# 4Di Capital

> 4Di Capital is a VC fund in Cape Town backing Software and Financial Services. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/813519
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/4DiCapital
- Website: http://www.4dicapital.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/4DiCapital

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $527k–$7.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.8M–$4M |
| Series A | $2M–$47M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 17% |
| Mobile | 5 | 12% |
| FinTech | 4 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 10% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 46% |
| Series A | 7 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 7% |
| Series B | 3 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 17 | 41% |
| United States | 3 | 7% |
| Kenya | 2 | 5% |
| Uganda | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anton van Vlaanderen | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anton-van-vlaanderen |
| Erik van Vlaanderen | Executive Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-van-vlaanderen |
| Justin Stanford | Co-founding General Partner & Co-founder | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-stanford |
| Laurence (Laurie) Olivier | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurie-olivier |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BFree | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Sendmarc is offers email protection from phishing attacks and email impersonation. | $7M | Series A | Feb 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DotExe Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dotexe-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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- [E4EAfrica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e4eafrica) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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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 is 4Di Capital's check size?

4Di Capital typically joins rounds of $527k–$7.5M at Seed, $1.8M–$4M at Pre-Seed and $2M–$47M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 4Di Capital participates in.

### How do I contact 4Di Capital?

Public channels for 4Di Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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