FinTech and InsureTech

Paper Plane is an early stage venture capital firm based in South Africa.

Paper Plane Ventures was founded in late 2014 by Stuart Van der Veen  and Michael Stannard, initially as an advisory firm. Using surplus cash from consulting, the firm took options in various local startups and even in a Finnish startup, converting the options to equity in the 2017, the same year that the VC was acquired by Platform Investment Partners..The firm offers investors access to an innovative telecom and technology focused investment team with an “excellent” track record in capital deployment, merges and

Enygma Ventures is an investment fund for female entrepreneurs and women founders, focused on Southern Africa.

Enygma Ventures is a unique purpose driven investment fund, led by award winning entrepreneurs with 40 years of combined experience growing and scaling businesses in Africa, US & Europe. We understand the struggles and challenges of building big businesses, having built big businesses ourselves. We wholeheartedly believe in win/win scenarios for the investor and entrepreneur and therefore have the ability to create flexible financial solutions with efficient & strategic deployment of

Subtropico Limited is a public investment holding company with a focus on the agricultural services sector and related value chains.

We acquire meaningful interests in companies with the potential to generate strong cash returns and growth.

As a well-established and respected investment holding company, our strategy is guided by our vision for the future of the South African market. Subtropico’s investments are highly diversified, yet we keep a strong focus on investing in future-proof industries.

Food is and always will be a fundamental need, and the strong growth of the South African

AirPay Financial Solutions, incorporated in the Republic of Namibia (100% Namibian owned). M2M has experience in developing and launching its own branded technology systems into the Namibian and South African Market. We have successfully launched ITRACKERX in 2012, with the most advanced technology in Fleet Management and Vehicle Tracking. Our experience in product development and market analysis has revealed the multifaceted opportunities in the global FinTech arena. Over the last 2 years we have developed our Digital Banking Ecosystem (AirPay and AirPOS) that offers a plethora of solutions

NatProx cc is combining food production with insurance (risk management) and FinTech, in rural communities, and is touching the lives of many farmers by solving multiple challenges which they are facing in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). These challenges include hunger, drought - which is killing livestock, and data collection. 

These three entrepreneurial challenges are managed under one roof, and this is transforming farming in Sub-Saharan Africa. We have our headquarters in Northern Namibia, and we have vast lands where everyone operates together and all depend on each

Imvelo Ventures is a black-owned and black managed VC fund that invests to fast-track the ambitions of South African entrepreneurs.

Offerings; 

• Long term patient capital with no predefined exit horizon
• Business building support
• Access to extensive business networks
• Strictly minority investments
• Board participation by experienced directors
• No fees are charged to the investees
• Strong BEE credentials
• Business competitive strategy and strategic marketing inputs
• Financial, structuring and general business planning advice
• Active, hands-on management support if required

Far Ventures is a Cape Town-based start-up studio which builds start-ups from scratch, along with outstanding entrepreneurs.

Our expertise is in creating start-ups, investing the first capital, and recruiting talented entrepreneurs to scale the business and prepare it for its first external fundraising round.

Startupbootcamp AfriTech is an accelerator for start-ups, supporting and scaling innovative and disruptive technology companies across the African continent. 

Its office is located in the old Foundry in Green Point, Cape Town, at Ideas Cartel, which operates under Inner City Ideas Cartel.

Startupbootcamp AfriTech is currently running the ASIP Accelerator Program, which is anchored by corporate sponsor Telecel Group.

Telecel aims to support the next generation of early-stage African tech start-ups disrupting key industry verticals, including FinTech, InsureTech, AgriTech, eCommerce, Digital

Chaperone is a technological company and issuer of electronic payment instruments, through its platforms. It enables individuals and small businesses (retail customers) to transact, earn and borrow money. We seek to solve the problem of economic exclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa by ensuring that our ecosystems are financially inclusive with access to market/customers.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Incubator (4IRI) is a registered non-profit organisation. The 4IRI was established through funding from SEDA as a response to assist and enable small businesses to participate meaningfully in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This is an initiative that further aims to inspire young South African entrepreneurs to develop into successful leaders of industry. We are looking to assist these budding inventors and entrepreneurs to develop their ideas into business concepts, prototypes, and possibly into a fully-fledged business.