Venture capital firm
Capacitech
CapaciTech is a Johannesburg-headquartered venture capital firm, startup investment agency, and holding company founded in early 2018 by Managing Director Matthew Emanuel alongside executive directors Alex Honegger, Jaco de Wet, and Hiten Keshave. As an early-stage venture capital platform, the firm's core investment strategy combines "smart capital" check commitments with capability development, operational mentorship, and specialist strategic support for high-growth tech entrepreneurs. CapaciTech targets early-stage, tech-enabled startups operating across artificial intelligence, SaaS, digital marketing, logistics, e-commerce, smart agriculture, and consumer products across South Africa and broader African markets.
Investment focus
- Sectors
- TechnologyFinancial servicesManufacturing and industrialsAgriculture and foodConsumer
- Stages and strategies
- Pre-seedSeedGrowth
- Instruments
- Equity
- Regions
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- African markets named in public materials
- South Africa
Sources
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026