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Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2016
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
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| Samurai Incubate | samurai-incubate.co.jp | |
| VentureSouq | venturesouq.com |
Mentions in press and media 10
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| Aug 4, 2021 | Meet Abeg: Big Brother Naija sponsor and app of the hour | It’s Season 6 of Big Brother Naija (BBN), and the theme is ‘Shine ya eye” – a theme that BBN’s tech sponsors like Patricia and Abeg are taking quite seriously. Big Brother Nigeria is Nigeria’s take on the Dutch Reality TV show, Big Brother,... |
| Nov 17, 2020 | Wallets Africa partners with VISA to help businesses issue cards to employees and customers | Share this article: Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa, has joined forces with global payments giant, Visa, to launch debit cards for its customers. Founded by John Oke in 2018, the idea for Wallets Africa is simple — financial transa... |
| Jun 25, 2020 | Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, Michael Seibel | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa. Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa, has raised an... |
| Jun 25, 2020 | Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, Michael Seibel | This article is brought to you as part of a new partnership between two of Africa's foremost news and information platforms for African tech startups, Ventureburn and Techpoint Africa. Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa, has raised a... |
| Jun 24, 2020 | Wallets Africa raises fresh capital from Samurai Incubate, Mozilla, and Michael Seibel | Share this article: Nigerian fintech startup, Wallets Africa, has raised an undisclosed round of investment. Founded in 2018, Wallets Africa makes it easy for users to transact across Africa with an app and a card. According to founder and ... |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Samurai Incubate announces plans to raise over $18m for second Africa fund [Updated] | Japanese headquartered venture capital (VC) firm Samurai Incubate Africa is looking to raise 2 billion yen ($18.2-million) for a second fund to support startups in Africa. Samurai Incubate Africa, which was established in May 2018 as Leapf... |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Samurai Incubate announces plans to raise over $18m for second Africa fund [Updated] | Japanese headquartered venture capital (VC) firm Samurai Incubate Africa is looking to raise 2 billion yen ($18.2-million) for a second fund to support startups in Africa. Samurai Incubate Africa, which was established in May 2018 as Leapfr... |
| Jan 19, 2018 | Ledger Set to Lead in Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallets After Raising $75 Million | In an impressive Series B round of funding led by Draper Espirit this week, Ledger raised $75 million. This is a whopping 1071% increase from last year’s Series A round where they raised just $7 million. Several factors have attributed the ... |
| Argent, a startup that aims to improve the security of crypto wallets, just raised $40 million using this 20-slide pitch deck | Argent cofounders Gerald Goldstein, Julien Niset, and Itamar Lesuisse Argent This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. London-based cryptocurrency startup Argent has raised $40 mill... |
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FAQ about Wallets Africa
When was Wallets Africa founded?
Wallets Africa was founded in 2016.
Who has invested in Wallets Africa?
Parsers VC lists 3 investors of Wallets Africa, among them Samurai Incubate and VentureSouq.
What has the press written about Wallets Africa?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Wallets Africa, among them “Meet Abeg: Big Brother Naija sponsor and app of the hour” (Aug 4, 2021) and “Wallets Africa partners with VISA to help businesses issue cards to employees and customers” (Nov 17, 2020).
Is Wallets Africa still active?
Yes, Wallets Africa is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 6, 2021.