Top 30 Payments Angel Investors in South Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Wes Schwalje
Angel
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3 | India, United States, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology | $150k–$2M |
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Robby Hilkowitz
Angel
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2 | Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore | Series A, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $1M–$4M |
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Tom Blomfield
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $500k–$47M |
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Johan Bosini
Angel
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1 | South Africa, Egypt, Turkey | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, AgTech | $3M–$6.8M |
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Vishal Agarwal
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Finance | |
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Charley Ma
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $3.5M–$30M |
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Marc Bhargava
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $3.2M–$600M |
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Iqram Magdon-Ismail
Angel
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1 | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Social Media | $50k–$16M |
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Emilie Choi
Angel
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1 | United States, Mexico, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $1.2M–$25M |
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, FinTech, Software | $172k–$30M |
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Charles Delingpole
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $382k–$20M |
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Calanthia Mei
Angel
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1 | South Africa, United States, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $4M–$5.5M |
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Geoffrey D Fink
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | FinTech, Payments, Point of Sale | |
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Calvin Ayre
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Information Technology, Bitcoin | $363k–$4.4M |
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Nitesh Banta
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $500k–$47M |
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Aaron Fu
Angel
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Internet, Software | $100k–$4M |
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Wayne Stocks
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Grant | Biotechnology, AgTech, FinTech | $484k–$4M |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $12k–$5M |
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Michael Jordaan
Angel
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1 | South Africa, Mauritius | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Education | |
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Yossi Hasson
Angel
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1 | South Africa, United States, Ghana | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments | $120k–$551k |
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Wissam Otaky
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | FinTech, Payments, Point of Sale | |
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Michael Vaughan
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $4M–$100M |
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Niklas Adalberth
Angel
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1 | Sweden, South Africa, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Apps | $242k–$27M |
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Walid Aradi
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Series A | Information Technology, Internet, Health Care | $150k–$4M |
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David de Picciotto
Angel
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1 | South Africa, United States, Brazil | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $550k–$24M |
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Eli Pollak
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Payments, Communities | |
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Raj Kulasingam
Angel
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1 | Togo, India, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Banking, FinTech, Internet | $1.3M–$3M |
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Jean-Pierre Mondalek
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed | FinTech, Payments, Point of Sale | |
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Sima Gandhi
Angel
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1 | United States, Indonesia, South Africa | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $4M–$27M |
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Matt Robinson
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $650k–$50M |
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $360k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
- PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- 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.
- Moneyhub — Moneyhub is a data and payments fintech that provides open banking, open finance, and open data solutions.
Tom Blomfield is based out of San Francisco, California and is currently works as a Group Partner for Y Combinator. Tom previously worked at Monzo Bank as a President. Tom Blomfield attended the University of Oxford.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 238
- Round size: Seed $2M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $9.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Feather — Feather gives you insurance advice for expats in Germany. Our digital insurance agent will help you get the right insurance policies for your need.
- 1Bstories — Explore the best online casinos Australia offers in 2026, featuring top online pokies, instant withdrawals, and the latest new casino sites.
- Gradient Labs — Gradient Labs builds AI agents for financial services. Automate disputes, KYC, lending, customer support, and the back-office work in between. Book a demo.
Johan Bosini is based out of Cape Town, Western Cape and is the Partner of Quona Capital. Johan previously worked at JUMO.WORLD as a Managing Director : Digital Financial Services. Johan Bosini attended the Stellenbosch University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, Egypt, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $3M–$6.8M; Series A $5M–$6.5M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
Portfolio highlights
- enza — Our focus on providing the richest possible API environment means that enza clients can concentrate on solving business challenges and not waste valuable time and effort on technical integrations.
- AllLife — AllLife is the only South African insurer of people living with HIV/AIDs. Sadly, prior to AllLife, many HIV patients would be told their lives were un-insurable. Now AllLife tells that they can lead long, productive lives – so much so that they’ll insure it.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Vishal Agarwal serves as a Founder & CEO at ItsaCheckmate.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OnePipe — OnePipe aggregates APIs from banks and fintechs into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate and makes partnerships seamless.
- 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.
Charley Ma is based out of New York City and is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Pathlight Ventures. Charley previously worked at Alloy as a Growth Advisor. Charley Ma attended the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $3.5M–$11M; Series A $10M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Knot — Knot powerfully improves products for you and your users, adding revenue-generating features and connecting cardholders to thousands of merchants.
- Series — Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises.
- Default — The command center for modern sales teams.
