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Top Funded South Africa Startups of 2019

Ranked by total funding announced in 2019 (USD).

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2019 Funding
$199.9M
Avg Valuation
$1.1B
Companies
25
Backer relationships
178

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25 companies in this list

1
Go1

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
2
African Leadership Academy

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
3
One Africa Media

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
4
Investec

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
5
TymeBank

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
6
RapidDeploy

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
7
SPARK Schools

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
8
SNAPnSAVE

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
9
Lulalend

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
10
SweepSouth

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
11
Spartan SME Finance

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
12
Zeelo

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
13
hearX Group

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
14
Mettle

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
15
Nomanini

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
16
Pineapple

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
17
HouseME

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
18
3X4Genetics

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
19
Snapplify

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
20
Intergreatme

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
21
WhereIsMyTransport

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
22
Aerobotics

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
23
Inclusivity Solutions

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
24
VALR

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
25
Flow Living

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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