Yoco Funding, Investors & Competitors

Yoco has raised $176M across 6 funding rounds, most recently a $70M Series C in December 2022.

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Last Yoco funding round

$70M

Series C · Dec 2022

Cumulative funding Yoco raised

$176M

across 6 funding rounds

Key investors in Yoco

  • Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures
  • Quona Capital
  • Partech
  • Orange Ventures
  • CRE Venture Capital
  • Dragoneer
  • Breyer Capital
  • Hedosophia

Yoco Overview

About Yoco

Yoco is a South African technology company offering a platform for small businesses to process payments, access lending, and utilize business software. Processing billions of US dollars annually for over 300,000 merchants, Yoco supports offline and online transactions through card readers and e-commerce tools. Headquartered in Cape Town, it drives growth for entrepreneurs across Africa.


Founded

2013

HQ

South AfricaCape Town

Website

yoco.com

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Commission

Yoco Funding History

Yoco has raised a total of $176M across 6 funding rounds.

Yoco's first fundraising round was a $2M seed round in July 2014. The most recent completed round was a $70M Series C in December 2022.

Yoco funding rounds

Yoco funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedDeal Summary
Dec 2022Series CTPG (lead); Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures$70MYoco is a South African fintech company founded in 2013, providing payment solutions for small businesses, focusing on offline and online card payments, with plans to expand into mobile money, QR payments, and electronic funds transfer. The company positions itself as a leading platform for merchants in South Africa. The company has raised a total of approximately $105-107 million across multiple rounds as of late 2022. Its latest reported round was an Unattributed VC on December 26, 2022. Earlier rounds include a Series C in July 2021 led by Dragoneer with $83 million from investors like Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, Breyer Capital, and others, marking one of the largest fintech investments in Africa at the time. Yoco competes in the African fintech space against players like Flutterwave and Chipper Cash, operating in a market where payments startups dominate VC funding.
Jul 2021Series CDragoneer (lead); Hedosophia (lead); Breyer Capital; UNCOVERED FUND; Partech; Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures; HOF Capital; TO Ventures Food; 4DX Ventures; Quona Capital; Raba Partnership; Orange Ventures$83MYoco is a South African fintech company founded in 2013, providing payments and software solutions tailored for small businesses, including card machines for offline payments, online payment tools, business software, and access to capital. It positions itself as the leading platform for small merchants transitioning from cash to digital payments in South Africa and aims to expand across Africa and the Middle East, targeting over 100 million SMEs that still transact primarily in cash. The company serves 150,000 businesses, adds over 500 merchants daily, and had processed over $2 billion in card payments since inception, with more than $1 billion processed in the year leading up to the round. On July 27, 2021, Yoco raised $83 million in its Series C funding round, led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Hedosophia, marking Dragoneer's first investment in Africa. New investors included Breyer Capital, HOF Capital, The Raba Partnership, 4DX Ventures, TO Ventures, and executives from companies like Coinbase, Revolut, Spotify, and Gojek. Existing investors such as Partech, Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, Orange Ventures, and Quona Capital also participated. This brought Yoco's total funding to $107 million, claimed as the largest single investment for a small business-focused payments platform in the Middle East and Africa and the biggest for any payments company in South Africa. The funds are earmarked to accelerate development of Yoco's financial ecosystem, enhance online and in-store payment offerings, introduce features like mobile money, QR payments, and electronic funds transfer, and expand beyond South Africa into other African markets and the Middle East. Yoco aims to reach one million merchants within four years and plans to hire 200 people in the next year to support this growth. At the time, it was described as one of Africa's most valuable startups, operating in a fintech sector dominating regional VC funding.
Sep 2018Series BPartech (lead); Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures; FMO; Futuregrowth Asset Management; Quona Capital; Orange Ventures; Greyhound Capital$16MYoco is a South African fintech company providing point-of-sale payment solutions, including a card reader that connects to smartphones or tablets, enabling small businesses to accept card payments and manage operations. Founded in 2013 by Katlego Maphai, Carl Wazen, Bradley Wattrus, and Lungisa Matshoba, Yoco launched its first product in late 2015. In September 2018, Yoco raised a $16 million Series B funding round led by Partech, with participation from Orange Digital Ventures, FMO, Futuregrowth Asset Management, and existing Series A investors Quona Capital and Velocity Capital. This brought total funding to $23 million. The funds will support growth of its small business merchant network, product development, operational scalability, and hiring fintech talent. Partech's Cyril Collon joined the board. At the time, Yoco served nearly 30,000 South African small businesses, 75% of which previously did not accept cards, adding over 1,500 merchants monthly. It processed $280 million in annualized payment volume. Yoco generates revenue from hardware/software margins and 2.95% transaction fees, targeting the shift from cash to digital payments in Africa's $1.4 trillion consumer spending market driven by small businesses.
Mar 2017Series AQuona Capital (lead); Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures (lead); Globivest$3MYoco, a South African payments provider, concluded its Series A funding round in March 2017 led by Quona Capital and Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures with an undisclosed amount. The capital was intended to expand Yoco's national reach, enhance its product offerings, and prepare for international expansion in 2018. This marked the first time Yoco raised funds solely from institutional investors. Investors praised Yoco for its world-class platform and team, viewing it as a key driver for SMEs in the African economy. Quona Capital highlighted the opportunity to digitize SME payments and data in cash-dominant African markets. Velocity Capital noted that 70% of Yoco's merchants had never accepted card payments before using its solution, positioning Yoco as a market-maker in card payment acceptance.
Oct 2015SeedCRE Venture Capital; Robby Hilkowitz$2MYoco is a point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa, founded in 2013 and based in Cape Town, South Africa. It helps small businesses get paid in-store, online, and on the go. In its early days from 2013–2016, Yoco raised seed and angel capital from investors including CRE Venture Capital, fintech angel Robby Hilkowitz, and Silicon Valley investor Greg Kidd, with funds estimated at a few million Rand to build the first devices, launch the POS app, and achieve product-market fit by late 2015. Prior to institutional funding in 2017, these early rounds supported initial development. By 2017, Yoco raised approximately $4 million from Quona Capital, Velocity Capital, CRE Venture Capital, Robby Hilkowitz, and Greg Kidd to expand across South Africa, develop products, and provide secondary exits.
Jul 2014SeedGeoffrey D Fink; CRE Venture Capital; Kai-Uwe Ricke; Hard Yaka; Hatcher+; Jean-Pierre Mondalek; Nicholas Cooper$2M-

