# Standard Bank: portfolio, investments and team > Standard Bank is an investment firm based in South Africa. 3 investments on record, latest Jul 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/standard-bank (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) South Africa · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Standard Bank Last cheque observed Jul 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet Investment firm Debt Series A Follow Standard Bank and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fstandard-bank) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **477** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$13M** Rounds led **2 of 3** Pitch Standard Bank ## Standard Bank highlights - 01 3 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Debt and Series A: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 2 rounds ## What they do - **Type:** Investment firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Based in:** South Africa - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2025** 1 round - **Jul** **[Paymenow](https://millionrounds.com/company/paymenow)** Debt · ZA · Disrupt Africa **$23M** *Led* - **2019** 1 round - **Aug** **[Nomanini](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomanini)** ZA · FinSMEs **$4.0M** *Led* - **2014** 1 round - **Jul** **[Moven](https://millionrounds.com/company/moven)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 4 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **1** person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. Funds they back ## 3 fund commitments on record - **Managers:** 2 Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it. Source: fund news. Managers it backs most - [Ventures Platform 2 funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ventures-platform-fund) - [Endeavor South Africa 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-south-afr) Most recent commitments - [Endeavor South Africa Harvest Fund III](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-south-afr) - [Ventures Platform Fund II](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ventures-platform-fund) - [Ventures Platform VP Pan-African Fund II](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ventures-platform-fund) ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 18 we have independently watched raise API Marketplace New Botswana Corporate and Institutions Côte-d'Ivoire Ghana International Banking International Investment Platform Isle of Man Kenya Nigeria Stanlib Online Tanzania TradeOnline Uganda Wealth WebTrader Zambia Zimbabwe Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## The cheque Debt Series A Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque Led 2 of 3 rounds **67%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jul 2025 Rounds by stage said on their site - Debt *1* - Series A *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 **Pitching Standard Bank?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Standard Bank put money into. [**Nomanini** $4.0M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomanini) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Standard Bank in their description, not their title. - [Headlines by TechCabal](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/techcabal) 22 Aug 2026 · 42 min Episode 31: These local problems are shaping Africa’s next big AI product (This Undergrad proves it) Mentions [Standard Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/standard-bank) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Headlines by TechCabal](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/techcabal) 26 Apr 2026 · 32 min Episode 15 | Security breaches, government surveillance & market wars: The Week Explained Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Standard Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/standard-bank) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) 26 Sept 2022 · 1h 0m 666. News: After Dark: Credit card companies look to tackle gun control Mentions [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc)[Jeff Bezos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-bezos)[Standard Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/standard-bank) *+2* Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Standard Bank ### What does Standard Bank invest in? Standard Bank invests most often at Debt and Series A (100% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Standard Bank? 3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Jul 2025. ### What has Standard Bank invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Paymenow (Debt, Jul 2025) and Nomanini (Undisclosed round, Aug 2019). ### How big are Standard Bank's cheques? The median round it joins is $13M. ### Is Standard Bank investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2025. ### What kind of investor is Standard Bank? Standard Bank is an investment firm based in South Africa. ### When was Standard Bank founded? Standard Bank was founded in 1862. ### Where does this information on Standard Bank come from? From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=standard-bank) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=standard-bank)