Paystack secures $1.3m seed investment

One of Nigeria’s most anticipated tech start-ups, Paystack has just secured a $1.3 million Seed investment from both international and homegrown investors.

The investors include Tencent, Comcast Ventures and Singularity Investments, with participation from Spark, M&S Partners, Tokyo Founders Fund, Blue Rinc Capital, Pave Investments, KIBS-CFY Partners, Michael Siebel, Justin Kan, Olumide Soyombo and Leonard Stiegeler among others.

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Founded by Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, Paystack initially caught the eye of industry commentators when it emerged as one the first Nigerian tech company to be accepted into the world-famous Y Combinator progam, based in Silicon Valley.

Since then, having taken Paystack through Private beta, and securing $120,000 early-stage investment from Y Combinator, Akinlade [CEO] and Olubi [CTO] have quietly been building the company, working to secure this Seed investment round, whilst also building a network of partner merchants in Nigeria, over 1,500, who are now using the platform to accept online payments.

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