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Best Alcoholic Beverage Products Companies in South Africa
The 44 best Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: liQuerc.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
44companies tracked
$37Kdisclosed funding
0unicorns
1have raised
Ranked: Best Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in South Africa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liQuerc Brand of wines & beers | $37K | 111 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 1998 | — | — |
| 2 | Shopstar SaaS-based E-commerce enabler for SMEs | — | 50 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31 | — |
| 3 | KWV Brand of wines | — | 230 mo ago | Late Stage | John Loomes Chief Executive Officer | 1918 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+35 | 1 award |
| 4 | Aces Brew worx Premium beer brand | — | — | Deadpooled | Lliam Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 5 | Babylonstoren Brand of cold-presses olive oil & wine | — | — | Unfunded | Hoa Mai CEO | 1692 | PHPBootstrapVideoJS+24 | 1 award |
| 6 | Backsberg Brand of wine | — | — | Acquired | Charles Back Founder | 1916 | Cart FunctionalityCodeMirrorBootstrap+17 | — |
| 7 | Backsberg Brand of wine | — | — | Acquired | Charles Back Founder | 1916 | Cart FunctionalityCodeMirrorBootstrap+17 | — |
| 8 | Benguela Cove Benguela Cove is a Cape Winelands destination and specialist wine producer | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2007 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+18 | — |
Top 3 Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in South Africa
#1
Deadpooled · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 1998 · 3 employees$37Kraised▾
Deadpooled · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 1998 · 3 employees
Brand of wines & beers
Investors
Savant, CDI Capital
#2
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2013 · 8 employees—raised▾
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2013 · 8 employees
Shopstar is a SaaS-based e-commerce enabler which helps businesses set up an online shop, manage orders, Point of Sale(POS), view sales reports, manage inventory, shipping and logistics settings, add other tools etc. They priced their product basis the number of different offerings and ranges from 200 Rand/month to 1000Rand/month for 25 products to unlimited respectively.
Funding rounds
- May 2022Series A—
- Jul 2016Seed—
Investors
Kamersmakers, NONA, Launch Africa
Tech stack
AhoyAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBootstrap
#3
Late Stage · Paarl, Western Cape · founded 1918 · 406 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Paarl, Western Cape · founded 1918 · 406 employees
Brand of wines
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 61k LinkedIn followers — 57.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Investors
Zeder
Tech stack
Alpine.JsApache Http ServerBackbone.JsCart FunctionalityCore-JsElementor
Funding & investor landscape
$37Ktotal disclosed funding
1companies funded
0disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · South Africa · country-scoped Prism corpus, 124,081 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Alcoholic Beverage Products coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
How many Alcoholic Beverage Products companies are there in South Africa?
Radar tracks 44 indexable Alcoholic Beverage Products companies headquartered in South Africa that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in South Africa?
The Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in South Africa on this list have raised a combined $37K in disclosed equity funding across 1 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Alcoholic Beverage Products company in South Africa?
liQuerc is the highest-funded Alcoholic Beverage Products company in South Africa, with $37K in disclosed equity funding.
How many Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in South Africa are funded?
1 of the 44 Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in South Africa on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Alcoholic Beverage Products unicorns are there in South Africa?
None of the Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in South Africa on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in South Africa Alcoholic Beverage Products companies?
The most active investors in South Africa Alcoholic Beverage Products companies on this list include CDI Capital, Cactus Advisors, Continental Grain Company, Heritage Capital, Heritage Distilling.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.