He’s been linked to the likes of ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba and the DA to President Cyril Ramaphosa, has invested in a string of big-name startups like Zapper and Monday.com and is even a key backer of gambling platform Betway. But for many, Martin Moshal – a 51-year-old media-shy, multimillionaire tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist who grew up in Durban, but apparently now lives in London – continues to remain a mystery, as I discovered when I set out to find out exactly who he is.

I first came across his name back in 2017 when I was editor of Ventureburn, a publication that covers Africa’s tech startup sector. When following up on a press release from Zapper, a QR code mobile payments solution, the fintech’s CEO David de Villiers declined to reveal who the company’s main investor was, saying only that the money came from an angel investor.