# Crossfin Technology

> Crossfin Technology is a VC fund in Cape Town backing Payments and FinTech. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 41%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crossfintechnologyholdings
- Website: http://www.crossfin.co.za/

Crossfin Technology is a VC fund in Cape Town focused on Payments and FinTech. Crossfin invests in FINTECH solutions to enable growth for economies in Africa and beyond. Crossfin invests in high growth and established cash generative businesses, offering investors a blended exposure to technology investments in Fintech.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Payments | 7 | 32% |
| FinTech | 6 | 27% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 27% |
| Software | 4 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 18% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 10 | 45% |
| Seed | 3 | 14% |
| Series A | 2 | 9% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 17 | 77% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anton Gaylard | Co-founder, COO & Director | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anton-gaylard |
| Dean Sparrow | CEO | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dean-sparrow |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DigiSquad | DigiSquad is a team of entrepreneurs in the payments industry striving to expand the reach of digital payment platforms in underserved regions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| AKELO Group | AKELO Group provides a marketplace for embedded financial services and solutions for corporates, retailers and SME merchants. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Ask Gogo | Ask Gogo develops data free application designed to facilitate buying, selling, renting, and job searching without using mobile data. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Momint | Momint is a blockchain technology company. Momint specializes in putting real assets and legal contracts on the blockchain. Momint Marketplace enables the trade of solar energy, heritage assets, and art through advanced and secure blockchain technology. Their mechanism allows individuals to support renewable energy adoption. | $1.3M | Seed | Oct 12, 2023 |  |
| Mypinpad | MYPINPAD has built the world’s first software only payments terminal which will deliver a consistent and secure payments experience everywhere by enabling simple and scalable card present transactions across digital and offline channels. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Cardiff, United Kingdom. | $12.7M |  | Jun 22, 2023 |  |
| Adumo | Adumo is a Fintech company that provides payment processing services enabling business owners to securely accept a range of payment types with an omnichannel approach and help them grow, simplify, and optimize their business through best-in-class payment experiences. It enables transactions supported by end-to-end reconciliation and valuablebusiness insights. | $11M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 18, 2022 |  |
| VantagePay | VantagePay provides white-label payment and technology solutions to the Banking, Telco, Financial Services, and Consumer Product Industries. |  | Series A | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| VantagePay | VantagePay provides white-label payment and technology solutions to the Banking, Telco, Financial Services, and Consumer Product Industries. |  | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Troygold | Troygold digitizes gold bullion and Krugerrands and then allows customers to buy, sell, spend and borrow against their gold. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| truID | truID is provides a single API to access identity data, balance and transactions from your user’s bank account. Connect with multiple institutions, save months of development and stay compliant. |  | Seed | Jun 10, 2020 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capitaleye Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitaleye-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Investec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investec) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adaverse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adaverse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apis-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Equitable Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equitable-ventures-56c5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [International Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/international-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Crossfin Technology invest in?

Crossfin Technology invests primarily in Payments, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Crossfin Technology?

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### Who are the partners at Crossfin Technology?

The team at Crossfin Technology includes Anton Gaylard (Co-founder, COO & Director) and Dean Sparrow (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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