# Philani Mzila

> Philani Mzila is a seed investor at mTek backing InsurTech and Insurance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: mTek
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philani-mzila/

Philani Mzila is a seed investor at mTek in Johannesburg focused on InsurTech and Insurance. Philani Mzila is the Board Observer of Tanél Health as well as mTek Services. He is also the Investment Manager of 54 Collective VC (Founders Factory Africa).

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Philani Mzila: 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/philani-mzila?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InsurTech | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Energy Storage | 1 | 50% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 1 | 50% |
| South Africa | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Creslow Energy Solutions | Creslow Energy Solutions is a manufacturer of sustainable energy storage technologies. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 15, 2026 |  |
| mTek | mTek is a digital online insurance platform that provides an entirely paperless ecosystem for the insurance industry. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verod-kepple-africa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About mTek

VC Fund · Nairobi, Kenya

mTek is a digital online insurance platform that provides an entirely paperless ecosystem for the insurance industry.

1 contacts available at mTek.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Philani Mzila | Board Observer | — |

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Philani Mzila invest in?

Philani Mzila invests primarily in InsurTech, Insurance and Energy Storage startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Philani Mzila?

Public channels for Philani Mzila 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 Philani Mzila last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Philani Mzila closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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.

# 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