It’s official: $4.9M raised to build the OS for finance and money in emerging markets.
Led by @FlourishVC, joined by @Visa, @lavavc_ , @TLcomCapital, @AntlerGlobal, @MushaVentures, 4DX Ventures and more.
Grateful. Humbled. Excited.
4 years ago, I built @honeycoinapp from my bedroom during COVID.
Today, we move $150M+ every month across 100+ countries. This is the first time we're talking about our journey ever. 🧵 1/
@joshm@diabrowser Enjoying the chat feature on Dia. However the ergonomic gains on Arc are just too hard to unlearn even after switching over. My two sense, lose the fluff on arc, port over the ergonomics to Dia(Or at least allow for such customizations) - Vertical tabs, full views, split tabs etc
Today I'm excited to officially announce LAVA - an early-stage fund backing exceptional founders building the financial plumbing and trust tools for the African market.
My journey from @borderlessaf to magma and now LAVA has been guided by one conviction: Africa's unique market dynamics make it the perfect breeding ground for Web3's most practical and scalable applications.
We've already backed 9 startups led by amazing founders, including @honeycoinapp, @OnboardGlobal, @kotanipay, @getliquidapp, @MentoLabs, @cngn_co, @accrueHQ, @0xshield3, and @paycrest.
Read more about our thesis and why we believe the future is being built at this frontier: https://t.co/bUiqCy1tV8
“Treasonous criminals” and “digital wankers” standing on business while Harvard and Oxford PhDs ridicule them.
Kenyan youth have taught a master class on how to be active citizens
BIG DAY TODAY! 🤩
We’re launching our consumer platform under a fresh new brand, Peer. 💜
We like to describe it as the “everything app” for users anywhere in the world.
Live on Play Store & App Store. 💡
More here 👇
We had an amazing beta launch event for @hive_wallet yesterday (pictures coming soon!) Thank you to everyone that honored our invite and showed up, having 100+ of you in one room all getting a first look & feel of the product was pretty dope! 💛