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Best Business Services Companies in Gauteng, South Africa

The 471 best Business Services companies in Gauteng, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: TrenStar.

471companies tracked
$209.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
27have raised

Ranked: Best Business Services companies in Gauteng

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackRecent signals
1.CoLab
Provider of financial management consulting services
Unfunded9
2100 Degrees Online Marketing
Provider of SMM, advertising, digital marketing, and web design services
Unfunded
324/7 Security Services
Provider of professional security solutions
Unfunded359WordPressPleskMySQL+221 partnership
428East
Developer of map-powered applications providing location intelligence and Google Maps solutions
UnfundedMarius Merwe
Managing Director
WixSentryBootstrap+182 partnerships
5360Visuals
Provider of video production, post-production, voice-over, and live streaming services
UnfundedMelanie Walt
Owner
64Sight
Provider of hybrid cloud technologies and data-driven solutions for making informed business decisions
Acquired404Tertius Zitzke
CEO
JoomlaPHPHelix Ultimate+204 awards
74Sight Dynamics Africa
Provider of Microsoft dynamics business central and other cloud-based solutions for businesses
UnfundedWordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+29
88909 Digital
Provider of branding, SEO, SMM, strategy, content, media buying, and website development services
Unfunded21

Top 12 Business Services companies in Gauteng

#1
Series D · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2021 · 18 employees
$50Mraised

Provider of data center, security, and cloud services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 40k LinkedIn followers — 11.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series D
  • Dec 2024Series D$90M
  • Dec 2024Conventional Debt$220M
  • Jul 2022Series C$50M
Founders & team
Strive MasiyiwaFounder and Executive ChairmanHardy PemhiwaPresident & CEO
Investors
C5 Capital, DFC, Finnfund, Google, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Nvidia
Tech stack
AmchartsAnimate.CssApple Icloud MailCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#2
Acquired · Centurion, Gauteng · founded 1992 · 430 employees
$86.3Mraised

TrenStar SA (Pty) Ltd. provides packaging management solutions. Offers standard, specialized, and industry-specific packaging products. It also provides equipment and container management, track and trace, part linking, time-slot management, and vehicle volume optimization solutions; develops end-to-end solutions from the sourcing and supply of hardware and radio frequency identification tags to the design. In addition, the company operates a command center that offers hardware monitoring, system data integrity, business rules management, rental packaging fleet management, and data analysis services; uses RFID for data collection and processing, efficiency, and asset maintenance; offers TrenStar's fixed asset management system to provide the means to track and manage fixed assets over multiple locations.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2006PE$10M
  • Feb 2005Series B$5M
  • Sep 2004PE$30M
  • Jun 2004Series A$7.3M
Founders & team
TAP DuPlessisCEO
Investors
TICC Capital, The Carlyle Group, Trencor, Kleoss Capital, Vantage Capital
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGsap
#3
Seed · Boksburg, Gauteng · founded 2010
$3.8Mraised

Provider of BI and ERP services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 781 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Google Cloud) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Seed$3.8M
Investors
Storm Ventures
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerGoogle Font ApiHstsMicrosoft 365MysqlOpen Graph
#4
Public · Germiston, Gauteng · founded 1998 · 6111 employees
$52.1Mraised

Organiser of IT events

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2018Post IPO$17.4M
  • Oct 2018Post IPO$33.7M
  • Jun 2014Grant (prize money)$1M
Investors
The Rockefeller Foundation, Lebashe, ARC Investments
#5
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012
$9.3Mraised

Non-profit organization focused on africa government to improve their capacities to better plan, and weather events and natural disasters

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 18k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Advisor, Resource Mobilization & Strategic Engagement Consultant
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$9.3M
Founders & team
Lindelwe NdlovuCEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerBootstrapDrupalFont Awesome
#6
Seed · Alberton, Gauteng · founded 2002
$2.2Mraised

Provider of crime prevention training and seminars

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Conventional Debt
  • Jun 2018Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
Errol PeaceCEO & MD
#7
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2019 · 6 employees
$500Kraised

Provider of IoT solutions for retail industries. Its offering can be classified into physical retail environment management and store shelf and product monitoring solutions. It monitors the temperature of the coolers, farm produce, their location, and the compounding products to maximise sales, prevent food waste, and provide predictive maintenance insights. It also allows users to scan the barcode and make payments from their mobile phone and reduce their wait time for billing. Furthermore, it offers temperature monitoring solutions for cold chain and pharmaceuticals industries.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Seed$500K
Founders & team
Ajay LaluCo-Founder & DirectorSanjay SoniCo-Founder & Director
Investors
E Squared Investments
#8
Series A · Fourways, Gauteng · founded 2012
$2Mraised

