Vanthor

Useful software, built and run in South Africa.

Vanthor makes its own products and runs them for the long term. Four are live and taking payment today: business software for small service companies, asset tracking for organisations, a group-trip planner and a monthly meal planner. Two more are in development. Everything is built, hosted and supported in-house.

Products

Each product pays its own way and has its own customers. All of them are free to start.

The Tovu home page: run your whole business from one place, with a free sign-up form
Live

Tovu

Software for small service businesses: bookings, customers, quotes and invoices, jobs in the field, a till, stock, loyalty and an online shop, all in one place.

For
Salons, trades, repair shops, studios and other service businesses
Price
Free plan; paid plans from R299 a month
Visit tovu.co.za
The Quartermaster home page: track everything, miss nothing, beside a sample list of tracked assets Live

Quartermaster

Asset tracking for organisations: what you own, where it is, who has it, when it's due for maintenance and what it's worth now. Unlimited users on every plan.

For
IT teams, facilities, workshops and anyone with equipment to account for
Price
Free up to 100 assets; paid plans from R299 a month
Visit assets.tovu.co.za
The Veldplan home page: plan the trip together, not in the WhatsApp group Live

Veldplan

Plans a group hunting or outdoor trip in one shared place: who's coming, dates, the farm, food, packing lists and who owes whom. In Afrikaans and English.

For
The person who always ends up organising the trip
Price
Free for up to 4 people per trip; R149 for a Trip Pass, or R399 a year for unlimited trips
Visit veldplan.tovu.co.za
A month of dinners printed from Monthmenu, ready for the fridge Live

Monthmenu

Plans a month of dinners around who's home, what everyone eats and your grocery budget, then writes the shopping list. No AI; it follows your household's rules.

For
Households tired of the "what's for supper" question
Price
This week's dinners are always free; Plus is R39 a month or R349 a year, with 14 days free to try
Visit monthmenu.tovu.co.za
Internal

V-Books

Double-entry accounting built around SARS requirements. It keeps Vanthor's own books today and isn't for sale yet.

In development

Kugelblitz

An online arena game for PC, built in Godot. Planned for Steam.

How we work

Vanthor is deliberately small. Automated tools and written procedures handle the repetitive work of building, testing and running the products, which keeps costs low enough for each product to stand on its own.

The products share the same groundwork: one way of handling accounts, payments, privacy and hosting. A new product starts with that already in place, so it reaches customers sooner.

  • Self-fundedNo outside investors. Money a product earns goes into the next one.
  • Privacy built inEvery product follows South Africa's privacy law (POPIA) from the first release, with its customer data on servers in South Africa.
  • Here for the long runWe don't build to sell. Customers get products that stay supported.

Have an idea for software? We can build it with you.

If you know a problem worth solving but can't build the software yourself, Vanthor can. We design, build, launch, host and sell it, and you get a share of what it earns.

  1. Tell us the idea

    The problem, who has it, and why it's worth solving. No deck or prototype needed.

  2. We decide, then build

    Most ideas won't be a fit. The ones that are, we pay for and build: product, engineering, launch and support. You carry none of the cost.

  3. You share the revenue

    Once it sells, you earn a share of its net revenue for as long as it runs. Bring more than the idea, like customers or industry knowledge, and your share grows. Every figure is set in a written agreement.

Pitch it in an email

Tell us the problem, who has it and what you can bring. If it's a fit, we'll take it from there.

Send us your idea

Ideas shared through this page are non-confidential and place Vanthor under no obligation; Vanthor may already be exploring similar concepts independently. No revenue share, payment or partnership arises unless and until a written agreement is signed. Sharing an idea creates no ownership in anything Vanthor builds.

4
products live and taking payment
2
in development
R0
to start on every live product
2026
founded

Contact

Vanthor (Pty) Ltd is a private company registered in South Africa (registration 2026/479520/07). For anything about the company or its products, email [email protected].

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