Portfolio of companies
The companies in our portfolio
This portfolio includes companies that Newtown Partners has invested in and companies that our partners, Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen, have personally invested in.
Civic is a blockchain-based decentralized identity management platform with a mission is to provide every person on Earth with a digital identity that they can use to interact privately and securely with the world.
BitGo empowers businesses to integrate digital currencies into their financial systems securely and at scale.
IPFS is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer and more open. It makes it possible to distribute high volumes of data with high efficiency and zero duplication resulting in storage savings. IPFS also provides historic versioning and makes it simple to set up resilient networks for the mirroring of data.
String Labs develops advanced decentralized protocols and DAPPS including DFinity, an open virtual blockchain computer and technology that extends and refocuses the Ethereum ecosystem for business.
Augmentors brings a new dimension to gaming, one where reality and illusion collide. Backed by the Bitcoin Blockchain, players can own the their own creatures and engage them in battle. The token sale for the game raised $1000 000 in 28 days, making it the most successful token sale of all time.
Wala is a blockchain-powered financial services platform for the un- and underbanked. They aim to solve financial exclusion, affecting 3.5 billion people, by eliminating their barriers to banking and offering zero-fee transactional banking, remittances, loans and insurance.
Block.one designs free market systems to secure life, liberty and property by publishing open source software that is free for everyone to use.
Zeppelin builds key infrastructure to develop and operate smart contract systems. They also conduct security audits of decentralized applications. Networks worth over $4.5 billion have been built with their systems.
SweepSouth provides trusted, reliable home cleaners, which can be booked by phone, tablet or computer. Within seconds a person looking for a cleaner is connected to a cleaner near them. SweepSouth is the first South African startup to be accepted into the 500 Startup accelerator program in Silicon Valley.
Flutterwave provides an end-to-end payments infrastructure that covers all aspects of processing payments and it is used across Africa by banks to ensure that they maintain a seamless digital experience for all their customers.
Stem tracks and organises revenue streams for artists – from writers to filmmakers and their teams, giving a clear picture of earnings at all times and ensuring that everyone involved in the creative process gets paid.
From startups to Fortune 500 companies, Bitaccess provides software services to power Fintech businesses in over 15 countries. Their customers rely on Bitaccess software and services to power their core infrastructure, compliance, security and support services.
Chronicled delivers trusted IoT and supply chain solutions to enterprise clients. Chronicled secures IoT device identities, data and event logs and automates IoT-dependent business logic through smart contracts. Chronicled is also a founding member of the Trusted IoT Alliance.
Bloomable (formerly SA Florist) is an online marketplace for local florists and artisans all over South Africa. Bloomable offers nationwide gifting and fresh flower delivery. SAFlorist was ranked as one of South Africa’s top 25 most innovative companies in 2015 (Fast Company Magazine).
