Top 5 Non Profit Startup Investors in South Africa (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Action Hero Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Singapore, United States | Seed | Marketplace, Baby, Mobile | |
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Flourish Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $1.3M–$65M |
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Vumela Fund
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Brazil | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Debt Financing | Education, Hospital, Software | $500k–$1.7M |
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Oakley Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Spain, France | Private Equity, Secondary Market, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Apps, Service Industry | $15k–$583M |
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Educas
VC Fund
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1 | France, South Africa | Seed, Private Equity | Education, Non Profit, Hospitality | |
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Action Hero Ventures is a private early stage angel fund, looking to invest in innovative startups. The company was founded in 2013 by Ernst Hertzog (M.Eng, MBA) who has professional experience in the telecommunications and healthcare industries. Action heroes are characters that portray bravery, strength, integrity, perseverance, adventure and imagination. These are all elements that feature strongly in the ethos of Action Hero Ventures and they are looking to invest in entrepreneurs that also carry these traits. They draw on the knowledge and support of a range of experts during the various phases of funding and growing new ventures. They are also continuously looking for co-investment opportunities with other angel investors and venture capital firms. The company is based in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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- Industry: Marketplace, Baby, Mobile
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- myFanPark — myFanPark is a South African celebrity engagement platform, to share videos.
- Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
- Thula Baba Project — Sign up, lace up and run with purpose - join our Running to Equip Mothers campaign and turn every kilometre into an opportunity for a child
We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 259
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.5M; Series A $3.3M–$25M; Series B $10M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $350M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Spiko — Cash management for companies and individuals. Open your account in under 5 minutes, earn daily yield on your treasury and access cash anytime.
- Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
- Parallel Loop — Parallel Loop is a software engineering company that builds AI solutions, and custom software for startups and enterprises.
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 was capitalised 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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- Industry: Education, Hospital, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Debt Financing
- Geography: South Africa, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $600k–$910k; Debt Financing $1.1M–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 81% lead, 19% 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.
- 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.
- Iris Fresh Pty Ltd — Iris Fresh exports fresh produce from Southern Africa to international buyers.
Oakley Capital partners with ambitious founders and management teams to build successful businesses across three sectors: technology, consumer, education.
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- Industry: Internet, Apps, Service Industry
- Stage:Private Equity, Secondary Market, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, Spain, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Private Equity $12M–$583M; Venture - Series Unknown $15k–$537M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $4.5B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Paraty Tech — At Paraty Tech we help hotels sell more through their direct channels: booking engine, revenue management, web page design, etc.
- Brevo — Brevo is the most intuitive all-in-one customer engagement platform: email and SMS marketing, automation, CRM, live chat, and transactional email. Try it free.
- Groupe Senef — Groupe Senef is a digital software provider that serves service industries like home care, cleaning, hospitality, and many others.
Educas is a global investment firm focused on the education sector. Educas has two platforms: an international premium K-12 group of 42 schools educating over 31,000 students from Nursery to Grade 12 and a tertiary platform launched in 2017.
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- Industry: Education, Non Profit, Hospitality
- Stage:Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: France, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inspired — Inspired is a co-educational, non-denominational, independent school group designed to inspire students to achieve their maximum potential in a nurturing, progressive academic environment from ages 1 to 18.
- CMH Academy — CMH is a well-recognised higher education institution in the Hotel Management, Luxury Brand and Tourism sector in the heart of Paris.The school offers Bachelors, Master, MBA and Executive Programs with 18 specialisations to c.400 students from 60 nationalities. The school is particularly well known for its strong links with top luxury hotelsestablishments and its high job placement rates.
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