| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.05.2026 | South African fraud surge runs on trust, not hacking | As AI systems grow more capable, criminals are using them to deliver increasingly sophisticated scams. Yet even as attacks on systems grow in scope and frequency, the exploitation of human trust through social engineering remains the most c... |
| 07.05.2026 | The gaps in South Africa’s digital ID plan | South Africa’s draft digital identity regulations lay a workable foundation but leave critical gaps around wallet architecture, biometric strength and the verification side of the ecosystem, according to industry specialists who spoke to Te... |
| 07.04.2026 | R230-million in the bag for Endeavor’s third Harvest Fund | Endeavor South Africa CEO Alison Collier
Endeavor South Africa has announced the final close of its Harvest Fund III at R230-million, bringing together institutional investors and founder capital to back later-stage technology companies acr... |
| 18.02.2026 | The AI fraud crisis your bank is not ready for | The author, Entersekt’s Andries Maritz
Rather than new types of fraud, what we’re seeing in the banking sector is a step change in how adaptable, realistic and efficient existing attack patterns have become. Bots can learn, adapt and person... |
| 03.12.2025 | BIN scans, DDoS and the next cybercrime wave hitting South Africa’s banks | As banks beef up their security perimeters, criminals are now devising methods to beat banks’ own authentication protocols, quickly and effectively exfiltrating funds.
Two particularly concerning modes of attack have emerged: bank identity ... |
| 09.10.2025 | Entersekt Secures Strategic Investment from Endeavor Catalyst to Accelerate Global Expansion | Entersekt, a South African-based leader in push-based authentication and app security solutions, has successfully raised a new round of funding with participation from Endeavor Catalyst. This marks Endeavor Catalyst’s inaugural investment i... |
| 04.08.2025 | Darktrace Announces Opening of New Deployment Center and Corporate Office in Dallas, Texas, and Key Executive Hires | New deployment center opening in Dallas, Texas will speed up delivery times of Darktrace hardware for U.S.-based customers. Former GoPro executive, Eve Saltman, joins as Chief Legal Officer and former CRO at Entersekt, Marty Overman, joins ... |
| 12.12.2023 | Entersekt goes global with latest acquisition | Entersekt CEO Schalk Nolte
Stellenbosch-based financial authentication company Entersekt has acquired the Modirum 3-D Secure software business from Modirum, a digital payment security provider based in Estonia, for an undisclosed sum.
Modir... |
| 01.06.2023 | Why your customers should be given control over their data | The author, Entersekt’s Erhard Brand
The move towards personalisation and digital privacy is shifting how companies handle personal and biometric data. Rather than building fortresses, forward-thinking businesses are empowering their users ... |
| 14.06.2022 | Entersekt fuels expansion with new investment | Schalk Nolte, CEO of Entersekt, and Zuko Kubukeli, CEO and principal of PAPE Fund Managers.
Entersekt, a provider of identity and customer authentication software, has secured
SECURED A successful combination of specialized skills and indus... |
| 11.12.2021 | Entersekt Receives Investment from Accel-KKR | Entersekt, a global leader in device identity and authentication solutions headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, received an investment from Accel-KKR.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The investment will enable Entersekt to ac... |
| 10.12.2021 | SEC Chair Gary Gensler finally laid out what he has against SPACs | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
I know, I know. We were just talking about SPACs earlier this week. But this is big.
Gary Gensler... |
| 10.12.2021 | SEC Chair Gary Gensler finally laid out what he has against SPACs | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
I know, I know. We were just talking about SPACs earlier this week. But this is big.
Paid Content... |
| 09.12.2021 | Accel-KKR Backs Entersekt, A Leader in Frictionless Authentication Solutions | Entersekt, a global leader in device identity and authentication solutions headquartered in Cape Town, today announced a significant investment from Accel-KKR, a leading technology-focused private equity firm. The investment will enable Ent... |
| 09.12.2021 | SA’s Payment Security Firm Entersekt Attracts Investment From US Private Equity Firm | FinTech. Jirsak / Shutterstock.com |
| 09.12.2021 | SA’s Payment Security Firm Entersekt Attracts Investment From US Private Equity Firm | FinTech. Jirsak / Shutterstock.com
Entersekt, a global payment security company headquartered in Cape Town, today announced a strategic investment from Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm. The investment will enable Entersek... |
| 01.03.2021 | African FinTech trends in a post-Covid world | Share this:
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| 26.01.2021 | MTN, Vodacom Could Partner With FinTechs To Pursue Mobile Payments in 2021 | Fintech (financial technology) on smart phone concept. Jirsak / Shutterstock.com |
| 26.01.2021 | MTN, Vodacom Could Partner With FinTechs To Pursue Mobile Payments in 2021 | Fintech (financial technology) on smart phone concept. Jirsak / Shutterstock.com
For the past two years, we published AlphaCode, South Africa’s leading FinTech thinkers, predictions about the financial technology (FinTech) landscape. We bel... |
| 25.01.2021 | Fintech 2021 predictions [Opinion] | Each year, at AlphaCode, we use our vantage point of the fintech landscape to share what we expect this year.
