A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $50M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 7
| Date | Name | Website |
| 21.10.2021 | DFS Lab | dfslab.net |
| - | Shine Capi... | shine.vc |
| 10.02.2025 | The MBA Fu... | thembafund... |
| 21.09.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| 26.12.2024 | Pelion Ven... | pelionvp.c... |
| - | Luno Exped... | lunoexpedi... |
| - | DCG Expedi... | expedition... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.07.2024 | Series A | $40M | - |
| 27.01.2022 | Seed | $10M | - |
Mentions in press and media 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.11.2025 | Tanzania: How an Internet Blackout Affected Tanzania's Election | What's the context? A nationwide internet outage during last week's vote fits a pattern of electoral interference and may fuel abuses, activists say. NAIROBI - A five-day internet shutdown during Tanzania's disputed election and the protest... |
| 07.08.2025 | Pesa acquires IMTO licence to scale its people-first cross-border payment approach | Pesa, a leading bootstrapped Nigerian cross-border payment service, has acquired an IMTO licence from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This licence allows the company to process the transfer of funds from abroad to individuals or entities... |
| 04.06.2025 | Africa’s 500 million person question (Part 2): The quest for a new economic model | This is part 2 of a 2-part series. We wrote a summary of part 1 on TechCabal, where we then invited people to read the full piece on our blog. Below, we are sharing the summary of part 2, and we have again written a longer piece here that w... |
| 22.05.2025 | The Ripple Effect: How a 5% Remittance Tax Could Reshape Africa's Economies | A storm brews on the horizon. The U.S. government is poised to impose a 5% tax on remittances sent by non-citizens. This proposal, dubbed “The One Big Beautiful Bill,” threatens to siphon off an estimated $2.8 billion from Sub-Saharan Afric... |
| 20.05.2025 | U.S. 5% remittance tax plan to threaten $2.8 billion of Africa’s foreign inflows | A proposed U.S. bill to impose a 5% tax on all outbound remittance transfers from non-citizens could divert as much as $2.8 billion from Sub-Saharan African economies in 2025, threatening one of the region’s most stable sources of foreign e... |
| 13.02.2025 | The Digital Revolution in School Payments: ParentSquare's Game-Changer | In the ever-evolving landscape of education technology, simplicity is the golden key. ParentSquare, a titan in digital family engagement, has unveiled a new feature that promises to transform how schools handle payments. Enter ParentSquare ... |
| 12.02.2025 | Fintechs rush for FX transactions will only benefit customers and startups with scale | Nigerian fintechs, drawn to the stability of dollar-based transactions, are increasingly building consumer-focused cross-border (FX) transaction products. While this collective push will benefit consumers through more options and a possible... |
| 31.01.2025 | The Rise of Green Tech and PropTech: A New Era of Investment in Europe | The European startup landscape is buzzing. Investment flows like a river, carving new paths in the realms of Green Tech and PropTech. The latest reports reveal a surge in funding, innovation, and ambition. Companies are not just surviving; ... |
| 31.01.2025 | +++ Amboss +++ PropTech +++ PT1 +++ Encourage Ventures +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Freitag, 31. Januar) #STARTUPTICKER Amboss +++ IPO-Vorbereitungen. Das Berliner EdTech Amboss, das Mediziner... |
| 31.10.2024 | YC-backed Bamboo expands to Canada with remittance product | Bamboo, the Y Combinator-backed investment app that allows Africans to buy and trade local and international stocks, is expanding to Canada after securing the country’s Money Service Business (MSB) licence. The company also launched its rem... |
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