# Tjaart van der Waalt

> Tjaart van der Waalt is a seed investor at TymeBank (Johannesburg) backing Retail and Marketing. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TymeBank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tyme)
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjaart-van-der-walt-bab116b/

Tjaart van der Waalt is a seed investor at TymeBank in Johannesburg focused on Retail and Marketing. Tjaart van der Walt is based out of Johannesburg and is the Director & Co-founder of Tyme. Tjaart previously worked at CSense Systems as a Director. Tjaart van der Walt attended the Stellenbosch University. Tjaart van der Walt has received Honorary Doctorate of Engineering award in their career.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $964k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Augmented Reality | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Talk360 | Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before. | $3M | Seed | Oct 03, 2022 |  |
| Talk360 | Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before. | $4M | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Darabase | Darabase is the AR Outdoor Media Company, a turnkey platform and solution for brands, advertisers and retailers wanting to run immersive Augmented Reality Outdoor Media, layered on the real world.We augment existing outdoor media screens and billboards, deliver permission-based AR campaigns in iconic locations and provide scale geographiccoverage through our "Run of World" AR inventory network.We help retailers use AR to drive footfall and sales and enable property companies to monetise their estate, while monitoring what AR content is being placed and viewed in their locations. | $963.8K | Seed | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| Darabase | Darabase is the AR Outdoor Media Company, a turnkey platform and solution for brands, advertisers and retailers wanting to run immersive Augmented Reality Outdoor Media, layered on the real world.We augment existing outdoor media screens and billboards, deliver permission-based AR campaigns in iconic locations and provide scale geographiccoverage through our "Run of World" AR inventory network.We help retailers use AR to drive footfall and sales and enable property companies to monetise their estate, while monitoring what AR content is being placed and viewed in their locations. | $786K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HAVAÍC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/havaic-sa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [4Di Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4di-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brooklyn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooklyn-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DotExe Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dotexe-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e2-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E4EAfrica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e4eafrica) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TymeBank

VC Fund · Johannesburg, South Africa

TymeBank is a fully black-owned and controlled investment company based in South Africa. It is an exclusively digital retail bank that aims to provide every South African accessible and affordable banking so that they can take part in, grow and benefit from the country’s economy.

2 contacts available at TymeBank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coen Jonker | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coen-jonker |
| Tjaart van der Waalt | Co-founder and Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tjaart-van-der-waalt |

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## FAQ

### What does Tjaart van der Waalt invest in?

Tjaart van der Waalt invests primarily in Retail, Marketing and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tjaart van der Waalt's check size?

Tjaart van der Waalt typically joins rounds of $964k–$4M 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 Tjaart van der Waalt participates in.

### When did Tjaart van der Waalt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tjaart van der Waalt closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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