Crossfin Holdings (Pty) Ltd is the investment platform within Crossfin Technology Holdings (Pty) Ltd providing pre-seed funding to promising, scalable, FinTech start-ups
Crossfin Holdings Portfolio
CO-FOUNDER & CEO | Andrew Weinberg
HEADQUARTERS | Johannesburg, RSA
FOUNDED | 2022
VISION | To make an impact in the day to day lives of millions of people and merchants by simplifying access to products, services and technology in emerging markets.
TEAM | Approx. 155
GEOGRAPHY | South Africa and Namibia
STRATEGIC FOCUS | Gift, loyalty & payment card products, services & distribution. Mobile payment solutions, kiosk solutions, payment acquiring solutions. Loyalty platforms and customer engagement.
TIER | 1,2 and 3
AKELO is a group of companies, focused on providing financial services products and customer engagement solutions across Southern Africa, uniquely positioned to consolidate products as an end-to-end solution for merchants, consumers and corporates.
CEO | Graham Beck
HEADQUARTERS | Cape Town, RSA
FOUNDED | 2014
VISION | To be the leading payment solutions provider of banking, loyalty and gift card solutions including the unique ability to track and manage card stock for customers.
TEAM | Approx. 22 PAX

CLIENTS | Blue chip retailers, banks and insurance companies

GEOGRAPHY | South Africa
STRATEGIC FOCUS | Gift, loyalty & payment card products, services & distribution.
TIER | 1
CROSSGATE is a payments solution business that provides leading card, mobile and personalisation services including the only personalisation factory in Cape Town. Crossgate provides solutions to tier 1 retailers, banks and insurers in South Africa and has many blue-chip clients.
CO-FOUNDER & MD | Andrew Marsh
HEADQUARTERS | Cape Town, RSA
FOUNDED | 2016
VISION | Playing a role in driving the growth in the digitisation of payments in the informal sector by providing holistic payment solutions that are relevant for the market from a both a merchant and consumer perspective. Parallel to this is the provision of innovative payment solutions in the formal sector.
TEAM | 10 PAX +
CLIENTS | Blue Chip to informal sector.
GEOGRAPHY | South Africa

STRATEGIC FOCUS | Financial inclusion and the displacement of cash utilising the interoperable payment rails.
TIER | 1-4
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EFFICACY PAYMENTS as a Designated Clearing Participant in the National Payment System provides acceptance solutions in the card acquiring space with a strong focus on enabling third parties to drive their merchant solutions. The second pillar of the business sees the business being the market leader in push payments where we have rolled out Deposit @ Till (which gives any Visa or MasterCard cardholder the ability to deposit cash into their card linked account at a retail till point in a real-time manner) along with Disbursements which allows corporates to disburse funds real-time to their customers.
FOUNDER & CEO | Andrew Weinberg
HEADQUARTERS | Johannesburg, RSA
FOUNDED | 2012
VISION | To provide companies with a turnkey loyalty platform and operational services enabling brands to retain and secure new customers.
CLIENTS | Blue Chip,
GEOGRAPHY | South Africa
STRATEGIC FOCUS | A unique technology platform provided to companies to engage customers
TIER | 1 and 2
2ENGAGE is a fintech digital platform business that has successfully operated loyalty programs across 10 African countries, providing multinationals with a solution to reward, engage and uplift customers.
CEO | Andrew Weinberg (Acting)
HEADQUARTERS | Cape Town, RSA
FOUNDED | 2013
VISION | To simplify the disbursement of funds and rewards
CLIENTS | Blue Chip
GEOGRAPHY | South Africa

STRATEGIC FOCUS | The distribution of funds and rewards to a mobile wallet
TIER | 1 & 2
TUYU was originally developed to facilitate the distribution of rewards directly to one’s mobile phone, to keep costs down.
The platform has also proven useful for the frictionless distribution of funds, grants, et cetera to a mobile user.
These funds can be spent at participating retailers.
FOUNDER & CEO | Matthew Putman
HEADQUARTERS | Durban, RSA
FOUNDED | 2012
MISSION | To drive digital financial inclusion for SME’s in Emerging Markets through mobile innovation
TEAM | Over 100 PAX

CLIENTS | Over 35 000 merchants signed up

GEOGRAPHY | South Africa

STRATEGIC FOCUS | Solution provider to Independent SME’s (MPos, MCA, eCommerce, credit, stock management, micro insurance, etc.)
TIER | 4 & Informal
IKHOKHA was the first business in Africa to build out and fully certify a locally developed, end-to-end, MPos solution, focused on driving digital financial inclusion for SME’s through innovative mobile products (hardware and software).
CEO | Ryan Barlow
HEADQUARTERS | Johannesburg, RSA
FOUNDED | 1991
VISION | To provide globally recognised solutions that enable digital transformation in any industry, giving our customers the control, insight, and agility for a competitive advantage.
TEAM | Over 250 PAX
CLIENTS | Over 100 clients and over 800 systems, 15+ territories
GEOGRAPHY | South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, eSwatini, Seychelles, Uganda, Zambia, Philippines

STRATEGIC FOCUS | As a leading technology enabler of solutions across key business functions, Sybrin provides digital products to businesses to streamline and accelerate digital transformation through automation, across various financial services and related industries
TIER | 1 and 2 - predominantly financial services intuitions
For more than 30 years, SYBRIN is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions for the financial services, insurance, telecommunications, and related industries.