# Top 50 Transportation Startup Investors in South Africa in June 2026 ## 54 Collective - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network. ## E4EAfrica - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management E4E Africa Backing category-defining emerging market businesses. We invest in businesses that drive economic opportunity and sustainable growth.Learn MoreE4E specializes ... Read More ## IDF Capital SA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Automotive, Mobile Apps IDF Capital is an established financier, investing in high growth SMEs/Entrepreneurial businesses. We invest with a gender lens strategy ## Kalon Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Internet, Software A growing number of South Africans are investing in venture capital companies that operate under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act. 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They also offer current accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and mortgage services. ## Launch Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa ## Vinny Lingham - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Internet, Software Vinny Lingham is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rumi.ai(Waitroom). He previously worked at YPO as a Member. Vinny Lingham attended Harvard Business School Executive Education. ## Digital Africa Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown - Focus: Software, Logistics, Supply Chain Management African Digital Ventures centered on assisting African digital technology start-ups in their early stages. ## HAVAÍC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses. ## Hlayisani Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Fourways, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Education, Information Technology Hlayisani Growth Fund is focussed on mid-market, high growth private equity investments focussed on South Africa with an allowance for Sub-Saharan Africa and East African countries. ## Futuregrowth Asset Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Transportation, Financial Services Futuregrowth manages the full range of fixed interest and developmental impact funds on behalf of our clients. We are committed to managing and investing our clients' funds in a responsible manner. ## AngelHub Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stellenbosch, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Education Operating out of Stellenbosch in South Africa and backed by two family offices Angelhub Ventures's team is passionate about early stage investments in (South) Africa. Being entrepreneurial ourselves, we thoroughly understand the challenges and changes our founders face – which is why we back them in any way we can. Most importantly, we believein building great businesses and we are in it for the long haul. ## Robertson Stephens Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Manufacturing Founded in 1978, Robertson Stephens was a San Francisco-based boutique investment bank that focused primarily on technology companies. It was among the most active investment banks in the technology sector at the height of the internet boom. ## Polo Leteka - Type: Angel - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Retail, Internet, Logistics Polo Leteka is the Founder and Chairman of IDF Capital SA. She previously worked at Standard Bank of South Africa. Polo Leteka attended the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika. ## Bas Hochstenbach - Type: Angel - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2C, Travel, Tourism Bas Hochstenbach is the Co-Founder of Conservation Club. He attended Leiden University. ## Jozi Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: B2B, Finance, Lending Jozi Angels is an angel network based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We exist to grow the startup ecosystem and facilitate the growth of innovative startups. ## Enza Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, E-Commerce Venture investor in high-growth Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa ## CRE Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria. ## SAAD Investment Holdings - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Delivery, Payments We specialise in buying, building, and growing businesses in key industries, driving long-term sustainability with our innovative approach at SAAD. ## i-Cubed Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Wellness, Health Care i-Cubed Capital provide a bouquet of funds for clients, ranging from unit trusts to investment funds for retiremen, including savings plans with tax incentives.i-Cubed provide a bouquet of funds for clients, ranging from unit trusts to investment funds for retirement, including savings plans with tax incentives. We assess fund managerperformances by reviewing fact sheets and provide our clients with a variety of options to meet their investment objectives. ## Vumela Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hyde Park, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Education, Software, E-Commerce Vumela was established in 2009 by FNB Business Banking and Edge Growth. The objective was to create an innovative model for the development of a sustainable and a financially and operationally independent investment business which invests in high growth small, medium and micro size enterprises with good economic and impact returns.Vumela wascapitalised in 2010. Within the first four years, we’d invested R90 million into eight high growth SMEs, and created a total of 400 jobs. They launched their second fund in 2015, after a further investment of R100 million from FirstRand and R127 million from the Jobs Fund. Within the first year of launching this second fund, we’ve committed R43 million to five investments that are expected to create over 1800 new jobs.The first fund of its kind in South Africa, Vumela’s main goals are to invest in and develop entrepreneurial companies in order to help alleviate poverty in South Africa by creating jobs, and to generate a return for its beneficiaries: the Shalamuka Foundation and the FirstRand Group. ## Tim Draper - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Lowenthal Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Davis, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Software, Logistics, Media and Entertainment Lowenthal Capital Partners fills this need through its subscription newsletter service which offers a myriad of stock picks. ## Goldman Sachs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series C, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base. ## elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization ## E2 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile Apps, Automotive, Telecommunications E2 Ventures is an investment firm. ## Newtown Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Logistics, Health Care, Pharmaceutical Newtown Partners is a venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startups. ## Tritech Global - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Travel, Big Data Tritech Global is a technology investment holding company spanning a number of market leading business verticals in multiple geographic jurisdictions around the world. ## Standard Bank of South Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Logistics, Transportation Open a bank account, get a personal or business loan, make offshore investments and sign up for Internet Banking. ## GalloProvincialis - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Payments, Software, Logistics GalloProvincialis ## Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world ## Harambeans - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, B2B, Big Data Harambeans are African innovators