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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News
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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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Investment
TaxTim acquired by a consortium led by Twofold Capital and Octoco
South Africa's digital tax assistant has new owners. Octoco Group joined the Twofold Capital-led consortium, and co-founder Evan Robinson stays on as Head of Product.
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Investment
Yenza Venture Studio completes its first investment, in Squirrel Away
The group's venture studio closed its first investment from the venture programme: Squirrel Away, a fintech that lets family and friends invest in a child's future from R10.
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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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Group
Introducing Octoco AI
The group's third operating company launches: an AI innovation studio that takes organisations from training to production and co-builds AI-native ventures with founders.
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Group
Five years of Octoco
From a focused CTO-services firm in 2020 to a group with three operating companies, a venture studio and a growing portfolio: a look back at the first five years.
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Group
Octoco launches Yenza Venture Studio in Stellenbosch
A venture studio for early-stage, tech-enabled founders opens in Stellenbosch, backed by a group that has already invested in 13 startups, eight of them revenue-generating and four profitable.
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Portfolio
LeaseSurance relaunches its platform on a rebuilt risk and claims engine
Five months of engineering with Octoco replaced spreadsheet imports with real-time API integration and an automated claims portal, setting up LeaseSurance's no-deposit rental model to scale.
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Group
Polymorph joins the Octoco Group
The Stellenbosch software consultancy behind work for Capitec, Absa and OneDayOnly becomes part of the group, adding product design and custom software to the services wing.
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