Cowrywise

YC S18 · Active · Digitizing wealth management in Africa

Competitors

Companies closest to Cowrywise
Company	Category	Status	Program
AkasiaShared: wealth management, investment, financialNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 GlobalMena 4
RoviaShared: wealth management, investmentNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	Antler2025
BlueleafShared: wealth management, financial, accessNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 Global2012
OpenInvestShared: wealth management, investment, marketAcquiredOther	Other	Acquired	YCS15
Elphinstone, Inc.Shared: wealth managementActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW22

Adjacent

Companies next to Cowrywise
Company	Category	Status	Program
WealorShared: wealth, asset managementActiveAI	AI	Active	YCX26
Go RiseShared: wealth management, financialNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 Global2020
Pit.AIShared: investment management, market, technologyInactiveAI	AI	Inactive	YCW17
FLX NetworksShared: wealth management, investment, savingNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	Plug and Play
FinmarkShared: financial planningAcquiredOther	Other	Acquired	YCS20

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About Cowrywise

Cowrywise is a FinTech company democratizing access to premium financial services by making these services available to the mass market cheaply. We are leveraging technology and investment management to re-imagine how financial planning, savings and investment products are delivered to people. We do this by helping our customers achieve their savings and investments goals in a simple, secure and affordable manner.

YC batch: S18 · Summer 2018
Status, per YC: Active
Category: Other
Team size: 40
Location: Lagos, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria
Checked: 33m ago

YC tags: Fintech

Cowrywise in S18: 131 companies, 29% AI

Cowrywise: questions

Which YC batch was Cowrywise in?

Cowrywise was in Y Combinator's Summer 2018 batch (S18).

Is Cowrywise still active?

Y Combinator lists Cowrywise as active.

Where is Cowrywise based?

Cowrywise lists Lagos, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria as its location on YC's directory.

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