1K1V Invests In Stellenbosch’s Payments Aggregator Pay@
Pay At Holdings, a payments aggregator based in Stellenbosch, has received investment from One Thousand & One Voices (1K1V) private family capital fund backed exclusively by industry-leading families from around the globe.
1K1V combines its seasoned investment team, deep portfolio company operational capabilities and diverse local and global networks to source, underwrite and invest in unique and proprietary opportunities.
With headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa, and offices in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ebene, Mauritius and Denver, Colorado, USA, 1K1V’s team has an exceptional understanding of the African investment environment and a deep network of contacts on the continent and globally.
The investment marks 1K1V’s first investment in the digital payments sector in Africa – one of the fastest growing industries on the continent.
This transaction represents 1K1V’s fifth platform investment on the African continent. In addition, 1K1V portfolio companies have also concluded multiple add-on investments including in TRUE Jerky, a San Francisco-based healthy snack foods company and RTE Snacks, a producer of healthy, ready-to-eat trail mix products.
Pay@ is a well-respected player in the South African payments industry and is currently expanding its footprint into the rest of Africa, with a vision to further expand to global markets where its service finds suitable traction.
“Pay@’s strong management team has honed its industry-leading business model and technology over more than 12 years by leveraging the compelling macro-economic trends in Africa’s digital payments industry,” said Hendrik Jordaan, president and CEO of One Thousand & One Voices.
“We are honoured to invest in a company that could help bring economic freedom to millions of unbanked individuals in Africa.”
Pay@ offers a convenient transaction channel bridging the gap between sophisticated financial services organizations and a population that is still largely unbanked or partially banked.
Pay@ aggregates payment transactions at retailers and other payment networks (such as banks’ electronic channels, mobile payment apps, wallets and informal vendors) thereby enabling access to the latest technology in digital and mobile payments.
By providing an extensive payments platform to a multitude of billers, Pay@ enables customers to make account payments at major retailers in cash, debit and credit cards, via mobile phones, QR-codes, web payments and electronic funds transfers.
Completely interoperable, the Pay@ platform permits virtually any payment method and tender type to be integrated and leverages its accurate real-time validation processes, reduced reconciliation errors and track record of superior service. Source: Tech Financials
