# SweepSouth funding: rounds and investors > SweepSouth has raised $17M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Naspers, 500 Global and Bossa Invest. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sweepsouth (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) South Africa · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *SweepSouth* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 15 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. E-commerce Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$17M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources **$2.1M** Round **$4.3M** Round **$11M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $11M Sept 2022 - **Step-up i:** 2.5× - **Investors:** 15 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 **?** Venture **$2.1M** Round **$4.3M** Round **$11M** Series B - **First round:** Venture - **Biggest round:** $11M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.9 years [**SweepSouth** Internet 1 / 8 Their pitch deck **SweepSouth's pitch deck, 8 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/sweepsouth) ## The rounds - **Sept 2022** Series B **$11M** *4 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Endeavor Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) [Prosus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosus-ventures) Source recorded - **Oct 2019** Round **$4.3M** *5 new* *1 returning* [Naspers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naspers) [Michael & Susan Dell Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-and-susan-dell-foundation) [Vumela Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vumela-fund) [Black Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/fund/black-coffee) [Smollan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smollan) CRE VC Reported by Ventureburn - **Jun 2019** Round **$2.1M** *1 new* [Naspers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naspers) Reported by Medium - **May 2015** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *5 new* [Africa Angels Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/africa-angels-network) [Vinny Lingham](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vinny-lingham) [Pule Taukobong](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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. **Venture** 2015 **Round** 2019 **Round** 2019 **Series B** 2022 [Naspers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naspers) [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) [Endeavor Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) [Prosus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosus-ventures) [Africa Angels Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/africa-angels-network) [Michael & Susan Dell Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-and-susan-dell-foundation) [Vinny Lingham](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vinny-lingham) [Pule Taukobong](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pule-taukobong) [Vumela Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vumela-fund) ## Everyone who backed them [Naspers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naspers) VC firm **2** rounds [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) VC firm **1** round [Endeavor Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) Corporate VC **1** round [Prosus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosus-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Africa Angels Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/africa-angels-network) VC firm **1** round [Michael & Susan Dell Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-and-susan-dell-foundation) Institutional LP **1** round [Vinny Lingham](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vinny-lingham) Angel **1** round [Pule Taukobong](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pule-taukobong) Angel **1** round [Vumela Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vumela-fund) Venture debt **1** round [Black Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/fund/black-coffee) Angel **1** round [Smollan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smollan) VC firm **1** round CRE VC no record of our own yet **1** round Llew Claasen no record of our own yet **1** round Polo Leteka no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=sweepsouth). ## 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. [E4EAfrica](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e4e-africa) VC firm Per its own site [Fireball Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fireball-capital) Fund of funds Per its own site [AlphaCode Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphacode-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about SweepSouth ### Who invested in SweepSouth? SweepSouth's investors include Naspers, 500 Global, Bossa Invest, Endeavor Catalyst and Prosus Ventures, and 10 more on record. ### 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. ## Companies like SweepSouth In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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