Founded in 2024 by Germain Bahri and Rinse Jacobs, Zazu is a FinTech startup based in Cape Town focused on serving small and medium enterprises across Africa. The company positions itself as a “Finance OS” for SMEs, bundling business accounts with invoicing, spend management and bookkeeping features to simplify day-to-day financial operations. Zazu aims to improve banking for founders and SMEs by integrating these tools into a single platform. The company recently closed an undisclosed Seed round led by Launch Africa Ventures to scale its SME banking platform. The article does not provide revenue, user, or other operating metrics. Future plans described in the coverage center on scaling the platform with the new funding.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jul 2026