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Point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa

Cape Town, South AfricaFounded 2015Fintech
Valuation $250–500M Last recorded · 2021
Revenue $10–50M Latest reported FY
Headcount 500–1k Current team size
Total funding $100–500M Disclosed equity funding
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About Yoco

Yoco is a South Africa-based digital commerce platform empowering small businesses with integrated tools for payments, business management, and growth. Founded in 2015, Yoco has grown into one of Africa’s leading fintech companies by enabling over 200,000 SMEs to accept card payments, often for the first time. Its all-in-one solution offers point-of-sale devices, invoicing, inventory management, and access to working capital, all unified under a single Yoco account. With operations in South Africa and the Netherlands, the company combines locally rooted insights with global product development to deliver accessible and scalable tools for entrepreneurs. Yoco plays a critical role in driving financial inclusion and digital transformation across the continent's informal and small business sectors.

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At a glance

Founded
2015
Headquarters
Cape Town, South Africa
Sector
Fintech
Power Law
Colt$25–100M revenue

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Investors

14 investors on the cap table

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Seed2 investors entered at this stage

  • CRE Venture Capital
  • Robby Hilkowitz

Series A7 investors entered at this stage

  • Greg Kidd
  • Hard Yaka
  • Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures
  • Quona Capital
  • Partech
  • Futuregrowth Asset Management
  • Orange Ventures

Series B and later5 investors entered at this stage

Employees mapped 548 incl. 1 AI specialist
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Key operators 21 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
17 countries with
team presence
🇿🇦 South Africa86%
🇳🇱 Netherlands7.3%
🇮🇪 Ireland0.9%
🇪🇸 Spain0.9%
🇺🇸 United States0.9%
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Web traffic by country
1.2M monthly visits
across markets
🇿🇦 South Africa95.4%
🇺🇸 United States2.8%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.6%
🇮🇳 India0.3%
🇳🇬 Nigeria0.3%
Top 5 markets shown

Market sentiment

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