Marc Bhargava is the Managing Director at General Catalyst. He attended Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $3.2M–$20M; Series A $14M–$115M; Series B $27M–$600M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Olympix — Olympix is a pioneering DevSecOps tool that puts security in the hands of the developer by proactively securing code from day one.
- Superform Labs — THE UNIVERSAL INTERFACE FOR YIELD IS FORMING
- Keep — Keep has higher credit limits, the highest cash back rewards in Canada, and absolutely no fees! Join the thousands of Canadian business owners making the switch to Keep.
Iqram Magdon-Ismail is based out of New York and is the Co-Founder of JellyJelly. Iqram previously worked at Venmo as a Co-Founder. Iqram Magdon-Ismail attended the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $50k–$4M; Angel $500k–$785k; Series A $14M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clyx — Clyx is the next-generation friendship platform built for Gen Z, using curated IRL events, game-based discovery, and behavioral science to create real relationships. Guided by neuroscience and led by a Gen Z founder Alyx Van Der Vorm, Clyx turns online curiosity into community. Clyx is on a mission to reverse-engineer the disconnection of socialmedia. Where platforms once brought relationships online, Clyx helps turn those online signals into meaningful real-world interaction.
- Hatz AI — Hatz AI provides a partner-focused platform for MSPs and resellers to offer AI-as-a-Service, unlocking new business opportunities. Our solution supports MSPs in adopting AI internally and guiding AI adoption for their clients, featuring a secure multi-tenant AI platform, a no-code AI workflows, and Adel, an AI phone agent.
- Modal Labs — Modal develops machine learning software to help run code in the cloud. The software enables users to run or deploy machine learning models, massively parallel compute jobs, task queues, web apps, and more. It also writes the code to launch hundreds of custom containers and runs scripts in the cloud faster than on the local machine.
Emilie Choi is the President and Chief Operating Officer at Coinbase. She attended the Johns Hopkins University and the Wharton School.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2M; Series A $11M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- dub — The first Copy-Trading platform for stocks. Copy anyone's investments. For free. Regulated Broker-Dealer member FINRA and SIPC & FDIC insured.
- Fragment — Fragment develops a ledger database application programming interface platform to build finance applications. Its platform helps users to build compliant fintech apps without having to worry about infrastructure where they can embed financial features into their app, without requiring prior accounting, finance, or compliance expertise to build theledger that runs it and integrate with money moving stack.The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
- Dot Product — AI coworkers for operations teams.
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the Founding Partner of Future Africa. He previously worked at Oby Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign as a Deputy Director General. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji attended the University of Waterloo - St. Jerome's University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $600k–$20M; Pre-Seed $172k–$2.1M; Series A $14M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
- Rapport — Rapport understands how your people are doing, coaches everyone in your company's own language, and shows you it's working. Launches in Slack or Teams in days.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
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Browse database — It's Free!Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $382k–$2.3M; Series A $6.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
- Firenze — Firenze aims to expand financial services by extending investment-backed lending to a wider audience, recognizing its importance in wealth creation and preservation. The founding team aims to democratize Lombard lending, making it accessible to all, while focusing on mass affluent clients.
- Isembard — Faster, cheaper, greener manufacturing
Calanthia Mei currently serves as the director of strategy at Fast. She is also an investment partner at the Community Fund, where she invests in early-stage, community-driven FinTech and commerce enablement companies. Prior to joining Fast, Calanthia was a FinTech venture capital investor at PayPal Ventures where she joined as the 2nd full-timehire in 2017.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $4M–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Baraka — baraka is an investment and US stocks trading platform built to empower the next generation of Middle East investors.
- Moov — Moov is rebuilding banking infrastructure for a cloud-native world without any legacy technology dependencies. Moov’s banking-as-a-service platform takes a developer-first approach of being open-source, portable to cloud providers or on-premises, modular for customization, and decoupled from any single bank program. Their protocols offer the firstde facto standard for embedded payment infrastructure offered publicly.Moov was established in 2017 and is based in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Geoffrey Fink is the Founder and Chairman of Investment Committee of Incentrum Group. He previously worked at Neuronix Medical as the Chairman. He attended The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Point of Sale
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yoco — Yoco is a point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa. Yoco helps 100,000 small businesses in South Africa get paid in-store, online, and on the go. Yoco was named one of the top 250 most promising fintech companies by CB Insights for the last 3 years running.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Cape Town, SouthAfrica.