We had no idea last January that a whole new world awaited. One that would include global lockdowns, Zoombombing, covidiots, close... |
| 25.01.2021 | Fintech 2021 predictions [Opinion] | Each year, at AlphaCode, we use our vantage point of the fintech landscape to share what we expect this year.
We had no idea last January that a whole new world awaited. One that would include global lockdowns, Zoombombing, covidiots, clos... |
| 17.03.2020 | SA tech startups put in place measures to tackle coronavirus | SA’s tech startups are responding to the threat of the coronavirus by putting in place austerity measures and devising new innovative solutions for customers, while instructing employees to work remotely from their homes.
Following Presiden... |
| 17.03.2020 | SA tech startups put in place measures to tackle coronavirus | SA’s tech startups are responding to the threat of the coronavirus by putting in place austerity measures and devising new innovative solutions for customers, while instructing employees to work remotely from their homes.
Following Preside... |
| 13.11.2019 | RMI’s AlphaCode takes 25.1% stake in healthtech Guidepost | Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), through its fintech investment arm, AlphaCode, announced today that it had taken a 25.1% stake in SA healthtech platform Guidepost.
RMI senior investment executive Dominique Collett declined to reveal the va... |
| 13.11.2019 | RMI’s AlphaCode takes 25.1% stake in healthtech Guidepost | Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), through its fintech investment arm, AlphaCode, announced today that it had taken a 25.1% stake in SA healthtech platform Guidepost.
RMI senior investment executive Dominique Collett declined to reveal the v... |
| 26.09.2019 | Here are eight SA fintechs that local banks are working with [Updated] | SA fintech startups are offering banks new ways to accept and make payments, lend out loans and offer financial services to the previously under or unbanked.
Like this it’s easy to see why fintech means big money.
An analysis by Ventureburn... |
| 26.09.2019 | Here are eight SA fintechs that local banks are working with [Updated] | SA fintech startups are offering banks new ways to accept and make payments, lend out loans and offer financial services to the previously under or unbanked.
Like this it’s easy to see why fintech means big money.
An analysis by Venturebu... |
| 07.06.2019 | Four SA regtech startups you should know about | Regtech — or platforms and apps aimed at simplifying compliance with regulations — is big money in South Africa.
This was confirmed after Johannesburg based regtech startup Intergreatme was last month able to raise a whopping over R32-mill... |
| 07.06.2019 | Four SA regtech startups you should know about | Regtech — or platforms and apps aimed at simplifying compliance with regulations — is big money in South Africa.
This was confirmed after Johannesburg based regtech startup Intergreatme was last month able to raise a whopping over R32-milli... |
| 06.09.2018 | Four fintech companies selected for R2.5m AlphaCode Accelerate programme | Fintech accelerator AlphaCode has announced the names of four companies selected to join its recently launched R2.5-million accelerator programme AlphaCode Accelerate.
The four companies are Entersekt, Livestock Wealth, Click2Sure and Invo... |
| 06.09.2018 | Four fintech companies selected for R2.5m AlphaCode Accelerate programme | Fintech accelerator AlphaCode has announced the names of four companies selected to join its recently launched R2.5-million accelerator programme AlphaCode Accelerate.
The four companies are Entersekt, Livestock Wealth, Click2Sure and Invoi... |
| 12.12.2017 | Watch these guys — here are the SA startups to look out for in 2018 | Tech startups that focus on solving problems using data analysis top Ventureburn’s list for the 12 South African tech firms to watch in 2018 – be they transport, agriculture, transport, or finance.
Fintech, will continue to be the hottest ... |
| 12.12.2017 | Watch these guys — here are the SA startups to look out for in 2018 | Tech startups that focus on solving problems using data analysis top Ventureburn’s list for the 12 South African tech firms to watch in 2018 – be they transport, agriculture, transport, or finance.
Fintech, will continue to be the hottest s... |
| 25.10.2017 | Here are the 15 SA tech startups that have netted $137.7m in 2017 deals | South African tech startups have concluded deals valued at over $137.7-million so far this year, shows data tracked by Ventureburn.
Ventureburn has tracked and reported on 15 deals valued at over $137.7-million to date in 2017 — including ... |
| 25.10.2017 | Here are the 15 SA tech startups that have netted $137.7m in 2017 deals | South African tech startups have concluded deals valued at over $137.7-million so far this year, shows data tracked by Ventureburn.
Ventureburn has tracked and reported on 15 deals valued at over $137.7-million to date in 2017 — including t... |
| 06.10.2017 | This is how Entersekt secured Endeavor Catalyst funding | Authentication and mobile security solutions company Entersekt made history this week by becoming the first South African startup to raise funding from the global investment firm.
Entersekt, which was founded in 2008 and now services clien... |
| 06.10.2017 | This is how Entersekt secured Endeavor Catalyst funding | Authentication and mobile security solutions company Entersekt made history this week by becoming the first South African startup to raise funding from the global investment firm.
