Top 30 Artificial Intelligence Startup Investors in South Africa (October 2023)

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• Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
• Ndovu — Secure your investments in both local and global financial markets on ndovu - a secure, affordable, hassle-free online investment platform in Africa designed to work your money
• Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans

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• 0xPass — Frictionless auth and login for your dapp
• Arkifi — Arkifi is an artificial intelligence company that develops AI-powered financial analyst tools. Arkifi's framework generates consistent results that avoid fabricating factual details (referred to as "hallucination"), instilling enterprises with an unmatched level of confidence in the outcomes.
• Gradia Health — Gradia is an integrated, concierge care platform designed for clinics to support patients with chronic conditions.

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• Pison — Pison is a human performance company optimizing cognitive and physiological capability through gesture control. It's a full-stack solution combine hardware, software, machine learning, and UX for AR industries and drones. Investors and partners include Special Forces, Air Force, Harris, First Round DRF, MIT, Draper, and NASA.
• Vesper — Vesper is an electrical and electronic manufacturing company that specializes in microphones, piezoelectric, and audio. The company is driven by a mission is to deliver voice-powered products to every market, around the world. Vesper was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Medrhythms — Pioneering Next-Generation Digital Therapeutics to Improve Walking  

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• Deskree — Generate a complete and scalable back-end infrastructure with tons of features via a web interface. Infinitely scalable & truly independent.
• EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
• Series — Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises.

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• Craydel — Get Professional career guidance based on Psychometric Assessments and get scholarships to the best MBA, Engineering, Medical, Education online and on campus courses in Africa and Abroad.
• EMTECH — For Modern Central Banking
• Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.

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• Balad — Balad is Egyptian Cross Border Payout Network primarily serving Money Transfer Operators (MTOs), fintechs and mobile wallets. Targeting sending markets including GCC, EU, US, Canada, and UK
• Anchor — Anchor is a Lagos-based banking-as-a-service platform for African businesses. Anchor provides APIs and infrastructure to build, embed and launch powerful financial products in a secure and scalable way.
• Itana — Talent City’s mission is to build a network of charter cities that focuses on creating technology-enabled jobs within a free trade zone with its own regulation and bylaws.

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• Accrual — We are a Software Development Company
• Cyrrix Cybersecurity — At Cyrrix Cybersecurity, we understand the importance of protecting your business from online threats. Our team provides a full range of cybersecurity services to help safeguard your company's sensitive information and systems. We offer comprehensive risk assessments, penetration testing, and incident response planning to identify and addressvulnerabilities in your network. Our managed security services provide ongoing monitoring and threat detection to keep your business protected around the clock. With our help, you can rest easy knowing that your company's valuable assets are secure.
• Aesthetic Prosthetic Bionics — Biological Engineering, Bionics, Biomimetics, Hydraulics, Prosthetics, Neuroprosthetics, Exoskeleton Suits, Dynamics, Kinematics Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Artificial Organs, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Knowledge Reasoning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Robotics, Artificial GeneralIntelligence, Deep Learning, Bayesian Networks, Evolutionary Algorithms, Computational Neuroscience, Neurocybernetics, Cybernetics, Cognitive Science, Source Coding, Channel Coding, Algorithmic Complexity Theory, Algorithmic Information Theory, Information-Theoretic Security, Grey System Theory & Biotechnology

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• Octiv — Octiv is a well-known platform for gym management software.
• wamly — Streamline your hiring process and save 70% of your hiring hours with Wamly's our one-way video interview software.
• VoxCroft — VoxCroft is making the world a better, safer place with population-centric intelligence.

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• Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.
• Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
• Numida — Growing African small businesses with affordable, convenient, and fair credit.

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• PasarPolis — PasarPolis is an insurtech startup that provides an online insurance comparison platform for individuals. The company offers quotes for health insurance, life insurance, car insurance, personal insurance, property insurance, and claims processing services.The company was founded by Cleosent Randing in 2015 and is headquartered in Jakarta,Indonesia.
• MedGenome — MedGenome is a developer of sequencing genomics-based diagnostics and research platform intended to improve global health. The company's platform applies genomics technologies, bioinformatics, computing, and big data analytics to the genetically diverse and large population to understand the genetic basis of cancer, metabolic disorders, eyedisorders, and other rare diseases, enabling the healthcare industry to develop deep insights into diseases at the genetic and molecular level.
• Shubham Housing Development Finance Company — At Shubham Housing Finance we provide affordable housing loan with a hassle-free documentation process and easy EMI's options for the low-income segment.

