Group
Forty students, twenty hours, one room of playful machines
Octoco and InventAfrika put forty engineering students from Stellenbosch and UCT in a room at Workshack for twenty hours, with one brief: build a playful machine.
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01 · How the group works
The three ways we help companies.
- 01
Invest
Meaningful stakes in technology companies with paying customers.
- 02
Build
Octoco Consulting, Octoco AI and Polymorph, on call for every company we back.
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Incubate
Yenza Venture Studio takes founders from idea to first revenue.
02 · Why technology-driven
We bring capital and the ability to execute.
Technology companies fail on execution, not ambition. Our operating companies have spent years fixing exactly that.
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Diligence by engineers
Our own people read the code before we invest.
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Capability on call
Three operating companies behind every holding.
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Patient capital
We hold long and follow on where it is earned.
03 · The services wing
We know how to build.
- 01since 2020
Engineering and advisory
Octoco Consulting
Technology meets business
- 02since 2025
AI innovation studio
Octoco AI
Cut through AI noise. Build what matters.
- 03since 2012
Product and software studio
Polymorph
People-centred custom software development
- 04since 2024
Venture studio
Yenza Venture Studio
From idea to first revenue
04 · Portfolio
Companies we back.
05 · Latest
Latest from the group.
Portfolio
Tax season is open, and TaxTim is ready
Individual returns for the 2026 year opened on 13 July. TaxTim walks South Africans through theirs, with Tim, its AI assistant, on the platform and on WhatsApp.
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Group
A new chapter for Octoco: James de Villiers appointed CEO
Octoco Consulting, the group's engineering company, marks a leadership milestone as James de Villiers takes over as Chief Executive.
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Portfolio
HisWay Labs takes TrackView to Europe at Rail Live 2025
Fresh from its EU patent, HisWay Labs introduced its rail-break sensing device to European operators in Madrid as part of a South African trade delegation.
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