and orthodontic products.
  • Breaze Delivery — Optimize your last-mile delivery in SA. Breaze offers same-day delivery, easy Shopify/WooCommerce integration, and live WhatsApp tracking for your brand.
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Vinny Lingham
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 4 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Vinny Lingham is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rumi.ai(Waitroom). He previously worked at YPO as a Member. Vinny Lingham attended Harvard Business School Executive Education.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$5.6M; Angel $125k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Glif — Interoperable tools for the Filecoin network
  • Afterparty — Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships
  • Shield USDT — US bank accounts built for international wholesalers and distributors. Same-day USD wires, USDT payments, escrow, and business credit cards.
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Knife Capital
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 4 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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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E4EAfrica
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 4 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

E4E Africa Backing category-defining emerging market businesses. We invest in businesses that drive economic opportunity and sustainable growth.Learn MoreE4E specializes ... Read More

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, The Netherlands, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2M; Series A $1M–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
  • Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
  • Ridge — Ridge structures natural assets into regulated, ISIN-listed financial products accessible through existing banking infrastructure.
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1kx
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 4 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups, 10 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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IDF Capital SA
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

IDF Capital is an established financier, investing in high growth SMEs/Entrepreneurial businesses. We invest with a gender lens strategy

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $81k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Droppa — Droppa is a delivery hub that makes it easier and safer to transport your parcels, goods and furniture using our mobile app and website.
  • Carscan — cARscan is an Augmented Reality app with an embedded visual recognition AI to track the visual condition of every motor vehicle during its life-stage.
  • Mortgage Market — Mortgage Market is a fintech startup that has created an online marketplace for home loans. Users are able to access a home loan easily via its online platform.
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Endeavor South Africa
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Endeavor South Africa is a non-profit entity and the leading supporter of high-impact entrepreneurs around the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Payments, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$4.6M; Series B $11M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $14M in 2026

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.
  • Sendmarc — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.
  • Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
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Naspers Foundry
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $989k–$6M; Series A $3.3M–$15M; Series B $2.3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 89% lead, 11% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-buy car service for private clients.
  • LifeCheq — LifeCheq partners with insurers and advisory firms to deliver AI-enabled distribution, boost adviser productivity, and transform how financial advice is delivered.
  • SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.
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UW Ventures
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

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

  • Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $563k–$2.5M; Series A $1.3M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

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.
  • Rather.chat — Rather.chat offers a platform that facilitates meaningful connections between businesses and their customers through WhatsApp. This service is designed to make customer interactions more personal and efficient, allowing for real-time communication. By leveraging the widespread use of WhatsApp, Rather.chat aims to enhance the customer serviceexperience, making it easier for businesses to address inquiries, resolve issues, and maintain engagement with their audience. The focus is on creating a seamless bridge for dialogue that respects the convenience and preferences of the modern consumer, who increasingly favors instant messaging over traditional forms of communication.
  • Manholes 4 Africa — m4a (Pty) Ltd specializes in the manufacturing of composite and plastics products designed for the utilities networks industry. As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), the company offers a comprehensive range of products including access chambers, microducts, bundled microducts (multiducts), sub ducts, corrugated pipes, axsCHAMBERS™,cnktCLOSURES™, fibreDUCT™, and fibreCABLE™. These products cater to the telecommunications sector, providing end-to-end solutions for infrastructure needs. m4a (Pty) Ltd is recognized for its innovative approach in developing polymer and composite civil infrastructure solutions. The company holds ISO9001 certification, ensuring high standards in quality management systems.
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Flourish Ventures
VC Fund · Redwood City, California, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups, 15 in the past 12 months

We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 245
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.5M; Series A $5.5M–$25M; Series B $10M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $350M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
  • Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
  • Jurisphere — Jurisphere.ai is an enterprise-grade AI platform tailored for law firms and in-house legal teams, integrating document review, legal research, drafting, and workflow automation into a unified workspace. The company's platform uses attorney verified AI workflows to surface relevant cases and insights from large volumes of legal documents,generate and refine contract drafts.
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Scalar Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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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AECI
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

