Michael Jordaan
Angel Investor · at Hlayisani Capital
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Michael Jordaan is a seed investor at Hlayisani Capital in Stellenbosch focused on Software and Information Technology. Michael Jordaan, the former banker now heads up a private investment company, Montegray Capital and lends a strategic-hand to various businesses, including as Chairman of Wines of South Africa (WoSA), Chairman of consumer data buro, Compuscan and as Director on the JSE. Michael also actively invests as a partner in AngelHub Ventures, a SouthAfrican based Venture Capital Fund.In 2014 he co-founded a coding apprenticeship program, ProjectcodeX, to grow highly skilled software developers to fuel the digital economy.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 62%
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Industries Michael Jordaan invests in
Stages Michael Jordaan invests in
Countries Michael Jordaan invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$1.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (23%)
- Information Technology 3 (23%)
- Education 2 (15%)
- SaaS 1 (8%)
- Advice 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (38%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (31%)
- Series A 2 (15%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
- Private Equity 1 (8%)
Country
- South Africa 9 (69%)
- Mauritius 1 (8%)
- The Netherlands 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| OfferZen is a job marketplace that connects companies and developers to find a new jobs. Everyone concentrates on the same regions and channels and ignores possibly greater prospects elsewhere, both developers and businesses lose out when they search for one another. On the OfferZen platform, employers contact job-seeking developers instead of theother way around, which flips the conventional recruitment approach. OfferZen's mission is to connect every developer with opportunities to build an awesome future. | $4.3M / Series B / Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| LEAP provides consulting with corporates on their transformation strategies and implements high-impact bespoke programmes. They work with many private and listed companies in diverse industry segments, including manufacturing, mining, engineering & construction, financial services, ICT, tourism, healthcare and more. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 23, 2021 | ||
| Sudonum is a call tracking and communication API that is fast to integrate and easy to use. | Private Equity / Feb 23, 2021 | ||
| Opennetworks is a Google Cloud Partner, Google Platform Partner and a Google Education Partner. Established in 2000, we have 16 of years experience dealing with customer’s technology needs. Opennetworks has been a Google Partner since 2011 and an exclusive relationship with PwC South Africa for large Google Cloud deployments. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 23, 2021 | ||
| Wyzetalk is the secure social business platform that accelerates the performance of organizations that believe in the power of engaging communities to collaborate. A cloud-based software solution developed by a South African team, Wyzetalk enables companies and communities to speed up the decision-making process, enable large-scale collaboration,improve all-round communication, encourage idea generation and facilitate an open innovation environment to drive critical business success.Available as a web service, desktop, mobile and tablet app, Wyzetalk is more feature-rich than other products and offers unrivaled pricing, branding, and integration capabilities suited to local companies.The system does not restrict community participation on the basis of domains and conversations can be triggered from events created from a company's internal systems (financial, production, customer, sales) and public triggers (news sites, customer queries). | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 23, 2021 | ||
| Ikeja Wireless is a Wireless internet service providor and WIFI network located in Crossroads, Nyanga, Gugulethu, Khayelitsha and surrounds in the Western Cape of South Africa. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 23, 2021 | ||
| VALR.com is a digital asset trading platform where you can buy, sell, store and transfer cryptocurrencies seamlessly and securely. We offer one of the widest selections of digital assets. We‘re helping to build a financial system that recognises the oneness of humanity. | $3.5M / Series A / Jul 21, 2020 | ||
| VALR.com is a digital asset trading platform where you can buy, sell, store and transfer cryptocurrencies seamlessly and securely. We offer one of the widest selections of digital assets. We‘re helping to build a financial system that recognises the oneness of humanity. | $1.5M / Seed / Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| FlexClub is a mobility platform that enables customers to easily build their own car subscription plan. Customers can subscribe to a car for a minimum of one month and cancel or change their plan anytime without penalties. | $1.2M / Seed / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| Snapplify is at the forefront of edtech solutions in Africa, and specialises in enabling digital learning for individuals and institutions via the largest digital educational marketplace in Africa. As a global edtech company, Snapplify strives for radical inclusion to level the playing field and equip individuals across emerging markets with theworld-class tools they need to collaborate, innovate and thrive. Snapplify’s technology is used in other educational products to facilitate collaboration throughout the educational community.Snapplify for Education’s award-winning platform is already a top choice for institutions integrating digital education into their classrooms. From software to support, Snapplify provides institutions with everything they need to create a secure, collaborative e-learning environment for students. Snapplify’s robust 24-hour-access digital-library solution offers thousands of free ebooks and widely applicable, curriculum-approved educational content supplied by partner publishers from across the globe. Snapplify’s diversity of device integration allows schools to use its products on the devices that they already have access to, without having to invest in costly digital infrastructure upgrades. Snapplify’s solutions are industry celebrated and globally recognised for their innovation in technology.In order to achieve its educational goals, Snapplify has built strong relationships with diverse partners around the growth of its ebook, e-textbook, and device catalogue, and partnered with international publishers and other key stakeholders to meet the demand for widely relevant, curriculum-compliant digital educational content. As a socially minded company, Snapplify is committed to supporting others and creating sustainable change through collaboration and innovation. Snapplify empowers, inspires, and uplifts teachers via Teacha! (a media hub, resource marketplace, and careers portal for educators); is the digital content partner on a project that delivers technology and e-learning to public schools in South Africa’s Gauteng province, and runs impact programmes through the Snapplify Foundation.Snapplify originated in South Africa, focusing initially on the South African education and digital content industries. Since its establishment in 2012, the company has grown and expanded into new markets in Africa and the United States, with offices across South Africa, as well as in Nairobi, London, Amsterdam and New Jersey. Snapplify is backed by AngelHub Ventures, a venture capital company backed by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan and the Harris family, as well as international investors. In 2019, Snapplify secured $2 million expansion capital from venture capital firm Knife Capital, and empowered African investment manager Hlayisani Capital’s Hlayisani Growth Fund.Snapplify for Education’s award-winning platform is already a top choice for institutions integrating digital education into their classrooms. From software to support, Snapplify provides institutions with everything they need to create a secure, collaborative e-learning environment for students. Through Snapplify’s e-learning and digital library solution, Engage, educators can share teacher-created, multimedia resource materials with students; administrators can manage the access and permissions for multiple student and staff accounts; schools can host their own 24-hour access digital content library (which comes with over 50 000 free resources including study guides, e-textbooks, past exam papers for multiple curricula, children’s books in African languages and more); and students and parents can purchase prescribed e-textbooks. Snapplify’s diversity of device integration allows schools to use its products on the devices that they already have access to, without having to invest in costly digital infrastructure upgrades. Snapplify’s solutions are industry celebrated and globally recognised for their innovation in technology. | Series A / Nov 21, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Michael Jordaan invest in?
Michael Jordaan invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Education startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 13 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 Michael Jordaan's check size?
Michael Jordaan typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$1.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Jordaan participates in.
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When did Michael Jordaan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Michael Jordaan closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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