# Lireas Holdings

> Lireas Holdings is a VC fund in Johannesburg backing FinTech and InsurTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lireas-holdings
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lireas_za
- Website: http://www.lireas.co.za
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lireas/

Lireas Holdings is an investment company with a specific focus on insurance and insurance technology investments. Lireas Holdings focuses on investing in start-ups and existing businesses requiring growth funding or new partners. Lireas Holdings was founded in 1988 and was headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5.4M–$47M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| InsurTech | 2 | 33% |
| Security | 1 | 17% |
| Wellness | 1 | 17% |
| Insurance | 1 | 17% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 3 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valerie Hayter | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valerie-hayter-0d2a |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pineapple | In short, Pineapple see the traditional insurance model, user journey and products as lacking and set out to remedy these by doing the following: 1) Changing the business model to align incentives, show people how premiums are used and award members leftover premium back 2) Making insuring as easy as snapping a picture where AI does the rest andcover is issued in under 60 seconds 3) Allowing per-item insurance and new product innovation to address cover not currently offered or accessible to manyPineapple launched in South Africa in 2018 with their "My Stuff" per-item insurance and have since launched their auto offering "My Ride". They have also partnered with Travelers in the US and have white-labeled their platform in the US. | $21.9M | Series B | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Pineapple | In short, Pineapple see the traditional insurance model, user journey and products as lacking and set out to remedy these by doing the following: 1) Changing the business model to align incentives, show people how premiums are used and award members leftover premium back 2) Making insuring as easy as snapping a picture where AI does the rest andcover is issued in under 60 seconds 3) Allowing per-item insurance and new product innovation to address cover not currently offered or accessible to manyPineapple launched in South Africa in 2018 with their "My Stuff" per-item insurance and have since launched their auto offering "My Ride". They have also partnered with Travelers in the US and have white-labeled their platform in the US. | $5.4M | Series A | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| LifeQ | Our Dream is to empower everyone to delay aging, optimize your health, harness more energy, reduce the probability of disease, and understand why and how your body is changing, right now! It is in your power to be your biologically younger self.Our Missions is to enable consumers to make better decisions to live healthier lives through optimizinghealth, and be in a position to make smarter, informed, health decisions.We will do this by giving you a 360-degree personalized health mirror, along with the tools, tailored recommendations, and business partners that cover every aspect of your health. | $47M | Series A | May 26, 2021 |  |
| Investsure | InvestSure is a technology company that uses its software to enable partner investment platforms to sell its unique Investment Indemnity (insurance) product to their clients. InvestSure provides a full set of APIs that trading platform developers can use to integrate the Investure Investment Indemnity product seamlessly and easily into theirwebsites and mobile applications. Once InvestSure technology is added to a trading platform, it enables users to buy insurance on their shares with a single click. The full process from buying to insurance to settling claims is fully automated.The Investment Indemnity product itself is a unique innovation; it is designed to protect to protect shareholders against any losses in share value caused by actual or perceived fraud committed by management. This enables investors to secure their investments. The cost of the product is low enough to not significantly reduce returns of investors where no insurance event occurs, but to provide significant downside protection where an insured event does occur. | $527K | Seed | Mar 05, 2019 |  |
| Lumkani | Lumkani is a social enterprise known for its fire detector and system designed to overcome the shack-fire challenge in urban slums in South Africa and across the globe with the use of a heat detection technology. It measures the incidence of harmful fires and alert families inside the shack of the danger, using the rate-of-rise of temperaturetechnology. Its devices are networked using transmission technology which connects each device within a 60 meter radius of each other. In the event of a fire, devices within this range ring creating a community-wide response to the danger.Lumkani is based in Cape Town, South Africa. |  | Seed | Jun 08, 2018 |  |
| Pineapple | In short, Pineapple see the traditional insurance model, user journey and products as lacking and set out to remedy these by doing the following: 1) Changing the business model to align incentives, show people how premiums are used and award members leftover premium back 2) Making insuring as easy as snapping a picture where AI does the rest andcover is issued in under 60 seconds 3) Allowing per-item insurance and new product innovation to address cover not currently offered or accessible to manyPineapple launched in South Africa in 2018 with their "My Stuff" per-item insurance and have since launched their auto offering "My Ride". They have also partnered with Travelers in the US and have white-labeled their platform in the US. |  | Seed | Aug 29, 2017 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [4Di Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4di-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [E4EAfrica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e4eafrica) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Old Mutual Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/old-mutual-investment-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The ASISA ESD Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-asisa-esd-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Allectus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allectus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Lireas Holdings invest in?

Lireas Holdings invests primarily in FinTech, InsurTech and Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 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 Lireas Holdings's check size?

Lireas Holdings typically joins rounds of $5.4M–$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 Lireas Holdings participates in.

### How do I contact Lireas Holdings?

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### Who are the partners at Lireas Holdings?

The team at Lireas Holdings includes Valerie Hayter (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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