Calvin Ayre (born May 25, 1961, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada) is the founder of the Bodog online gaming and entertainment brand, which he developed and launched in 1994.Ayre received a Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) in General Sciences from the University of Waterloo in 1984. In 1989, Ayre earned an MBA in Management Finance from CityUniversity of Seattle.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Information Technology, Bitcoin
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $363k–$4.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mijem — Mijem is the buy sell marketplace app to tap into your campus community. Save money. Earn cash. Connect with students. Download the free app.
- FYX Gaming — Web3 development platform & scaling solutions on the blockchain, proud creator of CryptoFights.
- Transmira — Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions
Nitesh Banta is the Co-Founder & CEO at B12.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$16M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.5M; Series A $6.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pelgo — Pelgo is a startup that provides AI-powered career transition services. For employees coming out of layoffs, young grads just entering the job market, or full-time professionals trying to adjust to a developing AI-driven economy, its tools, along with human advisors, help onboarding, transition, and reskilling.
- howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
- Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
Aaron Fu is based out of New York, New York and is the Head of Venture Investments of DCG. Aaron previously worked at Catalyst Fund as a Partner. Aaron Fu attended the University of Oxford. Aaron Fu has received the LEAD Certificate: Corporate Innovation.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$280k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OkHi — Smart addressing for emerging markets. Enabling businesses to collect an accurate address, navigate to it without getting lost and verity it remotely.
- Ongair — Carry out great customer service and support via WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, WeChat and Line. Get your business on Instant Messaging today. Enjoy a 14 day free trial.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Wayne Stocks - Director @ Orientis Venture Capital
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- Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $484k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Immobazyme — Immobazyme provides pioneering the biotechnology industry. Using innovative technologies, along with an environmentally responsible outlook.the company aims to develop an analytical laboratory platform as well as serve the industrial sector through the production of high-value products by organic synthesis and environmental remediationtechnologies.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
- MariHealth Solutions (RF) (PTY) LTD — Proteomics-powered analytics for aquaculture. We quantify 3,000+ proteins per sample to deliver deep biological insights for fish health, nutrition, and farming.
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 887
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $12k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Book Your Own — Book Your Own is building an integrated travel ecosystem designed to unify India’s fragmented travel market.
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
- Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
Michael Jordaan, the former banker now heads up a private investment company, Montegray Capital and lends a strategic-hand to various businesses, including as Chairman of Wines of South Africa (WoSA), Chairman of consumer data buro, Compuscan and as Director on the JSE. Michael also actively invests as a partner in AngelHub Ventures, a SouthAfrican based Venture Capital Fund.In 2014 he co-founded a coding apprenticeship program, ProjectcodeX, to grow highly skilled software developers to fuel the digital economy.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, Mauritius
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VALR — Buy and sell bitcoin, ethereum & more | Pay anyone for free with VALR Pay
- OfferZen — On OfferZen, Dutch tech companies reach out to you with upfront role and salary info so you can make the right career move.
- Real Time Wine — Share your wine moments. Real Time Wine is the social wine discovery app for everyone who enjoys wine, not just those who understand it. [In App Stores NOW!]
Yossi Hasson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metaversal and a Venture Partner at 2048 Ventures. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WeThinkCode_. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Techstars. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $120k–$551k; Pre-Seed $120k–$230k
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Howler — Howler, is the powerful event technology platform designed at the uppermost benchmarks of service and technology to help consumers and event organisers to make moments that matter.
- WizzPass — WizzPass, a rapidly growing leader in the visitor management system and workplace management market is now FMS:Engage powered by FM:Systems.
- The Sun Exchange — The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar leasing marketplace. We leverage financial innovation and the power of the crowd to drive sustainable energy development and make the environmental, social and economic benefits of solar accessible and affordable for all. Through the Sun Exchange online platform, anyone, anywhere in the world, can buyremotely-located solar cells and then lease them to power businesses and organisations in sunny emerging markets. Solar cell owners earn income from the electricity that’s generated, while schools, businesses, clinics and other organisations gain access to affordable clean energy, reducing electricity costs and carbon emissions.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Point of Sale
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yoco — Yoco is a point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa. Yoco helps 100,000 small businesses in South Africa get paid in-store, online, and on the go. Yoco was named one of the top 250 most promising fintech companies by CB Insights for the last 3 years running.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Cape Town, SouthAfrica.
Michael Vaughan is based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is the Chief Executive Officer of North America of IG Group. Michael Vaughan previously worked at Stem Disintermedia as a Board Member. Michael Vaughan attended The Wharton School.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $4M–$10M; Series A $12M–$100M; Series B $28M–$61M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flip — Transfer uang, top up e-wallet & kirim uang ke luar negeri lebih mudah dengan Flip. Bayar pulsa, listrik, BPJS, PDAM, dan pembayaran lainnya bisa lebih hemat.
