FundedIQ holds 89 funded startups in Cape Town and keeps their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details up to date. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Cape Town, along with the 89 most recently funded startups there.
Financial Services, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies by sector. Startups in Cape Town closed 34 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 17 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $385M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $2.7M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.6M and $10M.
Financial Services dominates the mix, while Health Care and Artificial Intelligence provide significant depth. Commerce and Shopping and Apps round out the core. This concentration means filters for fintech will capture the majority of activity. Early stage labels and small team sizes characterize the group, marking a concentration of lean operations rather than scaled enterprises.
Cape Town funded startup statistics
Funded startups in Cape Town
89
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
17
34 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$385M
25 of 34 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$2.7M
middle half $1.6M to $10M
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026.
89 most recently funded startups in Cape Town
89 shown
Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its
location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed
amount.
Startups in Cape Town closed 34 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 17 of them in the last 12, adding up to $385M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $2.7M, with the middle half running from $1.6M to $10M. 25 of 34 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 17. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Cape Town
Sector counts across all 89 tracked companies in Cape Town. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
A further 17 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Cape Town startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding
date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and
new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round
reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 89 funded startups in Cape Town currently tracked.
Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months.
Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (9 of 34 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Cape Town is dated Aug 2026.
The table above shows the 89 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories,
investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Cape Town?
FundedIQ tracks 89 funded startups in Cape Town. This page lists the 89 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Cape Town raised?
Startups in Cape Town tracked by FundedIQ have raised $385M in disclosed capital across 34 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 17 rounds in the last 12 months. 25 of those 34 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Cape Town?
Financial Services has the most, with 17 companies, followed by Health Care (11), Artificial Intelligence (8) and Commerce and Shopping (7). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Cape Town?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $2.7M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.6M and $10M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Cape Town?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 11 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (3) and Pre-Seed (2). A further 17 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Cape Town startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Cape Town is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.