# Qualica

> Qualica is a VC fund in Gauteng backing Software, Banking and Finance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gauteng, South Africa
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualica-technologies/
- Website: https://x.com/Qualica

Qualica is an investment organization that backs entrepreneurs and companies in the financial services and technology industries. This company specializes in IT solutions for the hospitality and finance industries.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $2.5M–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 100% |
| Banking | 2 | 67% |
| Finance | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Information Services | 2 | 67% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 2 | 67% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WiXtar | WiXtar Digital Services Co., Ltd. is a leading provider of intelligent retail solutions, dedicated to empowering brick-and-mortar stores through innovative digital transformation. Formerly known as LaFresh Information Co., Ltd., the company has over two decades of experience in the industry. In late 2023, WiXtar underwent a strategic merger withMaji Digital, Beauty Technology, and Singapore's Epoint Systems, rebranding itself to better reflect its expanded capabilities and global reach.​At the heart of WiXtar's offerings is the LaaS (LaFresh as a Service) platform—an open, scalable SaaS solution designed to integrate front-end and back-end operations seamlessly. This platform supports comprehensive automation and omnichannel applications, enhancing management efficiency, service quality, and customer experience. WiXtar's solutions are tailored for various industries, including food and beverage, retail, tourism, wellness, and entertainment.​With a presence in over 20 regions across the Asia-Pacific and the United States, WiXtar has established robust local and international teams, assisting more than 15,000 clients in achieving localized operations and digital transformation. The company's commitment to innovation is evident in its development of the market's first AI-powered multilingual voice recognition ordering system and multilingual menu generation software. WiXtar continues to lead the industry by breaking boundaries and enabling businesses to thrive sustainably through the power of information technology.​ | $9.2M | Private Equity | Jan 22, 2025 | https://www.wixtar.com/ |
| BancX | Banking as a Service for Africa. Our vision is to enable businesses to build, curate and embed their own branded financial services with the ease of an API. Imagine you could become an AWS for financial services by launching not the IT stack but the financial services stack and doing the same. Our customers will be able to reshape financialservices by bringing new business and operating models to not just the existing, but also the underserved, and financially excluded markets. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2021 | https://www.bancx.com |
| Qualica | Qualica is an investment organization that backs entrepreneurs and companies in the financial services and technology industries. This company specializes in IT solutions for the hospitality and finance industries. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2021 | https://x.com/Qualica |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Qualica Technologies (Pty) Ltd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qualica-technologies-pty-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Qualica invest in?

Qualica invests primarily in Software, Banking and Finance startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Private Equity stage. Most of the 3 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 Qualica's check size?

Qualica typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$2.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Qualica participates in.

### When did Qualica last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Qualica closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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.

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