Partners

We are targeting ideas and businesses in the following areas

Agriculture, AgriTech and Agri-adjacent,
FinTech and InsurTech,
Manufacturing,
Mobility and Smart Cities, and
Tourism and Culture

Portfolio Companies

Yoco

Yoco is an African technology company whose vision is Open Commerce.

Founded in 2014, today they are the preferred digital payments solution for over 150 000 small and micro merchants across South Africa, processing a billion dollars on the platform.

Yoco raised $83m in their latest Series C fundraise.

The words Capital Art in green against and off-white backgrouond

Capital Art

Capital Art is an art collection management system designed to empower art collectors to protect and potentially increase the value of their art collection. It is the first such service for collectors of modern and contemporary African Art.

The company launched a minimum viable proposition of the art-tech service in December 2020 and the beta version in August 2021, allowing collectors around the world to sign up.

Grace Nineteen logo of two hands helping each other and the words Grace Nineteen stacked vertically. Grace Nineteen is a property technology company

Grace Nineteen

Grace Nineteen is poised to disrupt the residential rental property market in South Africa through the delivery of a platform combining critical tools and financial products for both landlords and tenants.

Portfolio companies may be held by another legal entity but the ultimate beneficial holder is the same person or entity.

Ecosystem Partners

Community

Darkies in Tech

A tech community comprising excellent black founders, investors, & ecosystem builders in the South African ecosystem.

"DIT is a community comprising excellent black tech founders, investors, & ecosystem builders that all operate in the South African tech ecosystem. Our members span the entire country from a geographic perspective. However, we are based online on WhatsApp and Circle. Our shared experiences navigating a predominantly white tech ecosystem unify us. Yet, we are also connected & motivated by our shared desire & commitment to ensuring the betterment of South Africa & the broader continent of Africa through the use of scalable technologies."

Funding

We will update this section as we add new partners.