# Platform Investment Partners

> Platform Investment Partners is a VC fund backing AgTech and Farming. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Platform Investment Partners is an investment holding company focused on telecoms and technology.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$5.2M |
| Series B | $940k–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 29% |
| Farming | 2 | 29% |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 29% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 3 | 43% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stuart van der Veen | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stuart-van-der-veen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eaton Fiber | Eaton Fiber is a wholesale FTTP network provider powering ISPs. | $1.5B | Private Equity | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Nile.ag | Nile.ag provides a platform for farmers to trade fresh produce with multiple producers across a number of African countries. Its digital solutions address inherent issues relating to food trading, quality verification, payments and traceability. | $11.3M | Series A | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| AgrigateOne | AgrigateOne is an online platform that enables openness between growers and buyers and gets data about agriculture and marine logistics. | $4.5M | Seed | May 22, 2024 |  |
| Yellow | Yellow is an Africa-focused fintech. | $14M | Series B | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| Nile.ag | Nile.ag provides a platform for farmers to trade fresh produce with multiple producers across a number of African countries. Its digital solutions address inherent issues relating to food trading, quality verification, payments and traceability. | $5.2M | Seed | May 17, 2022 |  |
| Aerobotics | Aerobotics provides intelligent tools for optimal perennial crop farming practices. | $16.5M | Series B | Dec 11, 2020 |  |
| Float | At Float, we believe in a world where credit works for shoppers and not against them.Float offers shoppers a smarter way to pay with their credit card – by splitting big purchases in up to 24 bite-size, interest-free monthly payments. It’s all the perks of credit cards, but none of the cons. No extra debt, no applications, no credit checks – andno catch. Just shopping joy on their terms.At the same time, Float merchants enjoy more than 80% bigger orders and radically improved conversions. They also get direct access to 5 million pre-approved shoppers. Float’s instalment offering is fully customisable, giving merchants more control and flexibility than ever before. It’s all made possible by Float’s innovative technology, built on what we call ‘head-in-the-sky, feet-on-the-ground’ thinking.By giving their shoppers the most flexible, frictionless and financially responsible way to shop, merchants are partnering with us to build a new economy - where buying BIG, means paying small.Welcome to Float. | $2.6M | Seed |  |  |

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## Co-investors
- [AfricInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afric-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AlphaCode Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphacode-club) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FMO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fmo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Naspers Foundry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naspers-foundry) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anterra Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anterra-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Platform Investment Partners invest in?

Platform Investment Partners invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 7 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 Platform Investment Partners's check size?

Platform Investment Partners typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$5.2M at Seed and $940k–$14M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Platform Investment Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Platform Investment Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Platform Investment Partners?

The team at Platform Investment Partners includes Stuart van der Veen (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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