Top 5 Sports Startup Investors in South Africa (June 2026)

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• FitKey — FitKey is about helping you find and manage the fitness life that makes you happy, through discovering new classes, studios, and fitness activities. With easy online and mobile booking, FitKey keeps your routine interesting.
• TaxTim — Originally funded by Google in 2011, TaxTim is Africa's answer to Making Tax Easy. Answer simple questions one-by-one, in a friendly automated chat, and your tax return is done in minutes. TaxTim has 40% market share of the tax base in South Africa (~4.5m), and has deployed localised versions in Namibia and Nigeria as JVs with PwC previously.TaxTim is integrated with the local revenue service (SARS) for instant electronic tax submissions, and partners with some of SA's largest consumer brands - Airbnb, Momentum, Sanlam, Old Mutual, FNB eBucks - to provide tax services for free or at discount. TaxTim has several business models including B2C, B2B and B2B2C. TaxTim is a compelling and popular consumer brand, with a fully-developed, profitable broker/financial product leads ecosystem.
• Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.

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• Raptures — Raptures is a global digital storytelling platform & studio network creating original and industry leading webtoons, comics and animations.
• Matta — Matta is a B2B platform offering a comprehensive, detailed marketplace for sourcing chemicals and materials efficiently and reliably
• Prembly — Leading provider of identity verification, KYC/KYB compliance, AML screening, fraud detection, and background check solutions. Trusted by businesses across Africa and globally for secure, real-time verification.

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• myFanPark — myFanPark is a South African celebrity engagement platform, to share videos.

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• Lumkani — AFFORDABLE ALARM SYSTEMS & INSURANCE FOR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS Whether you are in a township, informal settlement, or suburb, we have the right protection for you. AFFORDABLE ALARM SYSTEMS & INSURANCE FOR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS Whether you are in a township, informal settlement, or suburb ...
• Investsure — InvestSure is a technology company that uses its software to enable partner investment platforms to sell its unique Investment Indemnity (insurance) product to their clients. InvestSure provides a full set of APIs that trading platform developers can use to integrate the Investure Investment Indemnity product seamlessly and easily into theirwebsites and mobile applications. Once InvestSure technology is added to a trading platform, it enables users to buy insurance on their shares with a single click. The full process from buying to insurance to settling claims is fully automated.The Investment Indemnity product itself is a unique innovation; it is designed to protect to protect shareholders against any losses in share value caused by actual or perceived fraud committed by management. This enables investors to secure their investments. The cost of the product is low enough to not significantly reduce returns of investors where no insurance event occurs, but to provide significant downside protection where an insured event does occur.
• CompariSure — Custom, built-for-purpose service and sales chatbot solutions for financial services providers.

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• d6 — SCHOOLS Schools Communication Platforms and School Management Software COMMUNITIES Community & Internal Business Communication Platforms MEDIA Let your brand be seen Advertise on
• DataProphet — DataProphet offers production intelligence solutions for manufacturers. By combining human ingenuity with production data, we supercharge manufacturing excellence. Explore our Connect platform and expert services, trusted by industry leaders.
• Stone Three Venture Technology — We combine expert services with the power of machine learning to help our customers increase their productivity and safety.