Best Auto Tech Companies in South Africa
The 143 best Auto Tech companies in South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Naked.
South Africa's Auto Tech sector has 143 companies on our radar, and if you want to know where the funding actually sits, the answer is concentrated: $53M in total disclosed equity, with Naked pulling $32M of that on its own. GoMetro follows at $12M, Cloudline at $6M, and the rest of the field drops off sharply from there. No unicorns yet, but the funding gap between the top names and the pack tells you something real about where conviction is forming.
App-side momentum backs that picture. Median install growth is running at roughly +22% year-on-year across 552 automotive, insurance, and industrial automation apps, which I'd read as genuine consumer pull rather than noise. The hot themes right now are EV powertrain advancements, next-generation EV platforms, and battery technology, and globally that shift is accelerating, as shown in 2021 research on electrification's structural momentum. Even KPIT's global auto tech arc illustrates how fast software-defined vehicle capabilities are becoming the competitive layer that matters. South Africa's investors, Launch Africa and UCT GSB Solution Space among them, are clearly watching the same signals.
Our analysis of 223 Auto Tech companies
$72.2b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Auto Tech companies in South Africa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Way To Be Online route planner | — | — | Deadpooled | Lebogang Nkoane Founder | — | — | — |
| 2 | accessories spares centre Accessories Spares Centre supplies automotive replacement parts, automotive accessories, tools and hardware… | — | — | Private | — | 19 | WordPress Block EditorElementorCart Functionality+24 | — |
| 3 | Adasoft Dealer management system for auto dealerships | — | — | Unfunded | Hans Steyn CEO & MD | — | — | — |
| 4 | ADdealership Online marketing & website solutions for auto dealers | — | — | Deadpooled | Robert Palmer CEO | — | — | — |
| 5 | admyt Provider of parking management system | — | — | Funding Raised | Jordan Wainer Founder | 7 | Ubuntustyled-componentsReact+14 | 2 expansions |
| 6 | AftaRobot Management solutions for mini-bus operators | — | — | Unfunded | Lawrence Matjeni Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 7 | Ambrosys Developer of traffic management devices intended to manage traffic in private properties that are not managed… | — | — | Private | — | 5 | — | — |
| 8 | ANToTo Provider of vehicle telematics and asset management solutions | — | — | Deadpooled | Vincent Sepeng CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Auto Tech companies in South Africa
#1
Series B · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2016 · 102 employees$31.8Mraised▾
AI-driven app that provides usage-based car insurance. It offers a chatbot for usage-based quotes and prices. It also offers roadside assistance services, claims approval, and more. Its app is available for iOS and Android platforms.
- Jan 2025Series B$38M
- Feb 2023Series B$17M
- Aug 2021Series A$11.1M
- Dec 2018Seed$2.2M
#2
Funding Raised · Stellenbosch, Western Cape · founded 2021$320Kraised▾
EV charging solutions for commercial fleets. It enables deployment of charging infrastructure and management of charging operations.
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$320K
#3
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2011$12.4Mraised▾
SaaS-based transit planning solutions for public transport operators. The platform offers solutions like fleet management, journey planning, fleet optimization, data collection, and more. Features includes integrated with the existing system for optimum journey planning, dispatch management, digital twin enabled traffic interventions, and more. The company offers solutions for transit authorities, public transit agencies, and more.
- Nov 2023Series A$11.4M
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$52.2K
- May 2022Seed$1M
#4
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2017 · 18 employees$6Mraised▾
Operator of a platform providing cloud computing and data storage. It offers solutions for managing and processing information. The platform provides tools for data analysis and application development. It facilitates secure data management and scalable computing resources.
- Dec 2023Seed$6M
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)—
#5
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2019 · 58 employees$1.3Mraised▾
AI & AR-driven mobile app provider for car condition estimation. It also provides VIN information, a computer vision model to detect damages, claim assessment service, car condition validation & more.
- Feb 2022Seed$1.3M
- Oct 2020Seed—
#6
Acquired · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2016 · 35 employees$742.8Kraised▾
getWorth is an online peer-to-peer marketplace to buy and sell cars. It offers cash offers to the users for their cars and a getMore quote (if the cars qualify) which allows the users to set up the price at which their cars are marketed. This allows the users to earn a bonus amount which is the difference between the final selling price, and the initial upfront cash amount out and the company's fees. It also helps users to finance their car purchase plans with users having to submit the request for review online. Offers additional features to car buyers such as the "Get Seven Guarantee" which is a grace period given to car buyers to drive the car they are purchasing for 7 days/700 KM and if not satisfied with the car can return it for a full refund. It claims that all cars that it buys are subject to a 100-point inspection and that it reconditions the car to a standard, after the inspection.
- Aug 2017Seed—
- Apr 2017Seed$742.8K
#7
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2019 · 12 employees$311Kraised▾
Online automotive garage aggregator
- Nov 2020Seed$311K
#8
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2017 · 2 employees$120Kraised▾
Passerine Aircraft develops VTOL aircraft for commercial purposes. The aircraft claims to have multiple features including lift wing (powered by the lift device that offers low stall speed with high cruise speed). Both the aircraft are fixed-wings, have a payload capacity in the range of 6 kg-300 kg, and feature an onboard controller allowing it to be remotely piloted. They are capable of operating without take-off/landing infrastructure and of spot landings & standing take-offs. Claims that the products emulate the landing of Passerine bird i.e. a flared landing and then dropping onto their legs.
- 2018Seed$120K
#9
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2018$68.3Kraised▾
DentX is a damage repair pricing solution for automotive dealers. Features include easy accessibility, AI analysis, expert assessment on damage images for estimated quotes, vehicle repair updates & more.
- Oct 2019Angel$68.3K
#10
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2018$69.9Kraised▾
Online platform that provides on-site vehicle repair & maintenance services. Users can provide the service details they want, get pricing, and schedule repair services at their location through the platform.
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$69.9K
#11
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2015 · 24 employees$48Kraised▾
Quickloc8 is an app-based management solution for offline taxi operators. The solution offers functionalities such as real-time location tracking, driver behavior monitoring, trips overview, fleet management, driver management, real-time alerts (for incidents, overspeeding, etc), route planning, and navigation among others. Its mobile app is available for Android devices. Monetizes through monthly subscription fees.
- Jun 2018Seed$48K
#12
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2015 · 10 employees$20Kraised▾
Wizzpass is the parking solutions access control system and app allowing entry and exit to shopping malls, airports, commercial property, office parks, residential property and gated communities via the app. Landlords and tenants can give access to visitors for certain days and times. The visitor automatically receives a notification email specifying the date and time that they will access the building through the app. WizzPass allows the user to see who parked, when they entered, when they left and how often they park. Can also track the total number of entries and exits for a certain time period, which allows to see when then parking has been full or under-utilised.
- Apr 2016Seed$20K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Auto Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in South Africa
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 37 South Africa-affiliated papers.
- University of Johannesburg12
- North-West University6
- University of the Witwatersrand3
- University of KwaZulu-Natal2
- University of South Africa2
- Computer vision3
- Reinforcement learning2
- Intelligent transportation system2
- Real-time computing2
- Computer security2
- Object detection3
- Control theory (sociology)2
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution2
- Real-time computing2
- Object (grammar)2
- Humanities4
- Philosophy3
- Computer security3
- Stakeholder2
- Government (linguistics)2
Where autonomous vehicles is researched across South Africa
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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.