38 Best Johannesburg FinTech Startups – The Future of FinTech

November 28, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best Johannesburg based FinTech companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the FinTech industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact
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Top Johannesburg FinTech Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

MFS Africa

MFS Africa

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MFS Africa is a digital payment company that offers mobile financial solutions for senders, money users, and service providers.

Pineapple

Pineapple

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Pineapple makes insuring easy, fair and accessible. Get cover in a snap. See the good your premiums do. Get all leftover premium back.

Pineapple

VALR

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We‘re helping build a financial system that recognises the oneness of humanity.

Pineapple

FinChatBot

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We conversational AI solutions to help financial service providers acquire & retain customers

Pineapple

Mortgage Market

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Mortgage Market is a fintech startup that has created an online marketplace for home loans.

Pineapple

Investsure

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InvestSure- a tech company, provides APIs to enable partner investment platforms to sell its Investment Insurance product to their clients.

Pineapple

Bright On Capital

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Bright On Capital is a peer-to-peer online enterprise-lending platform for SMEs to raise working capital funding from lenders.

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Franc

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Franc is a digital wealth platform helping more people invest more.

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Truzo

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Truzo is a web and app-based escrow platform enabling buyers and sellers anywhere to transact in a safe and secure way.

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Kopano

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Delivering insurance to emerging markets.

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CommuScore

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We digitise trust in the informal market. We provide alternative credit scoring for the unbanked to drive financial inclusion.

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GetVanced

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GetVanced is a financial wellness platform that allows employees to get immediate access to a percentage of their earned wages.

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MobiLife

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MobiLife is an insurance provider aiming to transform micro-insurance in South Africa.

Pineapple

DafriBank Digital LTD

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DafriBank Digital is a branchless financial technology company providing customized financial services to clients in 180+ countries

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Transaction Capital

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Transaction Capital is a provider of specialised financial and allied services.

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ProsperiProp

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ProsperiProp is fintech platform that makes it possible for people to own property and ultimately create their own personal wealth.

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Maxicash

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Maxicash is a Fintech company & developer of a mobile app that helps African financially support their loved ones back home.

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walletDoc

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walletdoc is the smart, secure & free way to pay bills – with no admin.

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Fincheck

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Fincheck provides users with the facts and figures required to make an informed decision on their personal finance and loans.

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BitFund

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Cryptocurrency investment platform

Pineapple

BancX

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BancX a provider of cloud based platform that deliver digital financial and banking services.

Pineapple

Merchant Capital South Africa

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Merchant Capital is an alternative provider of working capital for small and medium entrepreneurs.

Pineapple

Airvantage

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Airvantage is a fintech provider of mobile financial and value-added services for mobile network operators.

Pineapple

Veneka

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Veneka renders payment technology solutions such as card and wallet issuing, card payments, electronic and digital banking.

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Fedgroup

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Fedgroup is a financial services company investing in smart technology.

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Astute Financial Services

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Astute provides data exchange, intermediary, fintech and risk technology solutions to the financial services industry.

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OysterPay

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OysterPay is a digital banking platform for gig workers who are largely overlooked by traditional financial institutions.

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ZAR X

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ZAR X is a licensed stock exchange that uses disruptive fintech to create a more efficient market for all.

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Stock Shop

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Stock Shop provides a toolbox of platforms that financial institutions can white-label to provide financial education.

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Imafin

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Imafin is a specialist payment and commercial credit firm driven by innovation on traditional payments models.

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Diga Digital Intelligence

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Diga Digital Intelligence specializes in cloud applications that are changing the way advisers connect with their clients.

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FMJ Financial Services

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Registered tax practitioners that focus on assisting individuals with SARS tax returns, tax advice, tax audits and tax objections

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AvantCore

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AvantCore is a FinTech entity focused on Blockchain and CryptoAsset Research and Development.

Pineapple

Arcus Capital

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Arcus Capital has created a robo advisor with advanced investment algorithms that trawl the market and analyse them using big data.

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SIPP Investments

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SIPP is a technology driven investment business with online tools for investors to empower financial well-being.

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Cryptovecs Capital

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Cryptovecs Capital is a black-owned African Investment and Technology company headquartered in Johannesburg.

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CollectVest

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CollectVest is a fintech tool that facilitates non-traditional asset investment, trading of e-units, fractional ownership & stock exchanges.

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Neomutual

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Neomutual is an online platform dedicated to giving uninsured & underinsured individuals alternative coverage through zero interest credit.

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