# Top 50 Hardware VC (Venture Capital) Funds in South Africa in May 2026

## 4Di Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Financial Services

4Di Capital is a Cape Town-based venture capital fund management firm focused on early-stage technology investments in sub-Saharan Africa.

## Investec
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Energy

Welcome to Investec. Find out more about us, our businesses, sponsorships and career opportunities.

## AngelHub Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stellenbosch, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Education

Operating out of Stellenbosch in South Africa and backed by two family offices Angelhub Ventures's team is passionate about early stage investments in (South) Africa. Being entrepreneurial ourselves, we thoroughly understand the challenges and changes our founders face – which is why we back them in any way we can. Most importantly, we believein building great businesses and we are in it for the long haul.

## Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sandown, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Data Center, Health Care, Life Science

Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking is offers corporate and investment banking and global-market services to diverse clients.

## Compass Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moka, Moka, Mauritius
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Big Data

Compass is a venture capital fund. We invest in start-ups with scalable business models and strong growth potential. We work with companies based in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean region and the African continent. Compass is wholly owned by and benefits from support from the ENL Group, one of Mauritius’ largest business conglomerates. Alongside theTurbine, our sister organisation and the region’s leading incubator and start-up accelerator, Compass is working to create a vibrant, sustainable start-up ecosystem in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean.

## Oui Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Transportation, Information Technology, B2B

Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.

## Black Silver Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Finance

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.

## Hustle Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Carlos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Hustle Fund is a seed fund that seeks to invest in early-stage startups operating in software, business to business, fintech, and digital health sectors.

## Technova
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Data Center, Information Technology

Technova operates as an advisory firm focused on growth.

## Tahseen Consulting
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Consumer Goods

We're a boutique firm bridging consulting, government relations, and international development committed to transformational change in the Middle East and North Africa +

## Soma Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Soma Capital is venture capital fund that focuses on investing in software to automate the world across all sectors and geographies.

## LoftyInc Capital Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Carmel, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

## Kalon Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Mobile Apps, Software

A growing number of South Africans are investing in venture capital companies that operate under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act. Contact us now.

## Grand Bay Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Data Center, Information Technology

Grand Bay Investments is a privately-held investment management firm. Grand Bay Ventures invest capital with a long-term focus and can act as a single capital provider allowing us to move quickly to complete transaction into the lower middle-market firms.

## Knife Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

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## Future Africa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.

## Kepple Africa Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

## Fireball Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Email, Internet, Payments

Fireball Capital operates as a venture capital firm.

## CV VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Information Technology

We invest in blockchain

## Bantam Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Westwood, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

They are passionate about seeing their portfolio companies become successful.

## Untapped Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1

Untapped Global connects frontier market innovators to global investors through online and in-person platforms. Its platform The Nest is a monthly event series taking place both in-person and online, giving founders access to international investors, while Untapped Invest is a Smart Asset Financing™ platform enabling global investors to tap intothe $4T opportunity in the fastest-growing economies.The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

## AgFunder
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology

AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world's food system. Founded in 2013, AgFunder manages a portfolio of over 50 companies across four funds from offices in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Through its media platform AFN, it has built a global ecosystem of over 90,000 subscribers.

## Shoprite Holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Data Center, Information Technology

The largest South African retailer by market capitalisation, sales, profit and number of employees and customers. 

## Serra de Estrela Investments Ltd
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Drones

Family office, registered in British Virgin Islands

## Atreyu
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Women's, Internet, Wellness

Atreyu identifies and works together with investee companies to build and grow their presence. We do this by sharing our expertise and networks, and by investing our own capital alongside that of selected investors.

## J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series B, Series D
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Renewable Energy

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is a leading asset manager for individuals, advisors and institutions. Their investment professionals are located around the world, providing strategies that span the full spectrum of asset classes.As one of the largest asset and wealth managers in the world, with assets under management of $1.7 trillion (as ofDecember 31, 2014), they provide global market insights and a range of investment capabilities that few other firms can match.

## Bloc Smart Africa Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Wireless

BLOC Smart Africa is a finance technology fund, managed by Bamboo Capital Partners.

## Buffet Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Data Center, Information Technology

Buffet Investments operates as an investment firm.

## Capaci.Tech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SMS, Apps, SaaS

CapaciTech operates as a South African holding company that consists of an advisory business and special purposes vehicles that house shareholdings in various entrepreneurial ventures.

## Alpha Private Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Email, Internet, Information Technology

Alpha Private Capital operates as an investment firm.

