Key facts
- It has raised $100K; the latest was Later Stage VC ($100K) in May 2024.
- Notable investors include Ashwin Ravichandran, Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs Africa, Kanyi Maqubela, Next Chymia, Rose Lake Ventures — 8 tracked in total.
- Status: Privately Held (backing).
- ·The complete investor list — 8 names
- ·Watchlist + deal alerts for Qwili
- ·The full record, as it builds
Funding rounds
No funding rounds for Qwili are on record yet — either the company hasn't raised institutional capital, or the raise hasn't surfaced in our sources.
About Qwili
Operator of a digital marketplace and sales platform designed to enable micro and small merchants to sell digital products and services in informal markets. The company's platform turns smartphones into point-of-sale devices through software and low-cost NFC-enabled hardware, facilitating the sale of airtime, data, electricity, bus tickets, TV subscriptions, and other goods, enabling digitally excluded and unbanked merchants to operate businesses and earn commissions within their local communities.
- Sector
- Information Technology
- HQ
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 24
- Website
- qwili.africa/
- Ownership
- Privately Held (backing)
Qwili doesn't have a composite mark yet — a PA Mark is published once enough pricing inputs exist (trade prints, fund marks, round prices). The rest of the record below builds toward it.
Recorded secondary trades
No secondary trades in Qwili shares have been recorded yet. When a print lands — third-party, direct report, or platform — it appears here with structure, source, and price.
Institutional fund marks
No SEC-registered fund has reported a fair-value mark on Qwili in its N-PORT filings yet. We sweep new filings monthly.