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Yoco

Fintech · Cape Town, South Africa · Founded 2015

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

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.

Keywords: Yoco, fintech, payments, point-of-sale, small businesses, South Africa, digital commerce, mobile payments, financial inclusion, card acceptance, business tools, capital access

Valuation $100–500M
Revenue $10–50M
Headcount 500–1k
Total funding $100–500M
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Talent graph

Yoco's talent

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

14 investors on Yoco's cap table

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Seed 2 investors entered at this stage
CRE Venture Capital
Robby Hilkowitz
Series A 7 investors entered at this stage
Greg Kidd
Hard Yaka
Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures
Quona Capital
Partech
Futuregrowth Asset Management
Orange Ventures
Series B+ 5 investors entered at this stage
Breyer Capital
Raba Capital
Dragoneer Investment Group
HOF Capital
4DX Ventures

Global footprint

Where Yoco has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
17 countries with
team presence
🇿🇦 South Africa86%
🇳🇱 Netherlands7.3%
🇮🇪 Ireland0.9%
🇪🇸 Spain0.9%
🇺🇸 United States0.9%
Top 5 of 17 shown
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

What the market is saying about Yoco

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