AECI is an explosives and specialty chemicals group domiciled in South Africa. Group businesses service the mining and manufacturing sectors both locally and internationally.The focus for growth is on Africa, South East Asia and South America. AECI’s businesses are characterised by application know-how and service delivery.They often operate inniche markets and are supported by leading technologies which are developed In-house or are sourced from international partners.AECI IS A SOUTH AFRICAN-BASED EXPLOSIVES AND SPECIALTY CHEMICALS COMPANY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CUSTOMERS IN THE MINING, MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS. IT HAS REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES IN AFRICA, SOUTH EAST ASIA, THE USA AND AUSTRALIA. OTHER MARKETS OF INTEREST ARE IN LATIN AMERICA.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Chemical, AgTech, Farming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Luxembourg, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Khula! — Trade smarter, fund faster, and grow bigger with Khula.
  • Origin Materials — Origin is a new kind of chemical company, focused on the future of materials science.
  • Clariter — WE END THE LIFE OF PLASTIC. Our unique upcycling technology transforms plastic waste into 3 industrial ingredients; oils, waxes, and solvents that make 1000+ plastic-free end products.
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Allan Gray
VC Fund · Alfred, New York, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Allan Gray is Africa's largest privately owned investment management company focused on generating long-term wealth for investors..

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Payments, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $563k–$4M; Series A $1.3M–$31M; Series C $70M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • 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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Savannah Fund
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.1M; Series A $750k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Aya Data — Aya Data provides high-quality data annotation, AI training data, 3D annotations, machine learning solutions and also specialises in geospatial, NLP and computer vision projects.
  • Kubik — Kubik makes low-carbon buildings from plastic waste. Bringing environmental dignity to how countries grow.
  • 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.
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Reciprocal Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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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Smollan
VC Fund · Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Retail Growth Solutions | Merchandising, Activation & Data

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • wiGroup — Award-winning loyalty and rewards software powering South Africa's largest network. Bank card-linked loyalty, digital gift cards, and vouchers across 27,000+ stores.
  • SNAPnSAVE — SNAPnSAVE is a shopping app that gives you cash back when you shop in-store. No paper coupons, no plastic cards and no loyalty points. Just real cash back on items that you buy everyday, leaving you with more to spend on the things you want. Ka ching!
  • 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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Sound Ventures
VC Fund · Beverly Hills, California, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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: 259
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $9M–$30M; Series B $17M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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.
  • 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.
  • Arcade — Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate.
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Invenfin
VC Fund · Stellenbosch, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Invenfin is a growth capital investor operating in the technology, food & beverage sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom, Chad

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OfferZen — On OfferZen, Dutch tech companies reach out to you with upfront role and salary info so you can make the right career move.
  • Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
  • Float — At Float, we believe in a world where credit works for shoppers and not against them.Float offers shoppers a smarter way to pay with their credit card – by splitting big purchases in up to 24 bite-size, interest-free monthly payments. It’s all the perks of credit cards, but none of the cons. No extra debt, no applications, no credit checks – andno catch. Just shopping joy on their terms.At the same time, Float merchants enjoy more than 80% bigger orders and radically improved conversions. They also get direct access to 5 million pre-approved shoppers. Float’s instalment offering is fully customisable, giving merchants more control and flexibility than ever before. It’s all made possible by Float’s innovative technology, built on what we call ‘head-in-the-sky, feet-on-the-ground’ thinking.By giving their shoppers the most flexible, frictionless and financially responsible way to shop, merchants are partnering with us to build a new economy - where buying BIG, means paying small.Welcome to Float.
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Growth Grid Venture Capital Partners
VC Fund · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Growth Grid Venture Capital Partners

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Medical, InsurTech
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $318k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RecoMed — Find the best doctors and dentists. Search by location or by speciality, and find the right doctor for you.
  • Click2Sure — We provide cloud-based Insurance SaaS solutions for omnichannel distribution, which can save costs & support data-driven decision making. Contact us today.
  • Digital Cabinet — Digital Cabinet makes your business paperless. Security is the topmost priority for the Digital Cabinet, so save time and money with the Digital Cabinet.
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Newtown Partners
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Newtown Partners is a venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$5.5M; Series A $3.3M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
  • Chefaa — Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning
  • Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
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Kleiner Perkins
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 3 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

