FinMeUp, a South African financial education startup, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding in an angel round from ZAQ Ventures (Venture Studio). The funding would be used for the development and expansion of the platform and product offerings. It includes launching new features and establishing partnerships along with the implementation and launch of FinMeUp wealth, its insurance and credit platform. The startup also plans to launch a new service, FinMeUp Academy.

In an interview with Ventureburn, the founder of FinMeUp, Higgo van Biljon, said that they paused new features while gaining insights from the co-creating community. It has grown to 18,000 members and reached 50,000 unique users per month; to understand where the biggest gaps in their financial journeys are.”
He further said, “FinMeUp’s incentive-based financial learning to execution platform allows users to experience a full time trusted financial advisor. But also helps you execute on your decisions.”
FinMeUp came into being in 2020 as a platform to educate, equip and enrich its users; taking them from education to execution so that they can become the bosses of their finances. The startup has various innovative, simplistic and user-friendly features and tools, helping its vision become an ever-increasing reality. FinMeup, within one year of its launch, has gathered a total of 7,000 active users on its pilot platform.