Valuence

What Valuence does

Valuence (Pty) Ltd is a privately-held, founder-led boutique advisory and consulting firm established in South Africa in 2019/2020, headquartered at The Marc, Tower 2, 129 Rivonia Road in Sandton, Gauteng, with a secondary office in Randburg, Johannesburg. Founded by Maylee Lubbe — a former Partner at a Big Four audit firm with 14 years of tenure and over two decades in the Financial Services sector — the firm operates with a team of 8 members and delivers governance, risk management, compliance, internal audit, third-party assurance, and financial controls advisory services exclusively to Financial Services clients, including Life, Non-Life, and Micro Insurers and other regulated entities. The firm holds a Level 1 BBBEE rating, the highest under South Africa's Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment framework, which is a meaningful procurement credential for regulated-FS mandates.

The service portfolio is organized into six core disciplines — Governance, Risk Management, Compliance Monitoring, Third-Party Assurance, Internal Audit, and Finance Function Advisory — and six additional specialized lines covering Cyber Security, Fraud Risk Management, Actuarial & Investments, Market Conduct, POPIA data privacy compliance, and Training. Delivery is professional-services-based, augmented by a partnership with actuarial and investment management consultants that extends the firm into ORSA independent reviews and investment performance work. There is no proprietary software, platform, or API product; the underlying technology is human expertise applied within a GRC framework, and revenue is generated through project-based engagements and ongoing advisory relationships rather than recurring software or managed-service contracts.

Commercially, Valuence runs a sales-led, referral-driven go-to-market targeting enterprise-level Financial Services organizations, primarily within the South African market, with no disclosed geographic expansion beyond Gauteng. Pricing is engagement-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, no VC/PE backing, no funding rounds, and no public listing; ownership is founder-led with Maylee Lubbe holding the executive directorship. Customer logos are not disclosed, and the firm's revenue is not publicly reported.

Name

Valuence

Legal name

Valuence (Pty) Ltd.

Website

https://valuence.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Valuence (Pty) Ltd is a South African boutique advisory firm founded by a former Big Four partner, delivering governance, risk, compliance, internal audit, and financial controls advisory services to enterprise Financial Services clients in Gauteng.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gauteng

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: Professional advisory and consulting fees for services in governance, risk management, compliance, third-party assurance, internal audit, financial controls, and related areas. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements and ongoing advisory relationships with Financial Services clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Valuence is a boutique advisory and consulting firm that delivers governance, risk management, compliance, third-party assurance, internal audit and financial controls advisory services to Financial Services sector clients. Its offering is anchored in six integrated GRC disciplines and extended by additional services in cyber security, fraud risk management, actuarial and investments, market conduct, POPIA compliance, and training, sold as discrete project-based and ongoing advisory engagements.

Product overview

Valuence is a boutique advisory and consulting firm for Financial Services clients, offering a unified portfolio of professional services rather than a software product. The core service offerings include six integrated disciplines: Governance, Risk Management, Compliance Monitoring, Third-Party Assurance, Internal Audit, and Finance Function Advisory. These are complemented by additional specialized services covering Cyber Security, Fraud Risk Management, Actuarial & Investments, Market Conduct, POPIA data privacy compliance, and Training. Together, these services address the comprehensive GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) needs of financial services organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Governance Governance advisory services for Financial Services clients, including board and subcommittee evaluation, King IV application, and integrated assurance plans.
• Risk Management Risk management advisory including framework establishment, risk assessments, risk appetite definition, and integrated assurance for Financial Services organizations.
• Compliance Monitoring Compliance management services including function establishment, risk assessments, monitoring, and regulatory training for Financial Services organizations.
• Third-Party Assurance Third-party risk assurance for Financial Services clients, including framework development, ongoing monitoring, risk profiling, dashboards and reporting, risk-based reviews, control self-assessments and contractual/regulatory compliance reviews.
• Internal Audit Internal audit services covering transformation, function establishment, risk-based reviews, specialist reviews (IT, Actuarial, Investment), and outsourced/co-sourced audit for Financial Services organizations.
• Finance Function Advisory (Financial Controls) Financial controls advisory including policies and procedures, finance process assessment and improvement, and internal financial control framework implementation and ongoing assurance (including JSE requirements).
• Cyber Security Cyber security services including disaster recovery, business continuity, IT governance, security risk management, and resilience assessments for Financial Services organizations.
• Fraud Risk Management Fraud risk management including strategy and framework development, assessments, awareness programs, forensic investigations, and expert witness services.
• Actuarial & Investments Actuarial and investment services including short-term and life actuarial services, ORSA independent reviews, and investment management consulting and performance reviews.
• Market Conduct Market conduct advisory including TCF outcomes implementation, policyholder protection rules compliance reviews, and assurance services for Financial Services organizations.
• POPIA Data privacy and POPIA compliance services including governance reviews, third-party operator assessments, access management reviews, and information security reviews.
• Training Training services covering FAIS Act, Insurance Act, Corruption, Money Laundering, Fraud Awareness, POPIA, Draft COFI Regulations, and Companies Act for Financial Services clients.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Actuarial and Investment Management ConsultantssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerValuence has partnered with actuarial and investment management consultants to service client needs and requirements, providing assurance regarding control environments. This partnership enables delivery of short-term actuarial services, life actuarial services, ORSA independent reviews, and investment management consulting and performance reviews.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EY South Africa: Big Four advisory firm with Financial Services risk, compliance and internal audit practices in South Africa — directly competes for FS advisory engagements across the same GRC service categories.
• Mazars South Africa: Mid-tier international audit and advisory firm with South African FS advisory capabilities covering risk, compliance and internal audit — directly competes with Valuence for FS advisory mandates but at greater scale.
• RSM South Africa: Mid-tier global audit and advisory network with South African FS advisory offerings in governance, risk and compliance — comparable to Valuence in scope but at broader scale and broader sector reach.
• KPMG South Africa: Big Four firm with significant FS risk consulting, regulatory and internal audit offerings in South Africa — competes for the same Financial Services GRC mandates as Valuence.
• BDO South Africa: Mid-tier global advisory and audit firm with a substantial South African Financial Services practice offering governance, risk, compliance and internal audit — overlaps meaningfully with Valuence but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• PwC South Africa: Big Four advisory firm with a large South African FS risk and regulatory practice covering internal audit, governance, compliance and third-party assurance — competes head-to-head with Valuence for boutique-routed FS advisory work.
• Deloitte South Africa: Big Four advisory firm with a large South African Financial Services practice offering governance, risk, regulatory compliance, internal audit and actuarial services — primary incumbent competitor to Valuence in the FS advisory market.

Direct peers

• IQ Business: South African boutique advisory and consulting firm serving financial services and other regulated sectors with risk, compliance, governance and internal audit capabilities — directly comparable to Valuence's niche FS advisory positioning.
• Camargue: South African risk and underwriting advisory firm operating in financial services with risk management and advisory offerings — comparable niche FS risk advisory positioning to Valuence.
• Protiviti South Africa: Global boutique risk consulting and internal audit firm with South African operations serving financial services clients on GRC, internal audit, and risk transformation — closely aligned with Valuence's integrated GRC service model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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