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, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1326
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$50M; Series B $12M–$75M; Series C $12M–$115M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $58M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Athos — Athos uses EMG real-time biofeedback to help you go from guessing to knowing if you are performing at your best. #BuildBetterAthletes
  • Telogis — Telogis provides a comprehensive cloud-based Mobile Enterprise Management (MEM) software platform for companies that require dynamic routing, real-time work order management, navigation, telematics and mobile integration services for their mobile workforces. Telogis’ consistent innovation drives its ability to provide near-instant return oninvestment while improving driver safety and efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of commercial vehicles. Founded in 2001, Telogis is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif. and has development and support centers in Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, Europe and throughout North America. Its products and services are used and distributed in more than 100 countries worldwide.
  • Profound — 1. https://t.co/uNIJRlRUFJ 2. https://t.co/tNizCMQYpy 3. https://t.co/ljElw4BSK7
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Hustle Fund
VC Fund · San Carlos, California, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

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

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 544
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M; Series A $4M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $33M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • BON Credit — AI powered financial assistant from Bon Credit helps uncover savings, manage finances, and make smarter money decisions with AI. Start saving smarter today!
  • EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
  • Orbital Sentry — Orbital Sentry delivers real-time wildfire detection and continuous geostationary monitoring to protect communities, reduce losses, and power next-generation risk intelligence. Our persistent infrared data helps insurers, governments, and first responders act faster and build true climate resilience
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Simple.capital
VC Fund · Englefield Green, Surrey, United Kingdom · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Made with Softr, the easiest way to turn your data into internal tools and client portals. No coding required.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $665k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Rabbit — At Rabbit, we plan to change how the world shops.Retail has witnessed one revolution before with the introduction of E-Commerce that changed how customers order stuff and the second revolution is here! We are proud to be among the pioneers, a handful of global entrepreneurs that are leading and shaping the retail's second revolutionWe arefunded by amazing VCs that are helping us build the next big thingYou feel it is vague? that's intended as we are still building in stealth. but trust us, it is COOL!
  • Beeline Learn — Enjoy Learning Effectively. Beta version is now LIVE!
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Dazzle Angels
VC Fund · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Consumer, Delivery
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kweza — Enjoy the Aviator game by Spribe on our website! Find the official version and top betting platforms with Aviator. Get a +120% Bonus and 250 Free Spins (FS) now!
  • creditAIs — CreditAIs provides credit scoring tools for micro businesses and individuals that do not fit the existing traditional credit scoring models. It helps borrowers get credit while digitizing credit application processes for microlenders.
  • SV Capital — SV Capital offers investors the opportunity to invest in alternative, real-backed assets on the African continent.
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Mark Forrester
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Co-Founder & Advisory @ Castle One

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Shopping, Software, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reshop — Get your refund, fast.
  • reOS — Simplify Rental Property Management with reOS. Enjoy seamless bank integration to automate rent collections, reconciliations and payments, with advanced tools for leasing, tenant communication, and maintenance tracking.
  • Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
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The ASISA ESD Fund
VC Fund · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

