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Fintech startup Chipper Cash bags US$150mn Series C extension round

African cross-border payments firm Chipper Cash has raised $150 million in a Series C extension round to become the latest Unicorn in Africa.

The round, led by crypto exchange platform FTX, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried add to the initial $100mn funding secured in June led by Silicon Valley Bank’s investment arm SVB Capital and brings the company’s total funding to date to over $305 million.

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Chipper Cash CEO Ham Serunjogi said in an interview that thanks to the extension, the firm can now count itself among Africa’s fintech unicorns, with a valuation slightly above $2 billion.

The two founders previously worked at Big Techs in Silicon Valley — Serunjogi at Facebook and Moujaled at Flickr and Yahoo.

Chipper Cash now counts four million people as regular users of its services.

SVB Capital added to their previous investment in this extension round alongside a number of other existing investors, including Deciens Capital, Ribbit Capital, Bezos Expeditions, and Tribe Capital.

What You Need To Know About Chipper Cash

Founded in 2017 by Serunjogi and Maijid Moujaled, the start-up operates across seven African nations — Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa, and Kenya — and provides no-fee peer-to-peer (P2P) cross-border payment services.

Chipper Cash has also been experimenting with social payment systems. Twitter released its Tips feature, also known as Tip Jar, earlier this year to allow authors to earn money on the network. To make it available in diverse locations, the social media company linked with some payment platforms.

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Nichole Manhire

Is the media and brand manager at GFA News. She works very closely with editors and podcasters that contribute to telling the African business success story. For marketing and advertising send Nichole an email: nichole@getfundedafrica.com

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