# Fireball Capital

> Fireball Capital is a VC fund in Cape Town backing Software, Analytics and Financial Services. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fireball-capital/about/
- Website: https://www.fireballcapital.co.za/

Fireball Capital is a VC fund in Cape Town focused on Software and Analytics. Fireball Capital operates as a venture capital firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5.7M–$40M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $500k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| Analytics | 2 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 33% |
| Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 10 | 83% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $1.5M |  | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Plentify | Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems. |  | Series A | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Insight Terra | Insight Terra is a platform that helps in real-time monitoring and risk management of mine tailings and water. | $5.7M | Series A | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Pargo | Pargo is a convenient logistics solution that lets you collect and return parcels at Pargo parcel points throughout the country when it suits you best. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| Plentify | Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 22, 2024 |  |
| Sendmarc | Sendmarc is offers email protection from phishing attacks and email impersonation. | $7M | Series A | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| Ukheshe Technologies | Ukheshe Technologies is a global, digital-first financial services enabler. The comppany provides an SMME focused digital platform to improve and address financial inclusion within South Africa.Through our technology, and by partnering with banks, telcos, financial services providers, we enable them to pursue financial inclusion for theircustomers with tailor made payment solutions.Ukheshe Technologies was established in 2018 by Jason Penton and Paul Carter-Brown in Johannesburg, NA - South Africa. | $40M | Series A | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| RecoMed | RecoMed is South Africa’s largest and fastest growing online healthcare booking platform and marketplace. The company’s online booking platform and the marketplace is its core product, and it has developed white-labelled solutions for, among others, Discovery, Medicross (owned by Netcare) and Clicks.RecoMed’s mobile-friendly platform helpspatients quickly find and make appointments with a range of healthcare providers, 24/7, without any phone calls or paperwork. RecoMed seamlessly connects doctors and patients in real-time and is a strong consumer and B2B platform business that reaches stakeholders across the healthcare, life insurance and corporate wellness ecosystem. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| Synatic | Synatic is a modern data integration and automation platform that combines iPaaS, ESB, ETL and API Management into a simple yet powerful tool. Connect any system, whether through API (SOAP or REST), ODBC, flat file or SDK, all through drag and drop simplicity. Synatic also works with cloud, on-premise or hybrid systems. Overall, Synaticprovides a holistic integration solution that delivers value with incredible speed. With simple to use tools coupled with enterprise grade features, Synatic cuts data integration, automation and analytics time and cost by up to 80%. | $1M | Seed | Oct 23, 2020 |  |
| Carscan | cARscan is an Augmented Reality app with an embedded visual recognition AI to track the visual condition of every motor vehicle during its life-stage. |  | Seed | Oct 13, 2020 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Allan Gray](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allan-gray-6e30) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [E3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-access-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [E Squared Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-squared-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [UW Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umkhathi-wethu-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Endeavor South Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-south-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kalon Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kalon-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Fireball Capital invest in?

Fireball Capital invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 12 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 Fireball Capital's check size?

Fireball Capital typically joins rounds of $5.7M–$40M at Series A and $500k–$4M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Fireball Capital participates in.

### When did Fireball Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Fireball Capital closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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