Best Transportation and Logistics Tech Companies in Johannesburg, South Africa
The 34 best Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tripplo.
Our analysis of 233 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies
$68.0b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Johannesburg
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tripplo Provider of a SaaS-based platform for managing freight forwarding operations | $2M | 36 mo ago | Seed | Victor Chaitezvi Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — |
| 2 | Parcelninja Provider of tech-enabled warehousing & fulfillment services for businesses | $2M | 140 mo ago | Acquired | Justin Drennan Co-Founder | 2012 | Google MapsMediaElement.jsYouTube+17 | — |
| 3 | Wizzpass Parking solutions system and app | $20K | 126 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2015 | PHPLeafletCakePHP+17 | — |
| 4 | Pace Car Rental Online platform offering car rental services | — | 37 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — |
| 5 | Lifti Online platform for P2P carpooling | — | 105 mo ago | Deadpooled | Tshepo Seeletso CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 6 | KaChing Parking Parking solution & payment management app | — | 119 mo ago | Acquired | Jaco Marais Founder & Managing Director | 2014 | — | — |
| 7 | SnappCab Metered Cab Booking App | — | 160 mo ago | Deadpooled | Anton van Metzinger Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 8 | A Way To Be Online route planner | — | — | Deadpooled | Lebogang Nkoane Founder | 2011 | — | — |
Top 7 Transportation and Logistics Tech companies in Johannesburg
#1
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2019 · 12 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Tripplo is the provider of a SaaS-based platform for managing freight forwarding operations. It provides a marketplace for cargo owners, brokers, and truckers to book and post load transport requests. Its fleet management software ensures driver compliance and truck tracking. It also provides software for trip planning, routing, documentation, and ETAs.
- Oct 2023Seed$1.8M
- Aug 2022Seed—
#2
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012 · 100 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Parcelninja provides tech-enabled warehousing & fulfillment services to e-commerce businesses. Offers a software solution that integrates with the company's web store and provides services such as order management, warehousing, pick & pack service, and more. The software also has features for real-time tracking, reporting, and analytics. The company offers last-mile deliveries through Its network of partnered couriers.
- Feb 2015Seed$1.7M
#3
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2015 · 10 employees$20Kraised▾
Wizzpass is the parking solutions access control system and app allowing entry and exit to shopping malls, airports, commercial property, office parks, residential property and gated communities via the app. Landlords and tenants can give access to visitors for certain days and times. The visitor automatically receives a notification email specifying the date and time that they will access the building through the app. WizzPass allows the user to see who parked, when they entered, when they left and how often they park. Can also track the total number of entries and exits for a certain time period, which allows to see when then parking has been full or under-utilised.
- Apr 2016Seed$20K
#4
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2006 · 109 employees—raised▾
Online platform offering car rental services
#5
Deadpooled · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2017 · 3 employees—raised▾
Lifti provides an online platform for peer-to-peer intracity carpooling in South Africa. The app connects car owners willing to offer rides with passengers traveling along the similar way and enables users to search & book rides after providing relevant details. Claims that all users are verified and also offers women-only rides for female users.
- Jan 2018Seed—
#6
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2014—raised▾
KaChing Parking is an app-based platform that helps users in parking. If the user arrives near a parking slot, the cameras attached to the slot's entrance scans the license plate of the vehicle for parking booms to open automatically. User can verify the duration and cost of parking in real-time. Parking payments can be done via the app. App is available for both iOS & Android platforms.
- Nov 2016PE—
#7
Deadpooled · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2013—raised▾
Launched in Apr 2013, Snappcab partners with cab services and drivers to offer an online and mobile platform to book cabs in South Africa. Users can order a cab from any Blackberry, Windows, Android or iOS devices. They can discover, book and pay for cab in the app, track real-time cab progress and rate the driver at end of trip. Currently targeting Johannesberg, Cape Town and Durban markets. Raised initial funding from its founders, namely Daniel Voros, Eric Crawford, Robert Oswald, Anton van Metzinger, David Storey, Nathan Sasto.
- 2013Seed—
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How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in South Africa
A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 34 South Africa-affiliated papers.
- African Leadership Institute10
- University of Johannesburg4
- North-West University2
- University of South Africa2
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research2
- Capital expenditure2
- Asset (computer security)2
- Asset management2
- Fleet management2
- Operational planning2
- Fleet management13
- Productivity6
- Preventive maintenance6
- Robustness (evolution)6
- Telematics4
- Thematic analysis2
- Software deployment1
- Public transport1
- Intelligent transportation system1
- Global Positioning System1
Where logistics supply chain 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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