South Africa is considered the tech jewel of Africa because the country provides the infrastructure and manpower needed for startups to kick off their operations. The presence of venture capital and investment makes it possible for various startups to excel in the country and develop to become world-renowned companies.
In this article, we shall be examining the Top 10 South African Tech Startups To Pay Attention To in 2022 And Beyond
1) Pineapple
Founding date: 2017
Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa
Founders: Marnus Van Heerden, Matthew Elan Smith, and Ndabenhle Junior Ngulube
This is a tech startup that focuses on providing quick and fair insurance. To use their services, you will need to download their mobile app and then take a photo of the item you want to be insured, they possess an AI technology that helps to detect the item and get it insured.
Although the company has been operational since 2021 they have an employee size of 1-10 personnel and have had 8 investors which enabled them to gather $9 million in funding.
2) Omniscient Collaborative Consumer Intelligence
Founding date: 2019
Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa
Founders: Anton Grutzmacher and Jon Jacobson
This is a B2B data platform that enables businesses to get in-depth analysis from their data and helps them to grow their audience while not violating their privacy. On the platform, you can also collaborate with other businesses either with brands in your industry or outside.
The company has an employee size of 11-50 personnel and 9 investors with whom they have gathered $1.3 million in funding.
3) Howler
Founding date: 2016
Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa
Founder: Stephen Cuzen
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They are based in the event planning industry in which they use technology to grant their users the ability to control the event they are trying to organize with less stress. They also help upcoming event planners to be conversant with what it entails to properly plan an event from planning-promoting and all other details needed
They have an employee size of 51-100 personnel, they completed two funding rounds in 2017 and 2020 in which they accumulated a total of $120k.
4) Investsure
Founding date: 2017
Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa
Founders: Ignatious Nkwinika, Mbulelo Mpofana, and Shane Curran
This is a fintech company that is focused on making investment more secure for investors by allowing customers on the platform to add insurance to their investment which protects them from losses. This ability makes you secure your investment which adds excitement as it protects investors from anxiety while making a profit for partner investment platforms.
They have an employee size of 1-10 personnel and have 4 investors who have provided them $761.5k in funding.
5) ProfitShare Partners
Founding date: 2017
Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa
Founder: Andrew Maren
This is a tech startup from South Africa which specializes in aiding SMEs to improve their online presence as well as help complete orders, and contracts and help them grow. To gain access to funding the SME has to apply on their (ProfitShare Partners) platform.
They have an employee size of 1-10 personnel and 2 investors who have provided the $7 million in funding.
6) DARJYO
Founding date: 2019
Headquarters: Durban, South Africa
Founders: Darshani Persadh and Jyothika Persadh
They function within the artificial intelligence and software industry; they also operate within the cyber security industry. Their main focus is to turn all learnable knowledge into information, they also help businesses in South Africa gain access to technologies that they can use to improve their business.
They have an employee size of 1-10 personnel, they have no investors presently.
7) Zaio
Founding date: 2018
Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa
Founders: Akhil Boddu, Mahomed Asif, and Yousuf Hassam
This is a learning platform that empowers users with the skill of how to code and land a high-paid job. Once a user has completed a course on the platform, they are presented with a certificate to serve as evidence.
They have an employee size of 11-50 personnel and 2 investors who have provided them with $70k as funding.
8) FloatPays
Founding date: 2019
Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa
Founder: Simon Ward
This is a fintech startup that works in collaboration with the training, education, and human resources sector to help its employees manage their finances. They also provide other services such as:
i) They help in enlightening the employees about their finances;
ii) training and paycheck-linked savings.
They have employees in the range of 1-10 employees and 15 investors who have provided it with $5.1 million in funding.
9) Explore Data Science Academy
Founding date: 2017
Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa
Founders: Aidan Helmbold, Dave Strugnell, and Shaun Dippnall
They are a South African startup that operates within the education, AI, software, ICT, and analytics sector. They train their users on data science, machine learning, and engineering skills which will make them gain skills to get jobs, the courses which are provided on the platform are drafted by experienced scientists, and the courses are often updated to keep them in pace with the ever-changing tech industry.
They have an employee size of 11-50 personnel and have gathered a total of $2 million from investors.
10) Digemy
Founding date: 2017
Headquarters: Cape Town, South Africa
Founder: Kobus Louw
They work with training providers such as Zaio and Explore Data Science Academy to migrate their physical workshops to ones that can be done virtually and are accessible to users. Migrating and operating an online educational learning platform is hard because after some time engagement drops because of boredom but Digemy is investing all its resources to ensure that they combat this trend by making learning fun through animation, illustrations and providing educational videos.
They have an employee size of 1-10 personnel with an investor who has funded them with $68.5k to advance their project.