Best Gaming Companies in South Africa
The 32 best Gaming companies in South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Carry1st.
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- Statista
Our analysis of 180 Gaming companies
$26.0b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Gaming companies in South Africa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry1st Mobile game publisher and developer | $66M | 24 mo ago | Series A | Lucy Parry Co-Founder & VP | 2018 | Cart FunctionalitySentryElastic APM+29 | — |
| 2 | Jambo Platform building web3 mobile infrastructure solutions | $38M | 53 mo ago | Series A | James Zhang Co-Founder & CEO | 2022 | Node.jsThree.jsRadix UI+14 | — |
| 3 | Billionaire Plus Provider of NFT-based multilayer board game | $2M | 58 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2021 | — | — |
| 4 | Augmentors Game Developer of augmented reality games based on the Bitcoin Blockchain | $1M | 116 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 5 | Sea Monster Provider of gaming hardware services | $1M | 75 mo ago | Seed | Glenn Gillis Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 6 | Mettlestate Esports league organizing company | $720K | 95 mo ago | Seed | Barry Louzada Founder & Director | 2016 | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+28 | — |
| 7 | GameZBoost White Label gaming solution provider | — | 131 mo ago | Seed | Mark Van Diggelen Ceo | Founder | Board Member | 2007 | — | — |
| 8 | ArcadeX Real money-based eSports gaming platform | — | — | Deadpooled | Luka Ciganek CEO | 2014 | — | — |
Top 7 Gaming companies in South Africa
#1
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2018 · 100 employees$65.5Mraised▾
Mobile game publisher and developer. It has also developed 'Carry1st Trivia', which is a learn & earn app. The users have to answer multiple-choice questions to win the reward. The app is available on the Android platform.
- Oct 2024Series A—
- Jan 2024Series A$10M
- Jan 2023Series A$27M
- Jan 2022Series A$20M
#2
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2022$37.5Mraised▾
Platform building web3 mobile infrastructure solutions. It is building a super app that combines education, gaming, and entertainment with earning opportunities.
- May 2022Series A$30M
- Feb 2022Seed$7.5M
#3
Funding Raised · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2021 · 5 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Provider of NFT-based multilayer board game. Billionaire Plus is a board game that combines NFT, Defi, collectibles with 3D and VR modes where players can own, sell, trade, and collect NFT assets. The game will be available on Mobile and PC platforms.
- Dec 2021ICO$2.1M
#4
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2011 · 34 employees$1Mraised▾
Operator of an impact games studio intended to drive business goals and social outcomes for global brands and organizations. The company's studio creates engaging games and immersive experiences that can be used by companies and public benefit organizations to communicate complex concepts, change attitudes and drive behavioral change amongst global audiences, enabling clients to advance in their marketing and learning objectives and to inspire behavior changes among their employees.
#5
Seed · Durban, KwaZulu Natal · founded 2013$1.1Mraised▾
Augmentors is a developer of augmented reality games based on the Bitcoin Blockchain. It allows users to own their creatures and battle with them in augmented reality games. The game allows users to acquire rare creatures & relics in exchange of Augmentors in-game currency Databits (obtainable through the crowdfunding sale) inside of the counterparty wallet.
- Feb 2017ICO$1.1M
- Nov 2016Angel—
#6
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2016$720Kraised▾
Esports league organizing company. It has an eSports league organizing company based in South Africa. It organizes gaming tournaments for multiple eSports games including CS: CO and PUBG. Also provides content related to various eSports gaming tournaments including "Evetech Champions League" and "ROG Valkyrie League" to the players.
- Nov 2018Seed$720K
#7
Seed · Centurion, Gauteng · founded 2007 · 5 employees—raised▾
White Label gaming solution provider. The company offers white label gaming solutions for hyper-casual, casual, single and multiplayer HTML 5 mobile games. Users can sign in, ingrate with APIs, launch games & tournaments and access revenue using the platform.
- Nov 2015Seed—
- Sep 2008Seed—
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How research on Gaming Technology is moving in South Africa
A read on the academic research around Gaming Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2 South Africa-affiliated papers.
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