# Francois Malan

> Francois Malan is a funding round investor at Savant Technology Incubator backing Energy. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Savant Technology Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/savant-venture)
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francois-malan-9166b914

Francois Malan is a funding round investor at Savant Technology Incubator in Cape Town focused on Energy and Manufacturing. Francois Malan is the CEO of Savant Technology Incubator. He previously worked at SA Bamboo-processing business case as a Chief investigator. Francois Malan attended the University of Cape Town.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Francois Malan: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/francois-malan?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Machinery Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BurnStar Technologies | BurnStar Technologies is a machinery manufacturing firm that is converting methane into hydrogen and elemental carbon through their devices. |  |  | Oct 31, 2023 | https://www.burnstar.co.za/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Sibanye-Stillwater — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Savant Technology Incubator

VC Fund · Cape Town, South Africa

Savant Technology Incubator is a commercially-focused hardware technology incubator that provides bespoke business development support. Savant partners with highly skilled science and technology inventors for their start-up growth journey.

5 contacts available at Savant Technology Incubator.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francois Malan | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-malan |
| Nick Allen | Founder, Managing Partner and Savant Venture Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-allen-25f9 |
| Kate Smith | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kate-smith-turner |
| Thabelo Ratshihule | Head of Commercialisation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thabelo-ratshihule |
| Thaheer Mullins | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thaheer-mullins-6e78 |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Almi Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almi-invest) — VC Fund
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund
- [Founder Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-collective) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Francois Malan invest in?

Francois Malan invests primarily in Energy, Manufacturing and Machinery Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 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 Francois Malan?

Public channels for Francois Malan include LinkedIn. 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.

### When did Francois Malan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francois Malan closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co