Our Mission:
To disrupt by sustainably contributing to the upliftment of society, moving people from their debt spiral to a savings culture and ultimately the freedom of wealth creation.
Improving lives by evolving relationships with money through the empowerment of knowledge and choice.
We use technology to remain relevant to our customers’ objectives in a digital, on-demand era.
The most comprehensive financial wellness platform in Africa. We help your employees live financially healthy lives, reduce stress for your teams, improve happiness attendance and productivity. Through early access to earned wages, our financial literacy training platform and budget and planning tools we empower your employees by putting them in control of their finances, help them plan for expenses and get bills paid on time. we move them from debt to savings in a step by step approach.
Location: South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2019
Investors 2
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Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.08.2022 | Pervasive ‘bro culture’ in fintech a hurdle for women | The fintech industry is notorious for its “bro’ culture,” an environment characterised by sexism and demeaning habits such as mansplaining. This is according to Triya Govender, head of marketing at Floatpays, a South African fintech start-u... |
| 02.08.2022 | Pervasive ‘bro culture’ in fintech a hurdle for women | The fintech industry is notorious for its “bro’ culture,” an environment characterised by sexism and demeaning habits such as mansplaining. This is according to Triya Govender, head of marketing at Floatpays, a South African fintech start-u... |
| 25.02.2022 | Floatpays, a South African fintech startup, has raised $4 million in seed funding | Floatpays, a South African on-demand payment company, has raised just under $4 million in an oversubscribed seed round to help it expand across Africa. Global Founders Capital, Base Capital, Finca Ventures, Raba Partnership, and 4DX Venture... |
| 23.02.2022 | Floatpays secures R15M investment from Naspers Foundry | Floatpays, a Cape Town-based on-demand earned wage access platform, has received a R15 million investment from Naspers via its early-stage tech investment arm, Naspers Foundry. This is Naspers Foundry’s third fintech investment and its nint... |
| 23.02.2022 | Floatpays secures R15M investment from Naspers Foundry | Floatpays, a Cape Town-based on-demand earned wage access platform, has received a R15 million investment from Naspers via its early-stage tech investment arm, Naspers Foundry. This is Naspers Foundry’s third fintech investment and its nint... |
| 26.01.2022 | SA’s Floatpays to go big in Africa after funding | Simon Ward, founder and CEO of Floatpays. Local fintech start-up Floatpays plans to expand into the rest of Africa after securing $4 million (R60.9 million) in an oversubscribed seed funding round. Founded in 2019, Floatpays is a technology... |
| 17.12.2021 | Floatpays wants to banish Januworry | Floatpays is a technology platform that enables on-demand access to pay, seamless savings and financial education to help build employee financial wellness for a more engaged and productive workforce. The company is on a mission to help bus... |
| 17.12.2021 | Floatpays wants to banish Januworry | Floatpays is a technology platform that enables on-demand access to pay, seamless savings and financial education to help build employee financial wellness for a more engaged and productive workforce. The company is on a mission to help bus... |
| 31.08.2021 | This YC Summer batch features the largest group of African startups yet | Y Combinator’s summer batch of 2021 features 377 startups from 47 countries. It’s the 33rd Demo Day of the well-known accelerator and holds the largest cohort yet. YC S20 had 198 startups, so that’s a 90% increase from last year. About half... |
| 31.08.2021 | Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1 | Today Y Combinator kicked off the Demo Day cycle for its Summer 2021 cohort. The collection of early-stage startups on day one-of-two alone numbered in the hundreds, meaning that we had to assemble a team here at TechCrunch just to cover it... |