About
Based in Cape Town, HBD was established in 2000 by Mark Shuttleworth. Their first fund, HBD Fund1, offered seed capital to a range of start-up companies. The fund will not make any new investments but continues to offer support with a view to successfully on-selling their ventures within the next two years.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 33,888 investors in VCSift focus on the fintech sector.
- • 269 investors are based in Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Stages
- series-a
- Sectors
- fintech
- Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
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