Best Investment Tech Companies in Cape Town, South Africa
The 40 best Investment Tech companies in Cape Town, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Cape Town Stock Exchange.
Our analysis of 229 Investment Tech companies
$28.6b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Investment Tech companies in Cape Town
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town Stock Exchange Stock exchange platform for small- and medium-sized businesses | $16M | 48 mo ago | Series B | Fariyal Mukaddam CEO | 2014 | Chart.jsMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+14 | — |
| 2 | 10X Investments Retirement planning and saving management platform | $6M | 106 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2007 | SentryBugHerdZendesk+32 | — |
| 3 | LifeCheq Provider of railway line gauge conversion and management services | $3M | 51 mo ago | Series A | Abubakari Malik Addae CEO | 2015 | Node.jsFirebaseReact+15 | — |
| 4 | Billionaire Plus Provider of NFT-based multilayer board game | $2M | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2021 | — | — |
| 5 | Water Financial Provider of finnancial services for the elderly who are asset rich with insufficient income | $2M | 25 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | — | — |
| 6 | Momint NFT-based social platform for sharing photos and videos | $1M | 25 mo ago | Seed | Adam Romyn Co-Founder | 2021 | TypeScriptGoogle Sign-inIonic+11 | — |
| 7 | Prospa Mobile savings wallet for South African residents | $235K | 94 mo ago | Seed | Carl Ngwenya Co-Founder & CTO | 2018 | — | — |
| 8 | Spoon Money Stokvel investment firm | $18K | 107 mo ago | Seed | Nicky Swartz Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
Top 10 Investment Tech companies in Cape Town
#1
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2010 · 1 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Provider of finnancial services for the elderly who are asset rich with insufficient income. It helps to reduce costs, such as by utilizing solar panels, water saving devices and energy efficient appliances, review financial affairs by examining and optimizing your income statement and balance sheet, investigate generating additional income from your home, focus on your overall well-being by examining your healthcare plan and advising how you can use technology to reduce costs and improve your standard of living.
- Aug 2024Seed$1.6M
#2
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2021 · 16 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Developer of a digital platform designed for artists, filmmakers, musicians, sportspeople, and creators of all kinds to sell their works as NFTs. The company's platform helps fans to collect and display moments on the application, adding a social element to the offering, alongside standard features such as likes, comments, and follows, enabling local creators a way to monetize their online creations using blockchain technology.
#3
Series B · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2014 · 14 employees$16.4Mraised▾
Stock exchange platform for small- and medium-sized businesses. It provides users with a new-age stock exchanges focused on the long-term growth of startups. It features include a cloud-based platform for listing and trading various capital market assets.
- Aug 2022Series B$16.4M
#4
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2015 · 63 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Provider of railway line gauge conversion and management services. This involves the conversion of existing narrow-gauge lines to broad gauge, including the construction of new sections to improve operational efficiency. The company undertakes project financing and development during the construction phase. Post-construction, it manages the railway line and enters into long-term operation and maintenance agreements. The focus is on port connectivity and enhancing freight transport capacity.
- May 2022Series A$3.4M
- May 2020Seed—
#5
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
#6
Acquired · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2007 · 110 employees$6.1Mraised▾
10x Investments provides retirement planning and saving management platform. It offers investment management services for users to invest in retirement, annuity, and index funds. It provides the My10x platform for individuals to track investments and make retirement plans.
#7
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2018$235.3Kraised▾
Prospa is a mobile savings wallet for low-income earning South African residents. Users can buy Prospa vouchers from offline vendors and recharge their savings account through their phone. Claims to offer returns of up to 5.5%. Offers quarterly payouts through EFT, wallet transfer or instore. Vouchers come in R5, R10, R20 and R50. Earns revenue through an upfront deposit fee.
- Oct 2018Seed$217.8K
- Jul 2018Seed$17.6K
#8
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2017$17.8Kraised▾
Spoon Money is a stokvel investment firm. The company joins the existing stokvels as a member. The company invests in the stokvels and the stokvels make money on the funds provided by the company.
- Sep 2017Seed$17.8K
#9
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2017 · 11 employees—raised▾
Equity crowdfunding platform for multiple projects. It offers an online platform for capital raising and small business investment. It allows investors to browse investment opportunities on the platform and startups to apply for pitches.
- Oct 2018Seed—
#10
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2015—raised▾
Yethu is a Stokvel management application from South Africa. The application allows members of a stokvel to track funds that go in and out of their groups’ bank account and for members to check their bank balances in real time.
- Aug 2017Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Investment Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on Fintech is moving in South Africa
A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 90 South Africa-affiliated papers.
- University of Johannesburg16
- Walter Sisulu University12
- University of South Africa10
- University of the Witwatersrand9
- University of Pretoria7
- Financial services1→13
- Financial inclusion3→9
- Financial services4→23
- Financial inclusion4→18
- Payment2→7
- Mobile payment2→7
- Inclusion (mineral)2→5
Where fintech 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
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