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• Oze — OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
• Root — Programmable insurance that you can integrate into your product or service with ease
• Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

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• Releaf — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
• MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
• SHYFT Power Solutions — SHYFT builds industrial-grade IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in markets that struggle with resiliency. SHYFT is pioneering the development of integrated decentralized power systems in emerging markets like Nigeria, leapfrogging over traditional central infrastructure and enablingDERs to scale and support existing but unreliable grids.

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• AceUp — AceUp is the premier leadership development coaching solution, with unparalleled coaches, technology, and analytics.
• Konnecto — Market Intelligence | Konnecto | Prescriptive Analytics Konnecto is a GTM Intelligence Platform that provides brands with an ongoing blueprint on how to increase online sales and improve marketing ROI
• Surround Insurance — Helping consumers in their 20s and 30s get started with insurance that's fast, simple, and personalized for modern life.

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• SigNoz — SigNoz is an open-source observability tool to help you find issues in your deployed applications & solve them quickly. It provides logs, metrics, and traces under a single pane of glass. Built with ClickHouse as datastore, it is designed to handle enterprise scale.
• teachme.to — Teachme.to is a community of learners discovering lessons for everything.
• Canid — We believe vaccinating shouldn't be hard and it shouldn't be a distraction from what's most important: taking care of the kids.

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• Adumo — We are your expert partner in payments, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept payments in-store and online with our true omni-channel experience. Never miss a sale with South Africa's largest independent payments processor.
• My-iMali — My-iMali is a mobile wallet solution used for safe and secure transactions. Pay any number of people for only R1.25, including Staff & Students.
• VantagePay — VantagePay provides white-label payment and technology solutions to the Banking, Telco, Financial Services, and Consumer Product Industries.

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• hearX Group — Digital audiology technology to screen, diagnose & treat hearing loss globally. Award-winning solutions for more efficient & cost-effective hearing care.

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• Black Silver Capital — Black Silver Capital invests in and builds a portfolio of high growth companies and businesses with innovative business models, geared to existing and emerging institutions and their customers. We invest growth capital in the form of equity to be used to assist established, but still high-risk ventures in expanding activity such as creatingadditional traction launching products into diverse markets as well as creating new products & technology lines.
• Cyrrix Cybersecurity — At Cyrrix Cybersecurity, we understand the importance of protecting your business from online threats. Our team provides a full range of cybersecurity services to help safeguard your company's sensitive information and systems. We offer comprehensive risk assessments, penetration testing, and incident response planning to identify and addressvulnerabilities in your network. Our managed security services provide ongoing monitoring and threat detection to keep your business protected around the clock. With our help, you can rest easy knowing that your company's valuable assets are secure.
• Aesthetic Prosthetic Bionics — Biological Engineering, Bionics, Biomimetics, Hydraulics, Prosthetics, Neuroprosthetics, Exoskeleton Suits, Dynamics, Kinematics Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Artificial Organs, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Knowledge Reasoning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Robotics, Artificial GeneralIntelligence, Deep Learning, Bayesian Networks, Evolutionary Algorithms, Computational Neuroscience, Neurocybernetics, Cybernetics, Cognitive Science, Source Coding, Channel Coding, Algorithmic Complexity Theory, Algorithmic Information Theory, Information-Theoretic Security, Grey System Theory & Biotechnology

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• Adumo — We are your expert partner in payments, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept payments in-store and online with our true omni-channel experience. Never miss a sale with South Africa's largest independent payments processor.
• Hecate Energy — Hecate Energy is a developer of solar, wind, and energy storage projects.
• Pulse Clean Energy — Pulse Clean Energy builds and operates power stations. We deliver power into the UK’s network when it is most needed.

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• EDITED — Market, competitor, and enterprise retail analysis and automation, empowering buyers, planners, merchandisers, and marketers to grow profits.
• Cardata — Fully-managed vehicle reimbursement programs and software that are transparent, reliable, and efficient, so you save time, money, and headaches.
• Rapid Applications Group — Heavy Equipment and Machinery Software: Rapid ERP Systems is used to dispatch and manage more concrete pumping jobs in US & Canada than all other solutions combined.

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• MetaPOS — South African Data Tech company focused on the ethical monetisation of data.

