# Savant Technology Incubator

> Savant Technology Incubator is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/savant-technology-incubator/about/
- Website: https://www.savant.co.za/

Savant Technology Incubator is a commercially-focused hardware technology incubator that provides bespoke business development support. Savant partners with highly skilled science and technology inventors for their start-up growth journey.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Savant Technology Incubator. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Savant Technology Incubator. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/savant-venture?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 6 | 22% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 19% |
| Software | 4 | 15% |
| AgTech | 3 | 11% |
| Consulting | 3 | 11% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 33% |
| Seed | 8 | 30% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 23 | 85% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francois Malan | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-malan |
| Nick Allen | Founder, Managing Partner and Savant Venture Fund | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-allen-25f9 |
| Kate Smith | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kate-smith-turner |
| Thabelo Ratshihule | Head of Commercialisation | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thabelo-ratshihule |
| Thaheer Mullins | General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thaheer-mullins-6e78 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CubeSpace | CubeSpace provides a professional and comprehensive ADCS service to the international market. CubeSpace makes passion for innovation, space, and control systems an integral part of everything we do. We design, build, test, and support innovative, high-quality, miniaturized satellite components, with a strong focus on control systems. | $2.7M |  | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| CubeSpace | CubeSpace provides a professional and comprehensive ADCS service to the international market. CubeSpace makes passion for innovation, space, and control systems an integral part of everything we do. We design, build, test, and support innovative, high-quality, miniaturized satellite components, with a strong focus on control systems. | $2.5M | Series A | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| Visiosoft | Visiosoft is an IT Services and Consulting firm offering a sensor device for analysis and evolution. |  | Seed | Dec 14, 2023 |  |
| BurnStar Technologies | BurnStar Technologies is a machinery manufacturing firm that is converting methane into hydrogen and elemental carbon through their devices. |  |  | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| Mia Healthcare | Mia Healthcare is a Hospitals and Health Care firm offering dental services and orthodontic products. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 12, 2023 |  |
| Mia Healthcare | Mia Healthcare is a Hospitals and Health Care firm offering dental services and orthodontic products. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 12, 2023 |  |
| Stellenbosch Nanofiber Company | Stellenbosch Nanofiber Company is a commercialisation and further development of various nanofiber technologies. these technologies include two processes for high-throughput electrospinning of polymeric nanofibers and a process for making continuous nanofiber yarns. |  |  | Aug 10, 2023 |  |
| Locstat | Locstat is a unique and first of its kind Graph Analytics Platform, with customer driven industry and point solutions, incorporating Graph-based AI, Analytics and Event Processing, that enables organisations to rapidly scale next generation data intelligence solutions. |  | Seed | Feb 21, 2023 |  |
| Locstat | Locstat is a unique and first of its kind Graph Analytics Platform, with customer driven industry and point solutions, incorporating Graph-based AI, Analytics and Event Processing, that enables organisations to rapidly scale next generation data intelligence solutions. |  | Seed | Feb 21, 2023 |  |
| INSiAVA Pty Ltd | INSiAVA Pty Ltd is a technology firm that uses a breakthrough method that creates and senses light using CMOS chips. |  | Series A | Jan 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Digital Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-africa-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Grindstone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grindstone-2a44) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Strat Tech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strat-tech-4f45) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [University Technology Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-technology-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [4Di](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4di) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Edge Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edge-growth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Savant Technology Incubator invest in?

Savant Technology Incubator invests primarily in Information Technology, Manufacturing and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Savant Technology Incubator?

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### Who are the partners at Savant Technology Incubator?

The team at Savant Technology Incubator includes Francois Malan (CEO), Nick Allen (Founder, Managing Partner and Savant Venture Fund) and Kate Smith (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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