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Hlayisani Capital
Venture capital · Stellenbosch, South Africa · Middle East and Africa
Hlayisani Capital is a private equity and venture capital fund manager that invests in high-growth businesses in South Africa and across Africa. It provides capital, strategic support and network access to portfolio companies, and manages funds including the Hlayisani Growth Fund and Hlayisani Venture Fund II.
Invests inEducationEnterprise Software
In its own wordsictmanufacturingagricultureeducationhealthgrowth-equity
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Or find every investor that fitsHlayisani Capital lists 11 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Education (27%), Enterprise Software (18%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (14%). 100% of its companies are based in South Africa.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Hlayisani Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Hlayisani Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 11. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 100% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 27th | 11 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 43th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 27% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 18% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 14% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 9% | 1% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1091%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company19%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Kalon Venture Partners | 1 |
Compare Hlayisani Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Hlayisani Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 2026 | Series A Led |
Round details for Hlayisani Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Hlayisani Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
11 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogitait provides an analytics-to-action platform that helps businesses answer questions and make decisions based on their data | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| D6 provides school management systems and other related services to schools and businesses. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| GoMetro unifies telematics into one real-time platform, offering seamless integration, advanced insights, and scalable fleet management | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Ikeja provides wireless internet services, including unlimited WiFi packages, to townships, spazas, and homes across certain regions in South Africa. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Leapco provides tailored B-BBEE advisory, Skills Development Implementation, Enterprise and Supplier Development, and Socio-Economic Development solutions to businesses | Enterprise SoftwareEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides cloud technology solutions and services to businesses to accelerate digital transformation. | Industrial & ManufacturingIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Snapplify helps millions of learners and educators access the tools they need to succeed through digital libraries, textbooks, identity, payments, and education platforms. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds intelligent systems that unify enterprise data, automate decision-making, and deliver measurable business value. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Sudonum builds technology-driven systems that make it easy for customers to speak to a human about their needs | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Wamly offers an all-in-one hiring system for businesses to manage their recruitment process. | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Wyzetalk gives frontline employees fast, secure access to critical information and tools through a mobile platform | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- hlayisani.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 11 Jul 2026
- Companies checked
- 11
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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