Best Security & Surveillance Technology Companies in South Africa
The 74 best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: iiDENTIFii.
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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 South Africa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iiDENTIFii Provider of biometric identity verification and authentication solutions for businesses | $15M | 44 mo ago | Series A | Gur Geva Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — | — |
| 2 | Contactable Platform offering biometrics identity proofing solutions | $14M | 9 mo ago | Series B | — | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 3 | AURA Provider of software for personal safety | $5M | 55 mo ago | Series A | Ryan Green Co-Founder | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | 2 partnerships |
| 4 | Entersekt Provider of financial authentication platform and fraud prevention security solutions | — | 8 mo ago | Series B | — | 2010 | TildaApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22 | 3 patents Secure token-based authentication and browser session identification for fintech applications | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Stone Three Data capturing technologies provider | — | 56 mo ago | Seed | — | 2000 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 28 patents Real-time sensor‑driven monitoring and control of froth flotation processes | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 6 | Paycode Fingerpint-based authentication solutions for digital identity & payments | — | 67 mo ago | Seed | Gabriel Ruhan CEO & Director | 2016 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+12 | — | — |
| 7 | Sentian Alarm system based video surveillance solution | — | 81 mo ago | Series A | Trevor Lewis Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Amalocker A network of tech enabled lockers | — | 142 mo ago | Deadpooled | Mukhtar Mukuddem CEO | 2014 | — | — | — |
Top 8 Security & Surveillance Technology companies in South Africa
#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 · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2019 · 25 employees$15Mraised▾
Provider of biometric identity verification and authentication solutions for businesses. The company offers identity document barcode capture, data extraction, and verification. It provides facial recognition and liveness detection that authenticates identity documents through triangulation. The company’s platform integrates into existing infrastructures, including mobile and web-based platforms.
- Sep 2022Series A$15M
#3
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.
#4
Series B · Stellenbosch, Western Cape · founded 2010 · 207 employees—raised▾
Provider of financial authentication platform and fraud prevention security solutions. The company delivers context-aware authentication to maximize security across digital banking channels. It offers solutions for scam prevention, account takeover fraud prevention, and regulatory compliance. The company’s platform helps financial institutions reduce fraud losses and improve customer experiences.
- Oct 2025Series B—
- Jun 2024Series B—
- Jun 2022Series B—
- Dec 2021Series B—
#5
Seed · Somerset West, Western Cape · founded 2000 · 69 employees—raised▾
Stone Three is a provider of data capturing technologies. Technologies include digital signal processing, software-defined radio, machine vision, and data science. along with mining, they also provide solutions to other industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, media, telecommunications, etc.
- Oct 2021Seed—
#6
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—
#7
Series A · Cape Town, Western Cape · founded 2013 · 8 employees—raised▾
Sentian is a smart security hub that can be integrated with existing alarm and CCTV to automate video surveillance. The cloud-based solution enables the user to verify videos and control CCTV cameras.
- Sep 2019Series A—
- 2016Angel—
#8
Deadpooled · Stellenbosch, Western Cape · founded 2014—raised▾
Amalocker is a network of tech enabled lockers. Online shoppers can shop online and select Amalocker as the delivery point. Once the package is delivered at an Amalocker, the user is sent a message with an OTP to unlock the locker and receive the package. Similarly, if users feel like sending something, they can print the label online and place their package in the locker for delivery.
- Aug 2014Seed—
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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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