## ENL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moka, Moka, Mauritius
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Data Center, Information Technology

ENL is a broad based enterprise, that develops and manages brands in industries like real estate, hospitality, fintech, industrials, etc.

## Endeavor South Africa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Payments

Endeavor South Africa is a non-profit entity and the leading supporter of high-impact entrepreneurs around the world.

## Atlantica Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, B2B, Health Insurance

Are you looking for start-up funding for your business? Get in touch with Atlantica Ventures to get the kick-start your start-up needs.

## KLT holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Data Center, Information Technology

KLT holdings

## Allan Gray
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Alfred, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Insurance, Health Care, SaaS

Allan Gray is privately owned investment management company focused on generating long-term wealth for investors.

## Appsolute Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Big Data, Analytics, Data Integration

A South African venture firm focussed on early stage African startups. By the founders of Bottles, the on-demand liquor delivery app.

## Launch Africa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa.

## Microsoft
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Redmond, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. Thecompany’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C other segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores.Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments licenses server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial other segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services.The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online. Microsoft Corporation was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1974. It is based in Redmond, Washington.

## One5
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Data Center, Information Technology

One5

## Microsoft for Startups
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Redmond, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Microsoft for Startups is a global program designed to help startups scale with free access to Azure cloud and a streamlined path into selling alongside Microsoft and our vast partner ecosystem.

## E4EAfrica
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Logistics, E-Commerce

E4E (“Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs”) specializes in supporting early stage ventures in South Africa from very early stage (pre-series A) to scale up.E4E focus on smart entrepreneurs and business ideas that are great businesses and make a significant contribution to a better (South) Africa.

## Strattech Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Devon, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, B2B

Strattech Partners, located in Devon, PA, is a consulting and venture capital firm that focuses on the development of growth stage companies. We offer CEO and CFO consulting services, operational consulting, and general financial consulting services, including treasury, general and strategic management services. Past engagements have includedacting CFO assignments as well as interim Controller/VP Finance assignments, turnaround and restructuring assistance, and other positions related to implementing change within organizations. Venture Capital investments are done through Strattech Partners I, LP and through our affiliate Zon Capital Partners, an SBIC venture fund.

## Savannah Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology

Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact.

## Crossfin Technology
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Payments, Financial Services, Information Technology

Crossfin invests in FINTECH solutions to enable growth for economies in Africa and beyond. Crossfin invests in high growth and established cash generative businesses, offering investors a blended exposure to technology investments in Fintech.

## Alumni Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.

## Accion Venture Lab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Accion Venture Lab is an investment initiative that provides startups with seed capital and support.

## BaseCamp Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moorestown, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services

BaseCamp Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in incubation and early to middle stage companies. The firm primarily invests in information technology, software development with a focus on enterprise applications, e-commerce software, applied cloud technology, cloud and mobile infrastructure, new technology and softwareproducts. It typically invests in companies located in the East Coast and companies with headquarters located in Mid Atlantic region of the United States. The firm seeks to invest $0.25 million. It typically invests in companies having projected revenue of at least $25 million in five years. It prefers to take the lead on investments between $2 million and $5 million in the portfolio companies. BaseCamp Ventures was founded in 2000 and is based in Moorestown, New Jersey.

## Endeavor Catalyst
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology

Endeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$500M+ AUM across four funds and has made 260+ investments to date in 35+ different markets. TodayThe Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 53 companies valued at $1B+. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia.

## Connectivity Ventures Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

Having collectively spent decades in the investment banking and recruiting industries, the principals of CCP have developed a unique network that has proven vital to the success of many entrepreneurs. They are repeatedly told that their relationships are a true differentiator.In an effort to follow in the footsteps of their favoriteinnovator/entrepreneur Benjamin Franklin, they at CCP also strive to “do well by doing good.” This means that they prioritize working with clients whose goals go beyond commercial means, and tackle big societal issues such as those that encourage biotechnology innovation, entrepreneurship, and the advancement of women as a demographic.Beyond focusing on themes such as these, they apply a highly disciplined selection process that ensures they only work with a small number of teams at any one time. This allows us to apply laser-focus to each one’s needs which translates into a higher potential for success.

## Next Chymia Consulting
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Medical

Create new business models with multidisciplinary blockchain professionals. Next Chymia Consulting has an international network of Blockchain technology and financial services. We are a group which make use of international networks and provide consulting services worldwide.

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