4Di Capital
VC Fund
Cape Town, South Africa
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.
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
- Fund size:
- $24M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries 4Di Capital invests in
Stages 4Di Capital invests in
Countries 4Di Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $677k–$7.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.8M–$4M
- Series A
- $2M–$47M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (22%)
- Financial Services 7 (17%)
- Mobile 5 (12%)
- FinTech 4 (10%)
- Information Technology 4 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 20 (49%)
- Series A 7 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (7%)
- Series B 3 (7%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
Country
- South Africa 18 (44%)
- United States 3 (7%)
- Kenya 2 (5%)
- Uganda 1 (2%)
- Ireland 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anton van Vlaanderen
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Erik van Vlaanderen
Executive Chairman
|
Executive Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Justin Stanford
Co-founding General Partner & Co-founder
|
Co-founding General Partner & Co-founder | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Laurence (Laurie) Olivier
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 06, 2026 | ||
| Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services. | $5M / Seed / Mar 23, 2026 | ||
| CubeSpace provides a professional and comprehensive ADCS service to the international market. CubeSpace makes passion for innovation, space, and control systems an integral part of everything we do. We design, build, test, and support innovative, high-quality, miniaturized satellite components, with a strong focus on control systems. | $3M / Feb 03, 2025 | ||
| Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services. | $1.8M / Pre-Seed / Sep 17, 2024 | ||
| Maxe AI offers advanced asset management solutions that prioritize efficiency and transparency. Provide customized asset management solutions to a variety of users, including banks, securities firms, fund companies, and family offices. Allowing them to enhance the user experience, boost work efficiency, and better control personnel expenditures. | $4M / Seed / Mar 04, 2024 | ||
| Cloudline leverages lighter-than-air technology and solar power to bring emissions free aviation to every part of the world. | $6M / Seed / Dec 21, 2023 | ||
| Cloudline lets your visitors queue without having to stand in line; freeing them up to engage more of your offering, improving visitor sentiment and spend. | $6M / Seed / Dec 21, 2023 | ||
| 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. | $796.2K / Seed / Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Cloudline leverages lighter-than-air technology and solar power to bring emissions free aviation to every part of the world. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Aug 17, 2023 | ||
| Sendmarc is offers email protection from phishing attacks and email impersonation. | $7M / Series A / Feb 08, 2023 | ||
| See all 41 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does 4Di Capital invest in?
4Di Capital invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does 4Di Capital invest in?
4Di Capital typically joins rounds of $677k–$7.5M at Seed, $1.8M–$4M at Pre-Seed and $2M–$47M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not 4Di Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds 4Di Capital took part in.
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Who are the partners at 4Di Capital?
The team at 4Di Capital includes Anton van Vlaanderen (Partner), Erik van Vlaanderen (Executive Chairman) and Justin Stanford (Co-founding General Partner & Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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