At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top South Africa based Founder operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Zachariah George
Co-Founder, Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Startupbootcamp Cape Town
Zacharia George is the founder of Cactus Capital (South-Africa) and is also the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Startupbootcamp Africa – the leading multi-corporate backed venture accelerator program in Africa. Since 2015, Cactus Capital has invested in 18 of Africa’s leading tech startups including Flutterwave, HouseME, Recomed and several others.
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About Launch Africa, Startupbootcamp Cape Town, Zachariah George & Co.: Startupbootcamp Cape Town is a leading accelerator focused on scouting for startups in blockchain, connected devices.
Jonathan Ovadia
Co-Founder and CEO of Ovex
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About Ovex: OVEX is a cryptocurrency exchange company.
Tom Masojada
Co-Founder and CPO of Ovex
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About Ovex: OVEX is a cryptocurrency exchange company.
Roger Norton
Co-Founder and COO of Trixta
Roger Norton is the COO and Co-founder of Trixta.
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About Daptio (Pty) Ltd, Trixta: Trixta’s low-code tools revolutionize how teams build software – faster, better, with fewer developers
Abraham Cambridge
Founder and CEO of The Sun Exchange
Abraham Cambridge is a British born solar entrepreneur and disruptive technologist. In 2008 he completed an MSc in the Science of Climate Change under a NERC scholarship at UEA and has since established several businesses and projects around the world that use solar energy as a means for creating positive change. In 2010 he pioneered utility-scale solar in Britain and in 2012 one of his businesses, The Renewable Energy Co-operative, was nominated ‘International Co-operative of The Year’ in the United Nations Year of Co-operatives. Abe now lives in South Africa, a country with an abundance of sun and from where in 2014 he launched the revolutionary solar energy finance company, The Sun Exchange.
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About The Sun Exchange: The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar panel leasing platform,Connecting the world to the sun.
Peter Munnings
Founder & COO of Adhara
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About Adhara: Real time global liquidity management, FX and international payments on CBDCs and tokenized money for banks and central banks
Fleur Heyns
Co-Founder & CEO of Proof of Impact
Fleur Heyns is the Co-Founder and CEO of Proof of Impact. She is an experienced serial entrepreneur who since her first exit in 2007 has been exclusively dedicated to the scaling of impact investing and adoption of ESG and Impact data into mainstream financial products and markets.
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About Proof of Impact: Proof of Impact is a data intelligence company that bridges the gap in ESG and impact data.
Shaun Conway
Founder and President of ixo Foundation
Shaun Conway is the founder and president of the ixo nonprofit software development foundation, building the ixo blockchain for sustainable development impacts. Shaun is a clinically experienced physician and innovator who has founded global health and human development ventures that have impacted the lives of millions of people.
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About ixo Foundation: ixo Foundation is blockchain technology company.
John Lombela
Founder and Managing Director of Cryptovecs Capital
Entrepreneur, Visionary, Blockchain
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About Cryptovecs Capital: Cryptovecs Capital is a black-owned African Investment and Technology company headquartered in Johannesburg.
G-J Rooyen
Co-Founder & CEO of Custos Media Technologies
G-J Rooyen is a Co-Founder & CEO at Custos Media Technologies. G-J holds a PhD in Electronic Engineering, specialised in signal processing. He founded and directed the MIH Media Lab, a cross-disciplinary research lab focused on pre-commercial MediaTech applications. He has been involved in the cryptocurrency space since 2013 and advises businesses and government agencies on blockchain regulation and blockchain for media.
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About Custos Media Technologies, Stellenbosch University: Custos uses imperceptible watermarking technology and the blockchain to protect digital media files from online piracy.
Fred Lutz
Co-Founder & Director of Custos Media Technologies
Fred Lutz is a Co-Founder & COO at Custos Media Technologies.
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About Custos Media Technologies, VoxCroft: Custos uses imperceptible watermarking technology and the blockchain to protect digital media files from online piracy.
Jonathan Miller
Co Founder & CEO of Cashbag
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About Cashbag: CashBag is more than just a rewards website, it’s a tool that helps savvy, savings conscious shoppers earn cash back any online purchase.
Kirsty Henderson
Co Founder & Business Lead of Cashbag
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About Cashbag: CashBag is more than just a rewards website, it’s a tool that helps savvy, savings conscious shoppers earn cash back any online purchase.
Llew Morkel
Co-Founder and CTO of DreamBlock
Llew is an entertaining blockchain evangelist that introduces global audiences to the potential of this technology in furthering financial inclusion. He is the founder and CTO behind DreamBlock, a Canada based startup that uses blockchain technology to facilitate fractional property investment. As FinTech entrepreneur, Llew was a driving force behind the successful establishment and sale of South Africa’s premier online escrow portal. He spent his forming years working in IT project management in major South African banks. He was involved in banking portal development, TV banking and later mobile banking development. Llew studied towards a marketing degree at the Rand Afrikaans University and later earned both B.Tech and E-Tech software development qualifications. He is a Java certified developer, qualified Java trainer and experienced software engineer.
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About DreamBlock: DreamBlock is a global tech company that combines traditional real estate investing and modern blockchain technology.
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