UW is a multi-stage investor that provides growth and replacement capital across the equity-cycle. Its activities span from high-growth venture to mid-market private equity. UW derives its philosophy from its name – “Umkhathi Wethu” is isiZulu for “Our Universe”. We believe in investing in and managing companies for the long term alongside management, co-investors and our institutional investment partners. UW engages in two main activities: Venture Capital + We make early-stage and transformational investments in a wide variety of emerging companies with dynamic founding teams. + We partner with management teams as they innovate, grow and transform business models. Private Equity + We invest selectively in a variety of private equity opportunities alongside management and trusted co-investors. + As a provider of patient capital that understands risk, we strive to build sustainable value over the long term. UW has its roots in South Africa, but has since expanded to have interests across four continents.
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2017
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Private Equity
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 30.07.2023 | Pargo | pargo.co.za | - | South Afri... |
| - | Compari Su... | comparisure.co.za | - | - |
| - | Inclusivit... | inclusivitysolutions.com | $4.36M | South Afri... |
| - | Tautona AI | tautona.ai | - | United Sta... |
| - | Payment Ga... | peachpayments.com | - | South Afri... |
| - | MFS Africa | mfsafrica.com | $319.7M | Italy, Umb... |
| - | Elevate | elevate.co.za | - | South Afri... |
| - | Signapps™... | getsignapps.com | $563.2K | South Afri... |
| - | Lulalend | lulalend.co.za | $41.5M | South Afri... |
| - | Synatic | synatic.com | $3.5M | United Sta... |
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| 27.01.2022 | CompariSure raises R15M in Pre-Series A round lead by local VC firms | South African startup, CompariSure, has raised R15 million ($980 000) from Cape Town based HAVAÍC and 4Di in a Pre-Series A funding round lead by HAVAÍC. The company is currently exploring growth in sectors beyond financial services and wil... |
| 27.01.2022 | CompariSure raises R15M in Pre-Series A round lead by local VC firms | South African startup, CompariSure, has raised R15 million ($980 000) from Cape Town based HAVAÍC and 4Di in a Pre-Series A funding round lead by HAVAÍC. The company is currently exploring growth in sectors beyond financial services and wi... |
| 18.10.2021 | SA’s FinTech Startup Peach Payments Expands Into Mauritius | wp_booster error: td_api_base::get_key : a component with the ID: single_template_2 Key: show_featured_image_on_all_pages is not set. /var/web/site/public_html/wp-content/plugins/td-composer/legacy/common/wp_booster/td_api.php (rara-error) ... |
| 18.10.2021 | SA’s FinTech Startup Peach Payments Expands Into Mauritius | wp_booster error: td_api_base::get_key : a component with the ID: single_template_2 Key: show_featured_image_on_all_pages is not set. /home/r8qkakm4wchc/public_html/wp-content/plugins/td-composer/legacy/common/wp_booster/td_api.php (rara-er... |
| 16.04.2021 | Peach Payments eyes Africa expansion after funding round | Local fintech firm Peach Payments has received funding for an undisclosed amount in the latest round of investment in the business. The funding round, says Peach Payments, was again led by Umkhathi Wethu Ventures (UW Ventures) in partnershi... |
| 26.03.2021 | Local data automation startup receives $1-million in funding | Johannesburg-based data automation tech startup Synatic has secured $1-million in a seed funding round led by UW Ventures with participation from Allan Gray and E Squared. Synatic has secured $1-million in funding According to reports, th... |
| 26.03.2021 | Local data automation startup receives $1-million in funding | Johannesburg-based data automation tech startup Synatic has secured $1-million in a seed funding round led by UW Ventures with participation from Allan Gray and E Squared. Synatic has secured $1-million in funding According to reports, the ... |
| 08.06.2020 | SA’s Pineapple, Tautona.AI make Sønr and Insurance Post’s Insurtech 100 list | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Techpoint Africa and Ventureburn Share this article: SA intelligent automation company Ta... |
| 05.06.2020 | SA’s Pineapple, Tautona.AI make Sønr and Insurance Post’s Insurtech 100 list | SA intelligent automation company Tautona.AI and insurtech Pineapple have been included on UK digital transformation platform Sønr and UK publication Insurance Post‘s prestigious 2020 Insurtech 100 list. The two SA startups have been recogn... |
| 05.06.2020 | SA’s Pineapple, Tautona.AI make Sønr and Insurance Post’s Insurtech 100 list | SA intelligent automation company Tautona.AI and insurtech Pineapple have been included on UK digital transformation platform Sønr and UK publication Insurance Post‘s prestigious 2020 Insurtech 100 list. The two SA startups have been recog... |
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