An Invetsment Fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Ngobese And Associates — Ngobese And Associates is a Financial Services providing firm offering brokeraging, advisory and intermediary services.
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Zip
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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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Daniel Guasco
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Innovation. Leadership. Technology. Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Uganda, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $60k–$110k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
  • intelworld — Welcome to the intelworld twitter feed. We are an IT solutions provider. We focus only on the customer experience
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Wintermute
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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 — The next billion-dollar market starts here. Powered by @HyperliquidX
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Alumni Ventures
VC Fund · Manchester, New Hampshire, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Access curated startup investment opportunities and diversified venture capital exposure designed for accredited investors.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2701
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$9.9M; Series A $3.5M–$32M; Series B $8M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $90k in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • QuadSci — Customer Intelligence AI that predicts churn and growth from product telemetry, CRM data and conversational signals.
  • Veda — Veda is the largest vault infrastructure platform in DeFi, enabling institutions to launch and manage onchain financial products at scale.
  • Iambic — Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.
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FJ Labs
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1781
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.5M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $10M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
  • Lastro — Lastro is building Lais, an autonomous AI worker for real estate agencies, starting in Brazil. Our AI agent initially automated lead engagement and qualification via WhatsApp, helping brokerages boost revenue and improve marketing ROI. In each brokerage, Lais acts as a personalized AI “team member” that engages with leads instantly, searches forproperties and answers common inquiries. Brokerages that have Lais in their teams are growing quickly and reporting up to 60% increases in lead conversion rates.
  • Odyssey — Discover how Odyssey Energy Solutions unblocks bottlenecks in DRE project development. Access diverse financing, procure equipment efficiently, and remotely monitor system performance. Join over 2000 renewable energy companies that use Odyssey to scale. Get in touch today.
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Robby Hilkowitz
Angel · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Robby Hilkowitz is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong, Israel, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • MyPermissions — MyPermissions is an easy, powerful way to scan, control and clean up applications across Web and mobile that have permission to access personal data. MyPermissions offers two freemium products: MyPermissions Cleaner, an extension for Web browsers, and Permissions, a mobile app for iOS and Android, which protect users from unknowingly sharingphotos, documents, locations, contacts, emails, work history, political and religious affiliations ever again.
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Enza Capital
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Venture investor in high-growth Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Series A $3.6M–$31M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.6M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $58M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Yakeey — Yakeey is an end-to-end transactional marketplace that radically simplifies the experience of buying, selling and renting real estate.We leverage on data and technology to connect all real estate market players through a state of the art platform, create a chain of trust and powerful network effects and accelerate transactions.Yakeey is builton a community of real estate advisors, YakeeyPRO, to deliver a continuous professional and tailored service at every step of the transaction.
  • Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
  • Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market.
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4Di Capital
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund · Carmel, California, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
  • WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
  • Nucleon Security — Zero-Trust and ML-based Endpoint Detection and Response Platform #EDR #FDR #EndpointSecurity
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Sebastian Stoddart
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Sebastian Stoddart after working for 10 years as a product design consultant for top design consultancies in the US, Netherlands and UK, working for clients such as Samsung, Philips, Smith & Nephew, Compaq and Hewlett Packard, Sebastian formed his own company, albooto.com, to bring innovative products to market.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Internet, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
  • Boost Technology — Enabling informal small businesses to thrive in Africa's emerging digital economy
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Wayne Gosling
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Wayne Gosling - COO @ Twangoo South Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Internet, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • 8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
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Apis Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Apis Partners LLP backs growth financial services innovators who create transformative impact in their communities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series B
  • Geography: India, Singapore, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 79
  • Round size: Series B $10M–$110M; Private Equity $10M–$120M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • BIPO — Streamline your global workforce with BIPO's award-winning HR solutions. HRMS, payroll outsourcing & EOR services across 170+ countries. Get a free demo today!
  • 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.
  • Paymentology — In 2021, SaltPay acquired both Tutuka and Paymentology, resulting in a ‘payments and card processing powerhouse’ with CEO Rowan Brewer at the helm. The merger combined the ultra-advanced, multi-cloud platform of Paymentology with the global reach and experience of Tutuka to revolutionise cloud-based processing globally. Now, Paymentology is thefirst truly global issuer-processor, giving banks and fintechs the technology, team and experience to issue and process cards anywhere in the world, at scale. They currently have payments experts with deep, local market knowledge on the ground in 50 countries, across 14 time zones, guaranteeing 24/7 support. Their superior multi-cloud Platform, offering both shared and dedicated processing instances, vast global presence, and richer real-time data, set them apart as the leader in payments.
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Future Africa
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

