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Venture capital firms in South Africa

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

84
Venture capital firms in South Africa
84
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
2
Other types here
84 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 54 Collective Johannesburg, South Africa 94 33 2 0
2 E Squared Investments Gauteng, South Africa 56 16 1 12
3 Metavest Capital Cape Town, South Africa 56 2 1 1
4 Raba Partnership Cape Town, South Africa 54 7 2 0
5 HAVAÍC Cape Town, South Africa 40 26 2 6
6 4Di Capital Cape Town, South Africa 39 13 2 5
7 Savant Technology Incubator Cape Town, South Africa 38 12 2 3
8 AlphaCode Venture Partners Gauteng, South Africa 37 20 1 4
9 Newtown Partners Cape Town, South Africa 35 10 3 4
10 Inspired Evolution Investment Management Cape Town, South Africa 28 11 3 13
11 E4EAfrica Cape Town, South Africa 25 9 0 6
12 University Technology Fund Stellenbosch, South Africa 25 6 0 0
13 Grindstone Cape Town, South Africa 25 4 7 0
14 Base Capital Cape Town, South Africa 25 3 1 2
15 Crossfin Technology Cape Town, South Africa 22 8 4 5
16 Industrial Development Corporation Sandown, South Africa 21 13 5 44
17 Kalon Venture Partners Johannesburg, South Africa 20 12 0 3
18 Norrsken22 Cape Town, South Africa 20 9 1 7
19 Fireball Capital Cape Town, South Africa 20 1 1 1
20 Invenfin Stellenbosch, South Africa 19 10 2 2
21 Five35 Ventures Gauteng, South Africa 19 2 0 2
22 Imvelo Ventures Sandown, South Africa 18 11 1 2
23 UW Ventures Johannesburg, South Africa 18 6 0 0
24 Alphawave Group Stellenbosch, South Africa 17 9 3 4
25 Mineworkers Investment Johannesburg, South Africa 15 9 6 8
26 Hlayisani Capital Stellenbosch, South Africa 14 9 0 1
27 Enygma Ventures Cape Town, South Africa 13 11 0 1
28 Old Mutual Investment Group Cape Town, South Africa 12 5 8 85
29 SAB Foundation Bryanston, South Africa 9 6 0 0
30 Edge Growth Johannesburg, South Africa 9 4 0 30
31 Atreyu Johannesburg, South Africa 9 2 0 0
32 Capaci.Tech Johannesburg, South Africa 9 2 0 1
33 Venture Capital Studio Cape Town, South Africa 8 7 1 0
34 Arise Cape Town, South Africa 8 6 3 5
35 SPEAR Capital Cape Town, South Africa 8 4 0 3
36 Platform Investment Partners Johannesburg, South Africa 8 0 0 1
37 Kingson Capital Partners Durban, South Africa 7 0 0 4
38 Jua Fund Johannesburg, South Africa 6 6 0 0
39 CapitalWorks Sandown, South Africa 6 4 2 10
40 Digital Africa Ventures Johannesburg, South Africa 6 0 1 2
41 WZ Capital Johannesburg, South Africa 6 0 0 0
42 Growth Grid Venture Capital Partners Cape Town, South Africa 5 0 0 2
43 Vunani Capital Partners Sandown, South Africa 5 0 0 0
44 Blue Label Ventures Johannesburg, South Africa 4 4 0 0
45 AgVentures Somerset West, South Africa 4 2 0 2
46 Caleo Capital Johannesburg, South Africa 4 2 1 5
47 VenFin Stellenbosch, South Africa 4 0 3 0
48 Fitech Ventures Johannesburg, South Africa 3 3 0 5
49 HBD Venture Capital Cape Town, South Africa 3 3 2 19
50 Anova Investments Gauteng, South Africa 3 1 0 1
51 Qualica Gauteng, South Africa 3 1 0 0
52 Anza Capital Johannesburg, South Africa 3 0 0 2
53 Lebashe Investment Group Johannesburg, South Africa 3 0 2 0
54 3 Capital Ventures Cape Town, South Africa 2 2 0 0
55 OneBio Venture Studio Cape Town, South Africa 2 2 0 0
56 LionPride Agility Fund Bryanston, South Africa 2 1 0 0
57 Tritech Global Johannesburg, South Africa 2 1 0 0
58 BriteGaze Midrand, South Africa 2 0 0 0
59 Chester Investments Johannesburg, South Africa 2 0 0 0
60 Mast Capital Bryanston, South Africa 2 0 0 0
61 Shuttleworth Foundation Cape Town, South Africa 2 0 0 0
62 Appsolute Ventures Johannesburg, South Africa 1 1 0 0
63 Crucis Venture Capital Cape Town, South Africa 1 1 0 0
64 HL Hall and Sons Holdings Nelspruit, South Africa 1 1 0 0
65 IsimoVest Venture Capital Partners Cape Town, South Africa 1 1 0 0
66 Mohau Equity Partners Johannesburg, South Africa 1 1 0 0
67 Ocean on 76 Collective Johannesburg, South Africa 1 1 0 0
68 Paper Plane Ventures Johannesburg, South Africa 1 1 0 0
69 ZAQ Ventures Cape Town, South Africa 1 1 0 0
70 Agis Investments Sandown, South Africa 1 0 0 0
71 Andzani Ventures Gauteng, South Africa 1 0 0 0
72 Komorebi Holdings Cape Town, South Africa 1 0 0 0
73 Milestone View Cape Town, South Africa 1 0 0 0
74 Subtropico Limited Gauteng, South Africa 1 0 0 0
75 Arigo Investments Africa Johannesburg, South Africa 0 0 0 0
76 Capital Sense Holdings Johannesburg, South Africa 0 0 0 0
77 Consilium Capital Group Johannesburg, South Africa 0 0 0 0
78 Excellerate Gauteng, South Africa 0 0 0 0
79 IT Web Johannesburg, South Africa 0 0 0 0
80 MyGrowthFund Venture Partners Johannesburg, South Africa 0 0 0 0
81 Newtown Partners Cape Town, South Africa 0 0 0 0
82 Preminent Investments Cape Town, South Africa 0 0 0 0
83 Sandbox Africa Ventures Johannesburg, South Africa 0 0 0 0
84 The Hatchery Stellenbosch, South Africa 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Venture capital firms in South Africa, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 84.

Investment stages

Among these 84
Early stage investors62 Seed investors35 Venture investors20 Private equity investors14 Late stage investors8 Debt investors2 Post IPO investors2 Non equity assistance2

Other investors in South Africa

Private equity firms81 Angel investors45

Venture capital firms elsewhere

United States9,355 China1,577 United Kingdom1,325 Germany831 Canada644 India601 Singapore590 France480 Japan422 South Korea415 The Netherlands351 Switzerland334 Australia332 Israel331 Spain323 Hong Kong313 Brazil290 Sweden259 United Arab Emirates258 Italy197 Belgium142 Poland133 Turkey132 Luxembourg126
Cite: FundingWatcher, 84 venture capital firms in South Africa, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/venture-capital-firms/south-africa/