Best Investment Tech Companies in South Africa
The 106 best Investment Tech companies in South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Capex.
South Africa's Investment Tech sector has 106 companies on our radar, sitting on $77M in total disclosed funding with no unicorns yet but a funding spread that tells you exactly where the bets are landing. Capex leads the pack at $42M, Cape Town Stock Exchange follows at $16M, and LifeCheq, Water Financial, and Billionaire Plus cluster in the $2M-$3M range. That concentration matters. A global market valued at roughly $127B in 2022 and growing at 15.6% CAGR gives the local scene real room to run, and the demand signals, convenient access, open banking, and tightening compliance mandates, are all pointing the same direction. Data security concerns remain a live friction point, especially as Nordic markets deepen cross-border investment tech flows with China and regulators watch closely.
So what's the momentum story? Median install growth across investment management apps is running at roughly +25% YoY, which, I'd argue, is the single most underreported number in this sector right now. Startupbootcamp, AlphaCode, and Catalyst Fund are the most active backers here, shaping which founders get early runway. As shown in 2014 research, capital allocation decisions in emerging fintech markets correlate strongly with institutional investor presence, and South Africa fits that pattern. The directory reflects a sector still building density, but the funding momentum and app-level engagement suggest the next wave is closer than the headline totals imply.
- IDC Financial Insights
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 South Africa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capex Multi-asset trading platform for individuals | $42M | 45 mo ago | Series B | Madalina Rotaru Chief Executive Officer UAE | 2016 | SentryZendeskTypeScript+27 | — |
| 2 | Cape Town Stock Exchange Stock exchange platform for small- and medium-sized businesses | $16M | 46 mo ago | Series B | Fariyal Mukaddam CEO | 2014 | Chart.jsMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+14 | — |
| 3 | 10X Investments Retirement planning and saving management platform | $6M | 103 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2007 | SentryBugHerdZendesk+32 | — |
| 4 | LifeCheq Provider of railway line gauge conversion and management services | $3M | 48 mo ago | Series A | Abubakari Malik Addae CEO | 2015 | Node.jsFirebaseReact+15 | — |
| 5 | Billionaire Plus Provider of NFT-based multilayer board game | $2M | 53 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2021 | — | — |
| 6 | Water Financial Provider of finnancial services for the elderly who are asset rich with insufficient income | $2M | 22 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | — | — |
| 7 | Momint NFT-based social platform for sharing photos and videos | $1M | 23 mo ago | Seed | Adam Romyn Co-Founder | 2021 | TypeScriptGoogle Sign-inIonic+11 | — |
| 8 | TRENDSOCIO AI-based platform for trading and prediction of stock and forex prices | $1M | 123 mo ago | Deadpooled | Silas King Founder | 2015 | — | — |
| 9 | Akiba Digital Risk decisioning platform that empowers businesses to make faster, smarter, and more inclusive financial… | $1M | 59 mo ago | Seed | Tebogo Mokwena Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 10 | Franc App-based robo-advisors for money market and ETF investments | $822K | 48 mo ago | Seed | Thomas Brennan Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+22 | — |
| 11 | Livestock Wealth Provider of a crowd-farming company for investing in cattle | $565K | 44 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — |
| 12 | Prospa Mobile savings wallet for South African residents | $235K | 92 mo ago | Seed | Carl Ngwenya Co-Founder & CTO | 2018 | — | — |
| 13 | Merge Online platform for connecting entrepreneurs & investors | $100K | 72 mo ago | Seed | Zander Matthee Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — |
Top 12 Investment Tech companies in South Africa
#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 · Umhlanga, KwaZulu Natal · founded 2016 · 400 employees$42Mraised▾
Multi-asset trading platform for individuals. It allows users to buy, sell and trade forex, indices, cryptocurrencies, bonds, ETFs, shares, and commodities. Its features include daily analyst rankings, sentiment analysis, news updates, market trends, and an economic calendar to assist in developing trading strategies. It also offers a partnership program for brokers. The application can be accessed on iOS and Android devices.
- Sep 2022Series B$21M
- Jun 2021Series B$21M
#4
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
#5
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—
#6
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
#7
Seed · Sandton, Gauteng · founded 2015 · 23 employees$564.6Kraised▾
Provider of a crowd-farming company for investing in cattle. It allows users to invest in cattle farms and earn from their investments.
- Sep 2022Seed$564.6K
- Sep 2019Conventional Debt$131.8K
#8
Seed · Sandton, Gauteng · founded 2018 · 13 employees$822Kraised▾
App-based robo-advisors for money market and ETF investments. It is a savings & investment app that provides goal-based investment advice. It provides access to the best cash and index-tracking equity funds in the market without minimums or restrictions. The app is available on Android, iOS, and Huawei.
- Jun 2022Seed$522K
- Aug 2020Seed—
- Jul 2020Seed$300K
#9
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.
#10
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2017 · 14 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Risk decisioning platform that empowers businesses to make faster, smarter, and more inclusive financial decisions. Its decisioning engine orchestrates alternative data, configurable workflows, and traditional data to streamline credit scoring, identity risk, and fraud detection — making it cost effective for lenders, fintechs, and other accountable institutions to digitally acquire and service excluded customer segmented across Africa. It empower small businesses and consumers to reach their financial goals.
- Jul 2021Seed$1.1M
#11
Deadpooled · Durban, KwaZulu Natal · founded 2015$1.2Mraised▾
AI-based platform for trading and prediction of stock and forex prices. The company provides traders and investors with access to their AI trade alerts on possible trading opportunities in the financial markets. Using machine learning and complex algorithms, It has been able to help traders.
- Mar 2016Seed$1.2M
#12
Seed · Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal · founded 2018 · 6 employees$35Kraised▾
Digital crowdfunding platform for agribusinesses. It offers investors to finance small farmers. It also offers market linkage opportunities for farmers to sell farm produce to both vendors and retailers of the formal and informal markets.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- May 2021Seed$35K
- Feb 2021Grant (prize money)$87.9K
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