YCS16· OtherFlutterwave
Helping businesses make and accept payments from anywhere in Africa.
Founders
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Competitors
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Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
NombaW17Banking and payments for businesses in AfricaShared: fintechActive
GoCardlessS11We’re building the world’s bank payment network.Shared: fintechActive
inaiS21Segment for global paymentsShared: fintechAcquired
PAYZES21Stripe for former Soviet Union countriesShared: fintechInactive
BridgecardS22Card issuer for AfricaShared: fintechInactive
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About Flutterwave
At Flutterwave, we are on a mission to build payments infrastructure to connect Africa to the global economy. We do this by building technology, tools, and infrastructure for businesses and banks who want to provide a more seamless and secure payments experience for their customers. Founded in 2016 by a team of African finance and technology veterans from Standard Bank, Angela, PayPal, Google Wallet amongst others. Flutterwave has grown to become one of the fastest growing payments companies in the world. Since inception Flutterwave has processed close to $20 billion in payments and 100 million transactions across over 33 African countries where it currently operates. It has attracted significant investment from experienced Fintech investors such as Ycombinator Continuity Fund (investors in Stripe), Greycroft (investors in Braintree and Venmo), Greenvisor Capital, Omidyar Network, and Glynn Capital amongst others. In 2017 Flutterwave was named Africa’s best fintech company at the Apps Africa Innovation Awards.
Lagos, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria
Flutterwave: questions
Which YC batch was Flutterwave in?
Flutterwave was in Y Combinator's Summer 2016 batch (S16).
Is Flutterwave still active?
Y Combinator lists Flutterwave as active.
Where is Flutterwave based?
Flutterwave lists Lagos, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria as its location on YC's directory.
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