# Willem van Zyl

> Willem van Zyl is a pre-seed investor backing Banking and FinTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willem-van-zyl-694aa620

Willem van Zyl is a pre-seed investor in Johannesburg focused on Banking and FinTech. Willem van Zyl is the Co-Founder and Technical Director at Paymenow Group.

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Incubators | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fintec Labs | Fintec Labs is a B2B technology provider to major banking and insurance enterprises in South Africa. Its flagship product is a best-cost routing engine that gives clients the ability to collect premiums or subscriptions via the most efficient bank- or non-bank channels. Routing is done through a proprietary machine learning module that predictsthe optimal outcome and implements the change in a series of action triggers. | $157.7K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2015 | http://finteclabs.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Willem van Zyl invest in?

Willem van Zyl invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Incubators startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Willem van Zyl last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Willem van Zyl closed in Aug 2015. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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