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Paper Plane Ventures

VC
Cape Town, South AfricaWebsite

Paper Plane Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa investing in Other, Enterprise, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML
HQ
Cape Town, South Africa
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-12

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

A South-Africa focused micro-fund investing in supply chain optimization, agritech, and B2B SaaS innovations.

How Paper Plane Ventures invests

Paper Plane Ventures is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.

Paper Plane Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Paper Plane Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including CropChain SA.

Partners & Team

MS

Michael Stannard

Managing Partner

telecom
digital infrastructure
emerging stage SA tech
JV

James van der Westhuizen

Managing Partner

Supply Chain
South Africa
SV

Stuart van der Veen

Founder & CEO

Telecommunications
Technology
Analytics Platforms
Aviation-related Products & Services

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Enterprise
SaaS
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Media

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

CR

CropChain SA

Agritech
How to pitch Paper Plane Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Enterprise, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Stannard, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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