Entersekt, which was founded in 2008 and now services client... |
| 03.08.2017 | 18 SA tech firms to meet with Silicon Valley’s Indus Entrepreneurs Global | Tech founders from 18 South African startups and companies are hoping to get some valuable networking done this morning as they rub shoulders with some top professionals from Silicon Valley in a meetup held in Cape Town by the Indus Entrepr... |
| 03.08.2017 | 18 SA tech firms to meet with Silicon Valley’s Indus Entrepreneurs Global | Tech founders from 18 South African startups and companies are hoping to get some valuable networking done this morning as they rub shoulders with some top professionals from Silicon Valley in a meetup held in Cape Town by the Indus Entrepr... |
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| 19.07.2017 | Entersekt Appoints Mutambiranwa to Spearhead Growth in Africa, Middle East | wp_booster error:
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| 07.06.2017 | Entersekt concludes multi-million dollar deal | Cape Town based authentication and mobile-security solutions company, Entersekt announced today that it has concluded a multi-million dollar deal with Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) and Nedbank Private Equity (NPE).
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| 07.06.2017 | Entersekt concludes multi-million dollar deal | Cape Town based authentication and mobile-security solutions company, Entersekt announced today that it has concluded a multi-million dollar deal with Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) and Nedbank Private Equity (NPE).
RMI and NPE, t... |
| 12.05.2016 | 26 Fintech startups you absolutely need to know about [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of 24 articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business... |
| 12.05.2016 | 26 Fintech startups you absolutely need to know about [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of 24 articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business... |
| 06.11.2015 | Entersekt: SA’s fintech gem making it safe for millions to bank, shop online | Being based in the Winelands student town of Stellenbosch has been one of Entersekt’s key ingredients to success
Company also has offices in Atlanta, Amsterdam and Johannesburg
Entersekt boasts 4.5 million monthly active end users
Entersekt... |
| 06.11.2015 | Entersekt: SA’s fintech gem making it safe for millions to bank, shop online | Being based in the Winelands student town of Stellenbosch has been one of Entersekt’s key ingredients to success
Company also has offices in Atlanta, Amsterdam and Johannesburg
Entersekt boasts 4.5 million monthly active end users
Entersekt... |
| 25.09.2014 | On SA startups going global: 7 case studies you can learn from | At the recent South African Innovation Summit, Christine Strutt – a partner at intellectual property law firm Von Seidels – spoke about the importance of startups having an international mindset from day one, and why some of them succeed.
... |
| 25.09.2014 | On SA startups going global: 7 case studies you can learn from | At the recent South African Innovation Summit, Christine Strutt – a partner at intellectual property law firm Von Seidels – spoke about the importance of startups having an international mindset from day one, and why some of them succeed.
T... |
| 18.09.2014 | PwC Vision to Reality Awards dubs WiGroup SA’s top startup of 2014 | Corporate, meet entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship, meet corporate.
In a grand effort to celebrate small innovative companies in South Africa, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recently announced the winners of its Vision to Reality accelerator... |
| 18.09.2014 | PwC Vision to Reality Awards dubs WiGroup SA’s top startup of 2014 | Corporate, meet entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship, meet corporate.
In a grand effort to celebrate small innovative companies in South Africa, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recently announced the winners of its Vision to Reality accelerators... |
| 18.10.2013 | Security startups and Africa’s mobile boom: big problems, huge opportunities | The bigger the problem, the greater the opportunity. With the increasing popularity of smartphone usage paired with greater internet penetration in Africa, mobile security startups have gradually started to join the cause against cyber thre... |
| 18.10.2013 | Security startups and Africa’s mobile boom: big problems, huge opportunities | The bigger the problem, the greater the opportunity. With the increasing popularity of smartphone usage paired with greater internet penetration in Africa, mobile security startups have gradually started to join the cause against cyber thre... |
| 08.04.2013 | Invasion: will international attention boost or badger African tech startups? | As Africa keeps emitting positive economic signals, international investment will continue to rise. The question is, how will it affect Africa’s tech startup scene? Will it boost the fledgling ecosystem, or cannibalise greenfield opportunit... |
| 08.04.2013 | Invasion: will international attention boost or badger African tech startups? | As Africa keeps emitting positive economic signals, international investment will continue to rise. The question is, how will it affect Africa’s tech startup scene? Will it boost the fledgling ecosystem, or cannibalise greenfield opportunit... |
| 24.10.2012 | Meet the startups set to battle it out at IBM’s inaugural SmartCamp SA | Tech startups from across the country are about to throw down for top honours at the first IBM SmartCamp to be held on South African soil. The team that emerges victorious, will compete in the Global SmartCamp Finals for the chance to be cr... |
| 24.10.2012 | Meet the startups set to battle it out at IBM’s inaugural SmartCamp SA | Tech startups from across the country are about to throw down for top honours at the first IBM SmartCamp to be held on South African soil. The team that emerges victorious, will compete in the Global SmartCamp Finals for the chance to be cr... |
