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SA SME Fund
Venture capital · South Africa · Middle East and Africa
The SA SME Fund is a venture capital fund-of-funds that allocates capital to venture capital and growth equity fund managers who invest directly in South African start-ups and high-growth SMEs. It does not make direct investments into SMEs, instead backing specialist fund managers to reach entrepreneurs at scale.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsfund-of-fundssouth africasmeventure capitalinclusive growthemerging managers
Your fit with SA SME Fund
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Or find every investor that fitsSA SME Fund lists 2 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its largest themes are Fintech (67%) and AI & Machine Learning (33%). 100% of its companies are based in South Africa.
Counts come from funding rounds that name SA SME Fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundSA SME Fund does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
The rounds that name SA SME Fund do not give a stage.
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 | 2 | 1 |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 67% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Fireball Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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.
Compare SA SME Fund 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 SA SME Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026 | Round Led | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Round |
Round details for SA SME Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in SA SME Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
2 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAVAÍC invests in early-stage, high-growth and impactful technology businesses | Fintech | Feb 2026Round | Funding round | |
| Hlayisani Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm that is focused on growing sub-Saharan African businesses and entrepreneurs | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Round | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- sasmefund.co.za
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 2
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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