Who has invested in Yoco?

25 investors have backed Yoco across its funding rounds, including Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, Quona Capital, Partech, Orange Ventures, CRE Venture Capital and Dragoneer.

Lead investors include TPG, Dragoneer, Hedosophia, Partech, Quona Capital and 1 other investor.


Yoco Investors

Investors in Yoco by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
Velocity Capital Fintech VenturesNetherlandsHilversum4LeadMar 2017
Quona CapitalUnited StatesWashington, DC3LeadMar 2017
CRE Venture CapitalUnited StatesNew York City, NY2ParticipantJul 2014
PartechFranceParis2LeadSep 2018
Orange VenturesFranceParis2ParticipantSep 2018
Breyer CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantJul 2021
Geoffrey D FinkUnited KingdomLondon1ParticipantJul 2014
UNCOVERED FUNDJapanTokyo1ParticipantJul 2021
DragoneerUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1LeadJul 2021
Kai-Uwe Ricke--1ParticipantJul 2014
Hard YakaUnited StatesLake Tahoe, NV1ParticipantJul 2014
FMONetherlandsThe Hague1ParticipantSep 2018
Futuregrowth Asset ManagementSouth AfricaCape Town1ParticipantSep 2018

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Acquisitions by Yoco

Yoco has acquired 2 companies to date.

Last acquisition by Yoco was on May 27th 2026. Yoco acquired Dyner for undisclosed valuation.


Latest Acquisitions by Yoco

Dyner
Nona Digital
Description
Dyner is an AI platform built for the restaurant industry that supplies data-driven insights to improve operations and support growth.
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HQ CountrySouth AfricaSouth Africa
HQ City
Johannesburg
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Deal Date27 May 202614 Mar 2022
Valuationundisclosedundisclosed
EV/Revenue
EV/EBITDA

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Yoco Competitors

Yoco competitors include listed companies like MercadoLibre, Rocket Companies and Corpay, and private ones like Ramp, JD Digits and Airwallex.

Public and private companies comparable to Yoco
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
MercadoLibreArgentinaArgentinaPublicly listed$29B$3.7B$93B2.6x
RampUnited StatesNew York City, NYPrivate$1.4B-$44B31.4x
Rocket CompaniesUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$6.3B$1.4B$36B5.0x
CorpayUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$4.5B$2.4B$27B6.8x
JD DigitsChinaBeijingPrivate--$18B-
AirwallexSingaporeSingaporePrivate$1.3B-$11B8.5x

Yoco Public Comps

Yoco is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Shopify, MercadoLibre, Rocket Companies, Corpay, PB Fintech, Edenred, WEX, MonotaRO, Paymentus and BILL.com.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
Shopify$12B$1.2B13.9x11.3x132.9x61.9x
MercadoLibre$29B$3.7B3.5x2.6x27.2x25.1x
Rocket Companies$6.3B$1.4B7.8x5.0x36.3x19.2x
Corpay$4.5B$2.4B7.6x6.8x14.1x12.7x
PB Fintech$708M$58M11.7x10.1x143.3x101.3x
Edenred$3.4B$1.3B2.8x2.8x7.7x6.5x
WEX$2.7B$992M2.2x2.1x6.0x4.8x
MonotaRO$2.1B$340M2.9x2.6x18.1x16.6x

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Common questions about Yoco

When was Yoco founded?Yoco was founded in 2013.
Where is Yoco headquartered?Yoco is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.
Is Yoco publicly listed?No, Yoco is a private, VC-backed company.
How much funding has Yoco raised?Yoco has raised $176M across 6 funding rounds.
What was Yoco's last funding round?Yoco's last funding round was a $70M Series C in December 2022, led by TPG.
Who are Yoco's investors?Yoco's investors include Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, Quona Capital, CRE Venture Capital, Partech, Orange Ventures, Breyer Capital, Geoffrey D Fink, UNCOVERED FUND, Dragoneer, Kai-Uwe Ricke and 15 others.
Which companies are comparable to Yoco?Companies comparable to Yoco include MercadoLibre, Ramp, Rocket Companies, Corpay, JD Digits and Airwallex.
How many companies has Yoco acquired?Yoco has acquired 2 companies, including Dyner and Nona Digital.

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