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• iiDENTIFii — iiDENTIFii provides a secure and user-friendly technology platform, your trusted partner in remote biometric identity authentication

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• Cyvl.ai — Next-gen infrastructure asset management for governments and civil engineers. Powered by Cyvl's 3D scanning sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms.
• Slate Milk — Slate is a line of delicious, lower sugar, higher protein, lactose free chocolate milks and lattes for healthy-minded people.
• Surround Insurance — Helping consumers in their 20s and 30s get started with insurance that's fast, simple, and personalized for modern life.

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• TestBox — Compare and test customer support platforms in live AI-generated sandboxes. No more slides, sales pitches, or demos. Always free to use.
• Stark — Stark is a startup that lets designers of other buildings with design software run their files through an integrated tool that checks it and provides color edits and other suggestions to help them meet guidelines for people who see less well.
• Akiba Digital — Akiba Digital is a data and technology company that provides financial intelligence solutions. Our vision is to to unlock financial opportunities for consumers, businesses and society using alternative data.

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• Autogrid — Building a Resilient and Sustainable Grid with Distributed Energy Resources. Enabling a smarter, cleaner, more distributed electric power grid.
• 45-8 ENERGY — 45-8 ENERGY is exploring eco-friendly helium for uses in many industries.
• Zola Electric — ZOLA Electric designs renewable energy solutions based on the latest in solar, battery and power electronics technology. Adaptable to energy need and income, ZOLA Electric’s solar systems can be bought over time using PAYGo micro-finance leasing and mobile money payments. ZOLA Electric powers more than 180,000 homes and businesses across Tanzania,Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Investors include Tesla, Vulcan Capital, DBL Partners, Helios Investment Partners, EDF, Total and GE Ventures. ZOLA Electric is a recipient of the UN Momentum for Change Award, the Zayed Future Energy Prize and is a member of the Global Cleantech 100.

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• GoMetro — GoMetro designs deploy and operate flexible mobility platforms. Their proprietary technology stack empowers city leaders, transport managers, corporates, retail centres, property developers, airports and downtown to introduce bold new mobility strategies. Their connected transport digital platform equips transport planners to respond to thechallenges of increased congestion, aged infrastructure, disruptive mobility players, self-driving vehicles and a lack of quality public transport services.
• Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
• Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.

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• UniPay — UniPay is an eCommerce platform for infrastructure and industry-lacking regions that offers 5 products that enable trust, promote transparency, and enforce accountability.
• NotJustEvent — NotJustEvent stands at the forefront of innovation as a comprehensive event platform transforming the event planning and management landscape, utilizing advanced technologies and offering a versatile suite of services. We seamlessly link event organizers, vendors, performers, and attendees within our dynamic ecosystem. Our platform elevates theevent planning process by providing an array of high-quality event-related services, such as venue rentals, catering, ticketing, decorations, and more.
• Emission Sentri — Drive emission management and reduction with insights

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• Nile.ag — Nile connects fresh produce buyers and producers by providing a platform for direct and secure transactions
• LifeCheq — LifeCheq is a startup offering digitized, and holistic personal finance.
• SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.

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• iiDENTIFii — iiDENTIFii provides a secure and user-friendly technology platform, your trusted partner in remote biometric identity authentication
• Edulife Group — Edulife Group is the largest independent school group in the Free State Province.
• LightWare LiDAR — LightWare, leader in laser range-finder technology. We develop and distribute innovative laser rangefinder products for application across multiple industries. Responsiveness to our customers, product innovation, product & service quality and business integrity are the core pillars of our success.

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• CAL Bank — CAL Bank provides a range of banking and financial solutions to large corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises, public sector institutions, and retail customers in Ghana. It operates through five segments: Corporate Banking, Retail & Business Banking, Treasury, Brokerage, and Asset Management.
• iiDENTIFii — iiDENTIFii provides a secure and user-friendly technology platform, your trusted partner in remote biometric identity authentication

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• Mobiz — Supercharge your SMS marketing with dynamic, high-converting landing pages sent directly into the hands of your customers.
• HomeFarm — What Homefarm is all about. Homefarm brings smart, indoor gardens to homes and businesses across South Africa and Europe.
• Right Now Response — Your go-to for expert breakdown assistance. Our dedicated team ensures you're back on the road swiftly and safely. Contact us for reliable support today!