Top Funded South Africa Startups of 2024
Ranked by total funding announced in 2024 (USD).
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25 companies in this list
Enabling social mobility and economic prosperity through technology in Africa.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Expansion
- Latest tracked round
- October 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $310M
- Backers
- 9
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
- 2024 Funding
- $259.5M
- Backers
- 11
SolarAfrica Energy is a South African Energy startup that provides simple sustainable solutions.
- HQ Location
- Gauteng, South Africa
- Stage
- Growth
- Latest tracked round
- January 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $98.2M
- Backers
- 2
Sturdee Energy is a pan-African Independent Power Producer focused on renewable energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Funding Round
- Latest tracked round
- December 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $44M
- Backers
- 2
Sourcefin is a leading tender and purchase order funding specialist, dedicated to empowering South African businesses.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Private Equity
- Latest tracked round
- December 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $8.2M
- Backers
- 1
Hohm helps homeowners and businesses to go solar with accredited solar installers, product suppliers and embedded solar finance.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- February 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $8M
- Backers
- 12
Omnisient is an Information Technology platform that enables businesses to innovate and grow profitability through secure data sharing.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- August 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $7.5M
- Backers
- 15
Insight Terra provides real-time actionable insight into all your critical data.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- January 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $5.5M
- Backers
- 7
OfferZen is a developer job marketplace where 1000+ SA and EU companies hire from a community of 100 000+ makers.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- January 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $4.3M
- Backers
- 3
Sportable delivers real-time smart ball and player tracking to revolutionize team sports analytics.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Venture
- Latest tracked round
- September 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $3.8M
- Backers
- 2
Grid Africa is a leader in solar energy solutions, dedicated to advancing the adoption of renewable energy across Africa.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Funding Round
- Latest tracked round
- October 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $2.8M
- Backers
- 1
Cue enables businesses to chat with their customers across channels online using Inbox and Chatbots
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Funding Round
- Latest tracked round
- July 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $2M
- Backers
- 2
Happy Pay is pioneering responsible zero-interest payments.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage
- Latest tracked round
- March 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $1.8M
- Backers
- 11
Open Access Energy is a software company whose vision is to open energy access to all.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- June 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $1.5M
- Backers
- 4
Talk360 is the leading international voice calling app allowing affordable and reliable international calls to any offline landline or mobile phone.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Latest tracked round
- February 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $1.4M
- Backers
- 14
Immobazyme utilises precision fermentation to produce high-value active protein ingredients.
- HQ Location
- Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage
- Latest tracked round
- December 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $1.3M
- Backers
- 3
Flood enables telcos and banks to embed digital commerce, loyalty, and payments directly into their existing apps
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- August 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $1M
- Backers
- 2
Orca is a South African fintech fraud prevention startup that empowers fraud fighters to outpace fraud using custom ML models.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage
- Latest tracked round
- March 2026
- 2024 Funding
- $550K
- Backers
- 4
TurnStay thrives at the intersection of fintech and travel, championing hassle-free experiences in travel payments.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- August 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $300K
- Backers
- 8
NewForm Foods develops scalable cultivated meat platforms, enabling food producers with sustainable protein solutions.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage
- Latest tracked round
- April 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $200K
- Backers
- 2
Empowering fleet operators worldwide with data-driven mobility solutions.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Grant
- Latest tracked round
- October 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $191K
- Backers
- 12
Athena enables patients to split the repayment of their healthcare costs whilst getting the care they need now.
- HQ Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Stage
- Venture
- Latest tracked round
- January 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $150K
- Backers
- 1
Koa provides an IEB education for children in grades 4-12 through an online learning environment that is both structured and individualised.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- March 2024
- 2024 Funding
- $50K
- Backers
- 2
The Awareness Company uses data-driven storytelling to help people, communities and organisations to become more efficient and impactful
- HQ Location
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Stage
- Seed
- Latest tracked round
- January 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $11K
- Backers
- 9
CatalyzU is using AI to align workforce skills and training with business goals.
- HQ Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Stage
- Early Stage
- Latest tracked round
- November 2025
- 2024 Funding
- $1
- Backers
- 7
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