- Kick — Daily bookkeeping for the modern business owner. Minimize your audit risk and only pay when you save. Join now and get your first $5,000 in Savings Credits.
- Maplerad — Global payment infrastructure for businesses.
Niklas Adalberth is co-founder, Deputy CEO and board member of Klarna, the leading European payments company with investors such as Sequoia, Atomico, and General Atlantic. Niklas has a master’s degree in international business from the Stockholm School of Economics, where he founded Klarna together with his two co-founders, Sebastian Siemiatkowski,CEO, and Victor Jacobsson. Klarna is used by 50,000 retailers and 35 million people across Europe and launched in the UK in July 2014. During 2015, consumers in the US will also start buying with Klarna.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Sweden, South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $242k–$4M; Series A $12M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klarna — Einkaufen, was du willst. Bezahlen, wie du willst. Klarna bietet dir verschiedene Zahlungsarten an. Du entscheidest, welche am besten zu dir passt.
- ClimateView — ClimateView is a Swedish climate action technology company that helps cities transform climate planning into progress. We combine data, agent-based modelling and interface design to help cities successfully manage the transition to zero carbon economies.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling
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- Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $150k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Omnisient — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
- Termii — Prevent transactions like logins, payments, checkouts, fraud alerts, and OTPs from failing using AI. Built for banks, fintechs and modern enterprises.
David de Picciotto - Co-Founder & CEO @ Pledge
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$24M; Pre-Seed $550k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Quansa — Quansa offers on-demand pay, allowing workers to access earned wages after each shift. The platform connects with time and payroll systems so wages can be released without changing payroll cycles. Workers receive pay in a digital wallet and can use funds when needed. The service helps companies offer an extra work benefit to support employeeretention. Rules for attendance and seniority can be set through the system. The tool updates payroll records so month-end work stays clear.
- Ezeebit — Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies.
- FrankieOne — FrankieOne helps banks and fintechs make better decisions using a single API and dashboard to manage KYC/AML and fraud.
Eli John Pollak is based out of Nairobi, Nairobi Area and is the Founder and CEO of Apollo Agriculture. Eli previously worked at The Climate Corporation as a Senior Product Manager. Eli John Pollak attended the Stanford University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Communities
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- tushop — Shop wholesale groceries, market fresh produce, local brands, and affordable preloved finds on Tushop. Secure checkout, friendly support and fast 90 minute delivery across Nairobi.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Raj Kulasingam
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Togo, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OMA Mind — Connect with qualified mental health practitioners, ready and available round the clock.
- 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.
- SEMOA — Founded in 2016, SEMOA have today an international footprint in 13 countries of Africa with the statement to bring something more to people's daily lives. SEMOA is a pioneering fintech company that is reshaping the financial landscape across Africa by specializing in two key areas: the digitalization of banking services and empowerment ofmobile transactions.As a software editor, SEMOA offers a suite of APIs platform and white-label SaaS tools designed to address financial inclusion challenges in Africa, where traditional banking systems often fall short. As a transaction enabler, SEMOA acts as a schema for mobile transaction allowing banks to create more value through a service layer.
Jean-Pierre Mondalek - Head of Peak Events and XCM, MENA @ Amazon
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Point of Sale
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yoco — Yoco is a point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa. Yoco helps 100,000 small businesses in South Africa get paid in-store, online, and on the go. Yoco was named one of the top 250 most promising fintech companies by CB Insights for the last 3 years running.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Cape Town, SouthAfrica.
Sima Gandhi is Co-founder and CEO at Creative Juice.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Indonesia, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $4M–$8.5M; Series A $14M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Phyllo — Easily access verified, creator-consented data such as identity, income, and engagement across hundreds of platforms through our API
- Brick — Brick builds financial APIs for fintech products. They give convenience to processing end-users' financial data digitally for every personalized need of fintech companies, with data such as transaction data spanning multiple platforms across telcos, e-wallets, e-commerce, and super apps.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Matt Robinson is the CEO and a co-founder at Nested, a property technology company. Prior to this, he founded GoCardless in 2010 and remains on the board of the recurring payment company.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $2M–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $650k–$3M; Series A $6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Malga — Malga is an online payment platform that offers fraud protection and payment split services.
- Feather — Feather gives you insurance advice for expats in Germany. Our digital insurance agent will help you get the right insurance policies for your need.
- Malga — Instant access to multiple payment providers with a single integration
Payments Angel investor funding in South Africa at a glance
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