4Di Capital

4Di Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital, seed, startup and early stage investments in the Fintech sector. It seeks to invest in technology with a focus on relatively under-serviced mobile, internet, enterprise software, web, fintech, insurtech, and healthtech verticals. The firm seeks to invest in Southern Africa. It invests between ZAR1 million and ZAR5 million and takes equity between 15 percent to 40 percent in its companies. 4Di Capital is based in Cape Town, South Africa with an additional office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Laurence (Laurie) Olivier

Partner

Justin Stanford

Partner

Erik van Vlaanderen

Partner

Anton van Vlaanderen

Partner

20 past transactions

BFree

Seed Round in 2022
BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.

InvestSure

Seed Round in 2019
InvestSure develops insurance technology. The company provides a set of APIs that allow trading platform developers to integrate an insurance product seamlessly into their websites and applications; and enables users to buy insurance on their shares with a single click. Its insurance product enables holders of listed shares on participating trading platforms to manage their exposure to the risk of investment losses caused by management fraud and dishonesty. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
CompariSure Financial Services (Pty) Ltd trading as CompariSure, owns and operates a chatbot technology platform. The company offers a digital marketplace that connects consumers with product providers. It distributes financial services products via its proprietary chatbot technology that leverages platforms like Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp to compare financial products. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Aerobotics

Seed Round in 2017
Aerobotics (Pty.) Ltd. develops autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which includes drone, and DJI flight planner app; data processing solutions, and analysis software for agriculture, surveying, gaming, and security industries. Aerobotics (Pty.) Ltd. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Zoona is a mobile technology company developing products such as money transfers, electronic voucher payments, and agent payments.

Tagmarshal

Seed Round in 2019
Tagmarshal is a golf pace of play management solution that effectively controls the pace of play and unlocks revenue.

Snapt, Inc.

Seed Round in 2014
Snapt, Inc. develops frontends for open source server software. It offers Snapt Framework that is used as an interface for Linux and BDS; Snapt Squid, a frontend ROI solution that records reports and provides access control solutions to businesses; Snapt HAProxy, a load balancing solution; and Screencasts. Snapt, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

HealthQ Technologies Pty Ltd

Seed Round in 2012
HealthQ Technologies Pty Ltd. develops various technologies and products in the areas of digital health, wellness, weight-loss, and fitness space in South Africa. Its projects include an open-source metabolic chamber, which enables entrepreneurs and researchers to perform experiments when testing and developing new technologies and products; and LIFEQ MOJO and LIFEQ ACTIVE, which enable users to understand their body. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

VALR

Series A in 2020
VALR.com is a digital asset trading platform where you can buy, sell, store and transfer cryptocurrencies seamlessly and securely. We offer one of the widest selections of digital assets. We‘re helping to build a financial system that recognises the oneness of humanity.

Snapt, Inc.

Seed Round in 2011
Snapt, Inc. develops frontends for open source server software. It offers Snapt Framework that is used as an interface for Linux and BDS; Snapt Squid, a frontend ROI solution that records reports and provides access control solutions to businesses; Snapt HAProxy, a load balancing solution; and Screencasts. Snapt, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Motribe

Seed Round in 2010
Motribe makes the mobile web social. Motribe is a platform that allows anyone, anywhere to build, manage and generate revenue from their own social mobile website optimized for over 4000 mobile phones. It provides a simple and easy way for enthusiasts, brands and community managers to launch social networks optimised for the mobile web. It alleviates the initial investment of building and testing and puts a set of functionality onto your mobile service right away.
CompariSure Financial Services (Pty) Ltd trading as CompariSure, owns and operates a chatbot technology platform. The company offers a digital marketplace that connects consumers with product providers. It distributes financial services products via its proprietary chatbot technology that leverages platforms like Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp to compare financial products. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Sensor Networks

Series A in 2017
Sensor Networks helps insurance companies improve risk mitigation, enhance loss management and better engage with customers through smart sensors. We've created Sensor Desk, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that controls and manages a range of internally developed and third-party-connected sensors. Our focus is to predict and prevent loss or damage insurance claims, improve operational efficiency and reduce costs for end users.

Sensor Networks

Series B in 2018
Sensor Networks helps insurance companies improve risk mitigation, enhance loss management and better engage with customers through smart sensors. We've created Sensor Desk, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that controls and manages a range of internally developed and third-party-connected sensors. Our focus is to predict and prevent loss or damage insurance claims, improve operational efficiency and reduce costs for end users.

Aerobotics

Series A in 2018
Aerobotics (Pty.) Ltd. develops autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which includes drone, and DJI flight planner app; data processing solutions, and analysis software for agriculture, surveying, gaming, and security industries. Aerobotics (Pty.) Ltd. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Lumkani

Seed Round in 2018
Lumkani is a social enterprise known for its fire detector and system designed to overcome the shack-fire challenge in urban slums in South Africa and across the globe with the use of a heat detection technology. It measures the incidence of harmful fires and alert families inside the shack of the danger, using the rate-of-rise of temperature technology. Its devices are networked using transmission technology which connects each device within a 60 meter radius of each other. In the event of a fire, devices within this range ring creating a community-wide response to the danger. Lumkani is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

BetTech Gaming

Seed Round in 2010
BetTech develops gaming software, with a focus on usability and the mobile channel, for both internal brand and white-label usage. The business was formally established in 2009, by repeat entrepreneur Jesse Hemson-Struthers and Mark Bosman, to facilitate investment by outside parties. 4Di Capital has provided seed capital of an undisclosed amount to the South Africa-based start up, which seed capital is intended to support the business through product development and an initial "own-brand" product launch.

FireID

Series A in 2010
FireID is a technology incubator based in Stellenbosch, South Africa. We focus on the development and commercialisation of innovative and disruptive technologies. We operate across a number of industries where we help our clients to take advantage of new technology trends. Our success is driven by a committed and dynamic team who are passionate about creating products that have major impact.
SMEasy is a business management and accounting system solution for people in small businesses. It allows business owners to access to their business contacts online; offers social media and customer communication solutions; allows users to capture and store staff information, including staff payroll information; provides money management solutions for owners and businesses; offers reporting solutions for business owners; and provides various information for accountants to generate annual financial statements and monthly management accounts. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Sherwood, South Africa.