Companies

Job Crystal

Africa

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$250K
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
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Latest step-up
Top 4%
Sector rank · raised
Pre-Seed
Latest stage · inferred · Thu Aug 27 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Job Crystal has raised $250K over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

2 Investors

SA recruitment startup Job Crystal raises $250k funding from Enygma Ventures 0 By Tom Jackson on August 27, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African recruitment startup Job Crystal has raised ZAR4.2 million (US$250,000) in funding from Enygma Ventures’ Shift Fund to enable it to expand its impact. A partnership between Enygma Ventures , a ZAR100 million (US$6.8 million) fund launched late last year with a focus on investing in women entrepreneurs in the SADC region, and Startup Circles , the Shift Fund was launched in April .

SA recruitment startup Job Crystal raises $250k funding from Enygma Ventures 0 By Tom Jackson on August 27, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African recruitment startup Job Crystal has raised ZAR4.2 million (US$250,000) in funding from Enygma Ventures’ Shift Fund to enable it to expand its impact. A partnership between Enygma Ventures , a ZAR100 million (US$6.8 million) fund launched late last year with a focus on investing in women entrepreneurs in the SADC region, and Startup Circles , the Shift Fund was launched in April .

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

ZA
Jurisdiction
2
Investors (latest)
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$2.5M$5.0M$7.5M$10MPre-Seed · 2020-08-27 Raised $250K (real) Modeled valuation $5.4M (est)$250K$5.4MPre-Seed2020

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Pre-Seed$250K · 2020

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$5.4M
Base estimate est.
$167K
Conservative case
$58.4M
Upside case
$1.4M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
30%
Survival probability
12% low · 55% high
1.55×/yr
Annual markup
2.10×/yr upside case
5.8 yr
Elapsed time used
5.8 yr actual, capped for stale marks
general
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
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Avg between rounds
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Capital velocity
6.1 yr
On record since
2020
First round
1
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 8525 companies in this sector. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)▼ 0.2× of median
This company$250K
Sector median$1.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)▼ 0.4× of median
This company$5.4M
Sector median$14.6M

Raised more than 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 97% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Pre-Seed$250K2020-08-27$1.4M$5.4M45%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Pre-Seed$250K2020-08-27
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 2 investors on this round.
Intelligence
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Modeled next raise
$400K
Modeled next size est.range $260K–$640K
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Last step-up
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Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Job Crystal is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
ZA
Jurisdiction
Investors

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

FirmRoundConfidence
Enygma VenturesPre-Seed55%
Enygma Ventures’ Shift FundPre-Seed55%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Job Crystal raised?
Job Crystal has raised approximately $250K in disclosed capital across 1 recorded financing round, aggregated from public filings.
What is Job Crystal's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Job Crystal is approximately $5.4M (modeled range $167K–$58.4M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Job Crystal at?
Job Crystal's latest modeled financing stage is Pre-Seed. Its most recent recorded round closed around Thu Aug 27.
What does Job Crystal do and where is it based?
Job Crystal is a private company, based in Africa. SA recruitment startup Job Crystal raises $250k funding from Enygma Ventures 0 By Tom Jackson on August 27, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African recruitment startup Job Crystal has raised ZAR4.2 million (US$250,000) in funding from Enygma Ventures’ Shift Fund to enable it to expand its impact. A partnership between Enygma Ventures , a ZAR100 million (US$6.8 million) fund launched late last year with a focus on investing in women entrepreneurs in the SADC region, and Startup Circles , the Shift Fund was launched in April .
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