Best Real Estate and Construction Tech Companies in Cape Town, South Africa
The 44 best Real Estate and Construction Tech companies in Cape Town, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: HouseME.
Our analysis of 292 Real Estate and Construction Tech companies
$38.8b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Real Estate and Construction Tech companies in Cape Town
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HouseME Property management solution for rental properties | $3M | 71 mo ago | Deadpooled | Benjamin Shaw Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | BootstrapPayPalCaddy+7 | — |
| 2 | DigsConnect Online platform to find & book student accommodations | $830K | 39 mo ago | Series A | Greg Keal Co-Founder & Marketing Director | 2017 | SentryFirebasestyled-components+20 | — |
| 3 | Plentify Provider of SaaS-driven and AI grid optimisers for building management | $150K | 9 mo ago | Series A | Kailas Nair Co-Founder | 2008 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+36 | 1 partnership |
| 4 | Ekaya Rent residential property directly from owners | $130K | 134 mo ago | Deadpooled | Justin Melville CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 5 | Solid Insight Meter monitoring in buildings | $19K | 117 mo ago | Deadpooled | Tyrone Wilson Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 6 | PayProp Provider of cloud-based software for automating rental payments | — | 44 mo ago | Seed | — | 2004 | WebflowApple iCloud MailHubSpot+20 | — |
| 7 | Realtor App-based performance management system for estate agencies and agents | — | 71 mo ago | Seed | Jansen Myburgh Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 8 | Property Fox Online limited-service brokerage firm for residential real estate | — | 105 mo ago | Deadpooled | Ashley James Co-Founder & COO | 2016 | — | — |
Top 8 Real Estate and Construction Tech companies in Cape Town
#1
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2008 · 42 employees$150Kraised▾
Provider of SaaS-driven and AI grid optimizers for building management. Its device can be attached to home water heaters that use AI to match users' energy needs in the grid. The platform provides solutions for industries that include property companies and body corporates, solar and battery companies, utilities and municipalities, and more.
- Nov 2025Series A—
- Jul 2024Series A—
- Oct 2023Series A—
- May 2023Grant (prize money)—
#2
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2017 · 12 employees$830Kraised▾
Online platform to find & book student accommodations. It offers an online property portal that enables students to find & book accommodations. Users can search for properties by city and filter the available options based on various criteria such as price & sharing. It also provides a platform to find roommates through the platform.
- May 2023Series A—
- Feb 2023Seed—
- Jul 2022Seed—
- Apr 2022Seed—
#3
Deadpooled · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2015 · 21 employees$3Mraised▾
HouseME is an online platform to manage rental properties. The solution enables users to create property listings, advertise them on various portals, schedule bookings, screen tenants, digitally sign leases, collect & manage rental payments, and more. Tenants can use the portal to find properties, submit offers, make the payment, and more. The company has partnered with Watson Ferguson, Sage Pay, and getToD, among others. The company earns revenue by charging a monthly fixed fee for the services offered.
- Sep 2020Seed—
- Nov 2019Seed—
- Dec 2018Seed—
- Jun 2018Seed—
#4
Deadpooled · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2014$130Kraised▾
Ekaya is a South Africa based website, which offers a platform for Listing rental residential spaces directly by landlords/ owners. It has an algorithm which scans through the web to filter if there has been any listing by any agent/ broker. It even provides complimentary services like checking the credit score of the renter.
- Jun 2015Angel—
- Sep 2014Angel$130K
- 2014Seed—
#5
Deadpooled · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2013$18.8Kraised▾
Solid Insight is a web-based application that promotes awareness of the energy use in buildings by integrating Solid Insight into building’s smart metering systems for electricity and water. It provides a live metering interface for display in building foyers and publically online, as well as bespoke building websites where applicable users guides and other desired information (such as developer details and notable building features) are accessible. It also offers an admin dashboard where users can link any SCADA metering systems installed in the building to the database and manage their live metering charts.
- Nov 2016Grant (prize money)$18.8K
#6
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2004 · 36 employees—raised▾
Provider of cloud-based software for automating rental payments. Provides a platform for the property management industry in real estate, aims to eliminate inefficiencies in back-office operations, lower administrative costs per transaction, and apply technology to automate the rent collection process.
- Dec 2022Seed—
#7
Seed · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2017—raised▾
Roundr is an app-based performance management system for estate agencies and agents. Features include sales management, task management, communication management, automated appointment management, customized dashboard, micromanaging, and more. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Sep 2020Seed—
#8
Deadpooled · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2016 · 20 employees—raised▾
Property Fox is an online limited-service brokerage firm for residential real estate operating in South Africa. Property owners can register online and avail the company's services that include an on-site appraisal of the property, professional photography of the property, creation of the property listing and its advertising on multiple online platforms, tenant screening and support during negotiations and deal closure. Property owners can track the deal progress through the company's online platform. The company's services are available for a flat fee of 1.5% of the deal value with a minimum fee of R 35,000. It also provides additional services such as assisted viewing, drone photography and 3D walkthrough of the property at an additional cost.
- Nov 2017Series A—
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How research on Proptech & Construction Tech is moving in South Africa
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- University of Johannesburg53
- University of Cape Town12
- Durban University of Technology9
- University of the Witwatersrand6
- Nelson Mandela University4
- Building information modeling5
- Originality2
- Knowledge management2
- Context (archaeology)1
- Systems engineering1
- Construction industry1→8
- Construction management1→6
- Project management2→5
- Process management1→5
- Procurement1→4
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