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Where startups in South Africa are based

148 funded startups in South Africa have raised money in rounds we track, $3.0B between them. 73 of them are placed on the map by their city; Cape Town leads with 40, then Johannesburg with 21.

148startups
9cities on the map
$3.0Braised between them
Cape Townleading city (40)
Athlone: 1 startupsMuizenberg: 1 startupsPinetown: 1 startupsAmsterdam: 1 startupsStellenbosch: 2 startupsRandburg: 2 startupsCenturion: 4 startupsJohannesburg: 21 startupsCape Town: 40 startupsCape TownJohannesburgPinetown

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there.

Leading cities

  1. Cape Town40$477M
  2. Johannesburg21$130M
  3. Centurion4$134M
  4. Randburg2$8.9M
  5. Stellenbosch2$3.6M
  6. Amsterdam1$9.8M
  7. Pinetown1$3.0M
  8. Muizenberg1$800K
  9. Athlone1$702K

By state or region

  1. Western Cape44$482M
  2. Gauteng27$273M
  3. Mpumalanga1$9.8M
  4. KwaZulu-Natal1$3.0M

Best-funded

  1. PPerkSouth Africa · $500M
  2. Tyme GroupSouth Africa · $250M
  3. ACAltvest Capital LimitedSouth Africa · $210M
  4. NNileSouth Africa · $198M
  5. FlowSouth Africa · $173M
  6. YocoSouth Africa · $118M
  7. takealot.comSouth Africa · $100M
  8. JJumoSouth Africa · $100M
  9. WeBuyCarsSouth Africa · $94M
  10. Cassava TechnologiesSouth Africa · $90M
  11. LulaSouth Africa · $85M
  12. TTakelotSouth Africa · $69M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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