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Who invested in SweepSouth?
SweepSouth's investors include Naspers, 500 Global, Bossa Invest, Endeavor Catalyst and Prosus Ventures, and 10 more on record.
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South Africa · Series B startup
Who invested in SweepSouth
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$17Mraised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources
$2.1MRound$4.3MRound$11MSeries B
- Latest round
- Series B, $11MSept 2022
- Step-upi
- 2.5×
- Investors
- 15
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Venture May 2015
- Biggest round
- $11M Series B · Sept 2022
- Usual gap between rounds
- 2.9 years the median of 3
SweepSouthInternet1 / 8Their pitch deckSweepSouth's pitch deck, 8 slidesEach slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.→The rounds
- Sept 2022
- Oct 2019Round$4.3M5 new1 returning
Reported by Ventureburn
- Jun 2019
- May 2015VentureAmount undisclosed5 new
Africa Angels Network- Vinny Lingham
- Pule Taukobong
- Llew Claasen
- Polo Leteka
From a historical funding record
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Venture2015Round2019Round2019Series B2022
Naspers
500 Global
Bossa Invest
Endeavor Catalyst
Prosus VenturesAfrica Angels Network
Michael & Susan Dell FoundationVinny LinghamPule Taukobong
Vumela Fund
Naspers500 GlobalBossa InvestEndeavor CatalystProsus VenturesAfrica Angels NetworkMichael & Susan Dell FoundationVinny LinghamPule TaukobongVumela FundEveryone who backed them
Vinny LinghamAngel1round
Pule TaukobongAngel1round
CRE VCno record of our own yet1round
Llew Claasenno record of our own yet1round
Polo Letekano record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 3 firms list SweepSouth as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about SweepSouth
How much has SweepSouth raised?
SweepSouth has raised $17M across 4 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did SweepSouth last raise?
SweepSouth's most recent round was a Series B of $11M in Sept 2022.
What was SweepSouth's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $11M in Sept 2022, is also its largest on record.
Who backed SweepSouth first?
SweepSouth's first round on record, in May 2015, was backed by Africa Angels Network, Vinny Lingham and Pule Taukobong and 2 others.
What stage is SweepSouth at?
SweepSouth's latest named round is a Series B, in Sept 2022.
Where is SweepSouth based?
SweepSouth is based in South Africa.
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