Best Security & Surveillance Technology Companies in Gauteng, South Africa
The 38 best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Gauteng, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Contactable.
Our analysis of 50 Security & Surveillance Technology companies
$4.8b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Gauteng
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contactable Platform offering biometrics identity proofing solutions | $14M | 11 mo ago | Series B | — | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
| 2 | AURA Provider of software for personal safety | $5M | 57 mo ago | Series A | Ryan Green Co-Founder | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | 2 partnerships |
| 3 | Paycode Fingerpint-based authentication solutions for digital identity & payments | — | 70 mo ago | Seed | Gabriel Ruhan CEO & Director | 2016 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+12 | — |
| 4 | Alpha 911 Provider of emergency response software | — | — | Deadpooled | Daleen Dimitriu CEO | 2019 | — | — |
| 5 | Bull Horns Panic Button SOS signalling & personal safety app | — | — | Unfunded | Rob Maclean Founder & Managing Director | 2014 | — | — |
| 6 | BVS application Provider of fingerprint-based biometric ID verification systems | — | — | Unfunded | Junior K Biola CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 7 | Cardocket Connected solution for tracking and monitoring fleet vehicles remotely | — | — | Unfunded | Neels Groenewald CEO | 2011 | — | — |
| 8 | Cell C MiAssist SOS signalling and personal safety app | — | — | Unfunded | Thuto Monama CEO | 2016 | — | — |
Top 3 Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Gauteng
#1
Series B · Centurion, Gauteng · founded 2009 · 29 employees$13.5Mraised▾
Platform offering biometrics identity proofing solutions. The platform is designed to assist users in validating that the real-world identity exists, that the digital identity matches, and that the person making the identity claim also matches. Solutions they offer are customer Ddgital on-boarding, customer digital identity, biometrics multi modal and etc.
- Sep 2025Series B$13.5M
#2
Series A · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2017 · 45 employees$5Mraised▾
Developer of a location security platform designed to make effective location tracking more accessible and affordable. The company's platform provides access to armed responders who can be alerted with a button to activate a distress signal and pinpoint geolocation, enabling users and businesses to respond to an emergency, anywhere, anytime, and access a closely vetted private security and medical response unit to their location.
#3
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2016 · 31 employees—raised▾
Paycode offers fingerprint-based authentication solutions for digital identity & payments. It uses biometric digital identity for data assurance, payments, verification, transactions, and more. Its features are offline/online transaction processing, multi-user applications, branchless or agent banking, and more.
- Nov 2020Seed—
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How research on Cybersecurity is moving in South Africa
A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 89 South Africa-affiliated papers.
- University of Johannesburg14
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research8
- University of Pretoria7
- North-West University7
- Tshwane University of Technology6
- Intrusion detection system1→12
- Intrusion detection system1→9
- Denial-of-service attack1→9
- Network security2→7
- Network packet1→5
- Computer security3→4
- Computer security11
- Network security6
- Intrusion detection system4
- Information security3
- Wireless sensor network2
Where cybersecurity 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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