Provider of recruitment and management consulting services

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2016Series A$2M
Founders & team
Tiisetso NkoaneFounder
#9
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2011
$1.5Mraised

Offers supply chain management services

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2012Grant (prize money)$1.5M
Founders & team
Gary JosephCEO
Investors
USAID, Motseng Investment Holdings
Tech stack
Animate.CssApache Http ServerBitrix24BootstrapCore-JsFont Awesome
#10
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 1996 · 1079 employees
$148.1Kraised

Provider of mobile device and wireless expense management services for enterprises. It primarily has extensive industry expertise and experience in the manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, consumer security, and services, education, manufacturing, financial professionals, and hospitality sectors, as well as in the public sector.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 47k LinkedIn followers — 13.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Business Development Manager
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$148.1K
Founders & team
Tiffany DunsdonCEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDocusignGoogle Analytics
#11
Deadpooled · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2016 · 11 employees
$576.1Kraised

Delvv.io's flagship product, Sense Check allows clients to get feedback on their concepts and campaigns from online panels of creative professionals across Africa. Supports video ad, mobile app, animatic creative, web page, mobile web page and etc.The client uploads their creative and the platform will identify the most relevant creative professionals to provide analysis and actionable feedback on the campaign or creative to suit the needs of the local market. Backed by private investor  Kevin Gaskell

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2016Seed$449.1K
  • May 2016Seed$127K
Investors
HAVAIC, VentureOut
#12
Public · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012
$539.8Kraised

Novateqni provides blockchain-based software solutions for biometrics, payments, elections and IoT sectors. The company uses blockchain and biometric technology to provide voter registration and electronic voter validation solutions. Offers biometric-based identity verification solution, a biometrics-based farmers management system for the tobacco industry, blockchain-based data management solutions etc.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2018Post IPO$539.8K
Founders & team
Gerhard MynhardtCEO

Funding & investor landscape

$209.7Mtotal disclosed funding
16companies funded
25disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa5 rounds
EPF Tech Fund3 rounds
Ethos Private Equity3 rounds
Motseng Investment Holdings3 rounds
Aka Capital2 rounds
Convergence Partners2 rounds
Hlayisani Capital2 rounds
Ke Nako Capital2 rounds
PAPEfunds2 rounds
Pula Capital Partners2 rounds

Notable founders

Strive Masiyiwa
Founder and Executive Chairman · Cassava Technologies
Hardy Pemhiwa
President & CEO · Cassava Technologies
TAP DuPlessis
CEO · TrenStar
Lindelwe Ndlovu
CEO · ARC
Errol Peace
CEO & MD · BTC Training
Ajay Lalu
Co-Founder & Director · CIRT
Sanjay Soni
Co-Founder & Director · CIRT
Tiisetso Nkoane
Founder · Equinox Capital And Consulting
Gary Joseph
CEO · South African Supplier Diversity Council
Tiffany Dunsdon
CEO · Adapt IT
Gerhard Mynhardt
CEO · Novateqni
Shahien Ishmail
Co-Owner · Virtual Consulting Engineers
Prism market signals · South Africa · country-scoped Prism corpus, 864,977 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Business Services coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Business Services companies are there in Gauteng, South Africa?
Radar tracks 471 indexable Business Services companies headquartered in Gauteng, South Africa that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Business Services companies in Gauteng, South Africa?
The Business Services companies in Gauteng, South Africa on this list have raised a combined $209.7M in disclosed equity funding across 16 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Business Services company in Gauteng, South Africa?
TrenStar is the highest-funded Business Services company in Gauteng, South Africa, with $86.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Business Services companies in Gauteng, South Africa are funded?
16 of the 471 Business Services companies in Gauteng, South Africa on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Business Services unicorns are there in Gauteng, South Africa?
None of the Business Services companies in Gauteng, South Africa on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Gauteng, South Africa Business Services companies?
The most active investors in Gauteng, South Africa Business Services companies on this list include Europa, EPF Tech Fund, Ethos Private Equity, Motseng Investment Holdings, Aka Capital.
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