Top Funded South Africa Startups of 2019
Ranked by total funding announced in 2019 (USD).
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25 companies in this list
Go1 is a South African eLearning startup which offers digital learning for entire workforce.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Late Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- June 2021
- 2019 Funding
- $30M
- Backers
- 24
African Leadership Academy (ALA) is a pre-eminent educational institution that seeks to transform Africa
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- January 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $30M
- Backers
- 2
One Africa Media owns, operates and invests in a portfolio of online marketplaces in the employment, auto, property and travel sectors
- HQ Location
- Durban, South Africa
- Stage
- Venture
- Latest tracked round
- July 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $20M
- Backers
- 1
Investec provides out of the ordinary insights from the world of finance and our partners.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Grant
- Latest tracked round
- May 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $18.7M
- Backers
- 1
TymeBank is a South African fully black-owned and controlled investment company.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Late Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- December 2024
- 2019 Funding
- $12.1M
- Backers
- 11
RapidDeploy is a South African Cloud-based Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Analytics platform.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Funding Round
- Latest tracked round
- August 2023
- 2019 Funding
- $12M
- Backers
- 13
SPARK Schools is a South African network of affordable private schools implementing blended learning model for primary school students.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- February 2021
- 2019 Funding
- $9M
- Backers
- 6
SNAPnSAVE is a fun and easy way to turn your everyday shopping receipts into real cash.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- October 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $7M
- Backers
- 3
Lulalend is an online lending company that provides fast and easy working capital funding to small businesses in South Africa.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- February 2026
- 2019 Funding
- $6.5M
- Backers
- 12
SweepSouth is a cleaning service company that connects clients to on-demand domestic cleaners via an online booking platform.
- HQ Location
- Sandtown, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- September 2022
- 2019 Funding
- $6.1M
- Backers
- 14
Spartan Financing SMEs provides financing that backs growth entrepreneurs.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Venture
- Latest tracked round
- February 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $6M
- Backers
- 1
Zeelo is a South African startup providing highly efficient transportation for commuting and school runs.
- HQ Location
- Durban, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- August 2023
- 2019 Funding
- $6M
- Backers
- 9
hearX Group is building World-first digital hearing health solutions.
- HQ Location
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- November 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $6M
- Backers
- 1
Mettle.net is a specialist financial services company.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Debt Financing
- Latest tracked round
- January 2020
- 2019 Funding
- $5.7M
- Backers
- 2
Nomanini connects banks and distributors to Africa’s informal merchants
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Funding Round
- Latest tracked round
- March 2021
- 2019 Funding
- $4M
- Backers
- 5
Pineapple is a peer-to-peer decentralized insurer based in South Africa that gives its members fully indemnified insurance coverage
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Non-equity Assistance
- Latest tracked round
- October 2021
- 2019 Funding
- $3.2M
- Backers
- 8
HouseME is the digital rental specialist, offering a better way to rent, loved by landlords and tenants.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Venture
- Latest tracked round
- September 2020
- 2019 Funding
- $3M
- Backers
- 0
Scientifically-robust nutrigenomics (personalised nutrition guided by your own genetic stack). Practitioner education & genomic reporting
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- December 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $2.5M
- Backers
- 2
Snapplify is at the forefront of edtech solutions in Africa, and specialises in enabling digital learning for individuals and institutions.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Venture
- Latest tracked round
- September 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $2M
- Backers
- 5
Intergreatme helps you control your Identity
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Equity Crowdfunding
- Latest tracked round
- June 2019
- 2019 Funding
- $1.9M
- Backers
- 0
WhereIsMyTransport is a big data platform for sustainable mobility in emerging markets; empowering people everywhere to get where they want to go.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- June 2021
- 2019 Funding
- $1.9M
- Backers
- 16
Aerobotics is a data analytics company, using aerial imagery and machine learning algorithms to help farmers identify pest and disease early
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Series B
- Latest tracked round
- January 2021
- 2019 Funding
- $1.6M
- Backers
- 14
Inclusivity Solutions builds digital insurance solutions that address the protection gap in emerging markets.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- May 2020
- 2019 Funding
- $1.6M
- Backers
- 5
VALR bridges the gap between our traditional financial system and the new world of cryptocurrencies.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- February 2022
- 2019 Funding
- $1.5M
- Backers
- 15
Flow is a South African PropTech which automatically creates and targets property ads for Real Estate Agencies and Property developers.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- January 2023
- 2019 Funding
- $1.5M
- Backers
- 8
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