We're accelerating the adoption of crypto in Africa by providing tools that make it easier, faster and cheaper for businesses to build user-friendly crypto products.
Location: Nigeria, Lagos
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $600K
Founded date: 2019
Founders name: Bashir Aminu; Chibuzor Anyameluhor
Founders Related Locations: Nigeria; Nigeria, Lagos, Lagos; United States, Georgia, Atlanta; United States, Oregon, Coos County; United Kingdom, England, Birmingham; United Kingdom, England, London; United States, Illinois, Chicago
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 15.03.2022 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| 05.11.2023 | Flori Vent... | floriventu... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 02.12.2021 | Pre-Seed | $600K | - |
Persons 2
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Bashir | Aminu | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | Nigeria |
| - | Chibuzor | Anyameluho... | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Kin... |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.03.2022 | The 25 crypto startups that Y Combinator is backing in its W22 batch | Crypto was big at YC this batch. Y Combinator Demo Days returned yet again with another ballooning heap of startups. In the old days, a gaggle of TechCrunch reporters would go to the Demo Day in person, write up the presentations of each st... |
| 29.03.2022 | A look at all 35 international fintech startups at YC’s winter 2022 Demo Day | As more banking, e-commerce and insurance startups work to improve the way business is done in emerging countries, it should come as no surprise that this winter’s Y Combinator batch is rife with related efforts. There are 35 companies this... |
| 02.12.2021 | Payourse’s $600k pre-seed, Herconomy’s 24hr funding and Octamile’s $500k pre-seed | Share this article: Hi there, Today, I’m discussing: Payourse’s $600k pre-seed $600k pre-seed by Herconomy World AIDS Day Octamile’s $500k pre-seed OfferZen’s $5.1m Series A Payourse’s $600k pre-seed L-R Payourse Co-founders, Bashir Aminuy ... |
| 02.12.2021 | Payourse, a blockchain startup in Nigeria, has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding | Payourse, a blockchain startup based in Lagos, Nigeria, is raising $600,000 in pre-seed funding to scale its products and expand into new markets. Payourse’s goal is to make cryptocurrency more accessible to Africans. Flori Ventures, Olumid... |
| 01.12.2021 | Nigeria’s Payourse secures $600k pre-seed to accelerate crypto adoption across Africa | By creating more secure saving and trading options as well as frictionless cross-border payment and instant local remittance, crypto continues to solve the persistent inefficiencies in Africa’s conventional financial systems. But as good as... |
| 01.12.2021 | Nigeria-based blockchain startup, Payourse raises $600k pre-seed to build a Web3 powerhouse | Nigeria-based crypto platform @payourse has announced a $600,000 pre-seed round as it looks to hire more talent and build out existing products |
| 01.12.2021 | Nigeria-based blockchain startup, Payourse raises $600k pre-seed to build a Web3 powerhouse | Share this article: In most stories, there are almost always two sides of the coin. When it comes to fundraising, for some, it could be as easy as getting funds in two hours, and for others, it could take as much as nine years The fundraisi... |
| - | New crypto startups are dominating 2022, and 28 of them just launched out of Y Combinator. Here's the full list. | Kaben Clauson (left) and Brian Bristol, the cofounders of Pigeon Loans, one of this year's 28 Y Combinator crypto startups. Pigeon Loan This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Y C... |