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

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
  • Juicyway — The new shape of money? Fluid. Access global currencies with Juicyway. Buy, sell, hold, and pay globally using our fast APIs, web, or mobile apps. Download now.
  • Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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The LAO
VC Fund · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace 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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Justin Stanford
Angel · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Justin is a 31-year old entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist from Cape Town, South Africa. He is founder, MD, board member, advisor, or investor to a wide variety of companies in the global technology sector.Having grown up on a farm, he decided not to complete high-school and instead made the move to the city of Cape Town, topursue his dreams of being an Internet entrepreneur.Despite years of struggles and false starts in the wake of the dotcom crash in 2001, he ultimately went on to successfully launch and grow a pan-African Internet based software company from a garage in the suburbs of Cape Town.Have founded his first startup attempt at the age of 18, Justin has been involved in tech startups and entrepreneurial endeavours ever since.He is today the co-founder and MD of 4Di Group, a diversified investment management group and family office, and co-founding General Partner of early-stage technology venture capital firm 4Di Capital, as well as an active angel investor.As co-founder and Steering Committee Chairman of the Silicon Cape Initiative in 2009, designed to highlight and foster South Africa's nascent emerging tech startup ecosystem, Justin fully believes in South Africa’s potential as a global technology innovation hub.In 2011, he was listed by the Mail & Guardian for the 'Top 200 Young South Africans', and in 2013, listed by Forbes for '30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs'.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Security, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$6.4M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FitKey — SENGTOTO menghadirkan login alternatif game online dengan akses mudah pilihan permainan menarik hadiah beragam tampilan nyaman dan pengalaman seru setiap hari.
  • TaxTim — TaxTim helps South African taxpayers file with confidence using a simple, step-by-step experience linked to SARS eFiling.
  • Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
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Soma Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Welcome to Soma Capital

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1075
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.8M; Series A $5M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $37M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Starcloud — Starcloud is building a network of megawatt-scale data centers in space, scaleable to gigawatt capacity. Falling launch costs allow Starcloud to take advantage of the abundant energy, passive cooling, and high-speed connectivity in space.
  • Cambium — Cambium Carbon is an early stage social enterprise start up focused on implementing systems-level natural climate solutions centered on reforestation and urban wood reuse.
  • Cognition — Cognition develops artificial intelligence systems for software engineering and code automation. The company operates Devin, an AI software engineer that plans, writes, tests, debugs, and deploys code through integrated development workflows. Its platform works with existing development tools and codebases to support engineering tasks acrossapplication development, maintenance, and issue resolution. Cognition also provides tools that assist teams with system design, technical workflows, and collaborative coding processes. The company focuses on AI agents that automate repetitive engineering work while supporting software teams in managing complex development tasks.
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Untapped Global
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Untapped connects global investors, and foreign capital to opportunities in emerging markets. Delivering competitive returns, and measurable impact for global investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Transportation, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Elimutab — Elimutab - Find the best learning tablets for children and students, including options for 1-year-olds, studying with pens, and work and study needs.
  • OX Delivers — Our objective is to deliver affordable transport in emerging markets, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of economic growth and social impact. To achieve this, we are developing the world's first clean-transport ecosystem that combines goods shipment with financial, trading & marketing services. This OX ecosystem will be enabled by ourunique zero-emissions OX truck; the only purpose-designed electric vehicle for emerging markets.
  • Rabbit — Transforming transportion in the region. Rabbit is a micro-mobility sharing platform for short-distance transportation using environmentally friendly vehicles.
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Vunani
VC Fund · Sandown, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in South Africa Marketplace startups

Vunani Limited is a JSE listed, majority black owned and managed financial services company with a proud 15 year track record. We have offices in Cape Town, and Johannesburg in South Africa, and in Harare Zimbabwe. We provide a comprehensive range of financial products and services, such as institutional fund management, private wealth management,corporate advisory and stock broking services to institutions and private clients. Our stock broking division is rated as one of South Africa's top 20 brokerages and offers specialist advice on equities, bonds and cash. The group also has interests in property development and asset management. In 2011 Vunani listed its jointly held property portfolio on the JSE Main Board under Vunani Property Investment fund. We remain the asset manager and a shareholder in the Fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: South Africa, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • RecoMed — Find the best doctors and dentists. Search by location or by speciality, and find the right doctor for you.
  • SNAPnSAVE — SNAPnSAVE is a shopping app that gives you cash back when you shop in-store. No paper coupons, no plastic cards and no loyalty points. Just real cash back on items that you buy everyday, leaving you with more to spend on the things you want. Ka ching!
  • Pulse — An easy way to share your GoPro videos with friends and your community. Pulse is a social network for sports that connects creators to fans and communities. Trail running, snowboarding, mtb, paragliding, kite surfing
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Marketplace Investor funding in South Africa at a glance

Stats across 266 deals from 318 investors.

318
investors
in South Africa Marketplace startups
266
deals
in South Africa Marketplace startups
$766k
median round
in South Africa Marketplace startups
43%
lead investors
lead at least one round
24%
Seed
most common funding stage
84/16
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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