who have pledged to “work together as one” to build Africa’s future. Over the last decade, Harambeans has spawned a series of tech-enabled ventures such as Andela, Flutterwave, and Yoco, which have collectively generated over 3000 jobs, and raised over $700m from Google Ventures, CRE Ventures and Accel. ## Endeavor South Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Payments, E-Commerce Endeavor South Africa is a non-profit entity and the leading supporter of high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. ## Llew Claasen - Type: Angel - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Logistics, Retail, Health Care Llew is the Managing Partner of Newtown Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startup businesses. Founded and run by internationally successful entrepreneurs, Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen, Newtown Partners has an entrepreneurial focus that goes beyond investment. The team operatesout of offices in Cape Town, South Africa and Sunnyvale, California (Silicon Valley).Llew is a go-to-market strategist with almost two decades of senior management experience in cryptoassets (since 2012), digital product management and digital marketing.He co-founded Clicks2customers (rebranded to www.nmpidigital.com) with Vinny Lingham, now a global digital marketing agency with annual billings in excess of $100 million and Synthasite (rebranded to www.yola.com).Llew is also the former Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, the original, the oldest and the largest Bitcoin advocacy organization globally, headquartered in San Francisco, U.S.Llew has a Masters degree in the Management of Technology & Innovation and lives in Cape Town, South Africa. ## Andre Pienaar - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series F - Focus: Information Technology, Cyber Security, Delivery André Pienaar is Managing Partner, Founder and Executive Chairman of C5 Capital, a specialist venture capital firm focused on cloud computing, big data analytics, artifial intelligence and cyber security. He is also a Mentor for C5 Nebula which aims to empower women aspiring to engage in the tech space.André founded C5 in 2014, to providelong-term support, private equity and venture capital to innovative cyber security companies. The firm is made up of a varied international team of investors and entrepreneurs and has offices in Washington, London, Munich, Luxembourg and Bahrain.A recognised expert on cyber law and cybercrime, André Pienaar started his career with Kroll in 1996 where he went on to hold the position of the company’s youngest ever Managing Director and also built and lead Kroll’s Africa & Natural Resources Division out of London prior to Kroll’s sale in 2004.Following this success, André Pienaar went on to launch G3 (which stands for Good Governance Group), an advisory consultancy which provided advice on regulatory compliance, risk mitigation and cyber security to its global client base.André is also a member of: • USIP (United States Institute of Peace) International Advisory Council • The National Council on White House History ## Marc Andreessen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Marc Andreessen was the Co-founder of LoudCloud Systems. ## Emso Asset Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Rental, FinTech, Finance Kirkoswald is a multinational investment management group, operating across a wide range of asset classes and geographies. Our expertise includes Global Macro, Emerging Local Markets and External Debt, and Private Credit, including both asset-backed and direct lending capabilities. Decades of investment experience and a disciplined risk management approach make Kirkoswald a partner of choice to capital allocators globally. ## Dain Rauscher Wessels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series C, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Dain Rauscher Wessels was a brokerage and investment banking firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ## Johan Dekker - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Last Mile Transportation Johan Dekker ## KNF Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, EBooks, EdTech was a SARS-approved section 12J Venture Capital Company ## IBM - Type: VC Fund - Location: Armonk, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence For more than a century, IBM has been a global technology innovator, leading advances in AI, automation and hybrid cloud solutions that help businesses grow. ## VNV Global - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Marketplace VNV Global is an investment company with the business concept of using experience, expertise and a widespread network to identify and invest in assets with considerable potential for value appreciation. The company has a special focus on online marketplaces and businesses with strong network effects. The common shares of VNV Global are listed onNasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap segment, with the ticker VNV. ## TotalEnergies Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: La Défense, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Transportation TotalEnergies Ventures is the venture capital arm of Total.As part of Total's commitment to a better energy future, TotalEnergies Ventures is focused on finding, funding and fostering high-potential start-ups which will contribute to creating a low carbon future.Current areas of interest include Renewables, Distributed Energy, NewMobility, Energy Access, Energy Storage, Bio-Plastics, Circular Economy, Carbon Capture and Hydrogen. ## Naspers - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Retail Naspers is a global internet group that empowers people and enrich communities. Naspers companies operate and invest in countries and markets across the world with long-term growth potential. The company believes in the power of local backed by global scale and they look for opportunities to address big societal needs in markets where they see thegreatest growth potential. The company was founded on May 12, 1915, and is based in Cape Town, South Africa. ## Tsing Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Electronics, Energy, Health Care Tsing Capital is a private equity and venture capital arm of Tsinghua Holdings Co., Ltd. specializing in growth capital. ## Bolt - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 The smartest way to move around in cities. Forget expensive taxi rides or slow public transport. Get a ride in minutes. Download the Bolt app for iOS and Android. ## Endeavor - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services About EndeavorEndeavor is the world’s leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs. Today, Endeavor’s network spans nearly 40 countries and supports more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, whose companies generate combined revenues of over $28 billion US, have created more than 3.9 million jobs, and, in 2020, raised over $4 billion US in capital.Endeavor’s unique entrepreneur-first model and network of trust provide a platform for founders to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
About Endeavor CatalystEndeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$250M+ AUM across three funds and has made 200+ investments to date in 32+ different markets. Today The Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 37 companies valued at $1B+, including 29 unicorns. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia. ## UW Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Insurance UW is a multi-stage investor that provides growth and replacement capital across the equity-cycle. Its activities span from high-growth venture to mid-market private equity opportunities. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co