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Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

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SmartWage is one of 1063 Fintech companies tracked from Johannesburg, Africa. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 68% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

SA startup SmartWage raises $347k to expand payday solution 0 By Tom Jackson on June 26, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African fintech startup SmartWage, which partners with companies to give employees instant access to their earned salaries and wages, has raised ZAR6 million (US$347,000) in funding to power the growth and expansion of its payday solution across the country. Co-founded by Simon Ellis, Alex Platt and Nick Platt in 2019, SmartWage launched operations in February.

SA startup SmartWage raises $347k to expand payday solution 0 By Tom Jackson on June 26, 2020 News , Southern Africa South African fintech startup SmartWage, which partners with companies to give employees instant access to their earned salaries and wages, has raised ZAR6 million (US$347,000) in funding to power the growth and expansion of its payday solution across the country. Co-founded by Simon Ellis, Alex Platt and Nick Platt in 2019, SmartWage launched operations in February.

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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.

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 scaled by the fintech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Benchmarked against 1063 companies in Fintech. 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.

Raised more than 68% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 76% of peers (estimate).

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #23 of 29.

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.

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

1. Pre-Seed$347K2020-06-26
   • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
   • 2 investors on this round.

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

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