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Flutterwave

Active · Helping businesses make and accept payments from anywhere in Africa.

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works
21signal of 100 · rising 3
  • team of 500Team size · YC's directory+14
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • 2 programsMore than one program · this site+3

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Competitors

OtherAcquiredPaystackShared: payment infrastructure, accept payment, africaYC W16LagosStartup →OtherXenditShared: payment experience, payment infrastructure, accept paymentYC S15JakartaStartup →OtherFluxShared: payment infrastructure, accept payment, anywhereYC W21LagosStartup →OtherMalgaShared: accept payment, transactionYC S21Rio de JaneiroStartup →OtherInactivePAYZEShared: accept payment, helping, countryYC S21TbilisiStartup →
Companies closest to Flutterwave
Company
PaystackShared: payment infrastructure, accept payment, africaYC W16AcquiredOther
XenditShared: payment experience, payment infrastructure, accept paymentYC S15ActiveOther
FluxShared: payment infrastructure, accept payment, anywhereYC W21ActiveOther
MalgaShared: accept payment, transactionYC S21ActiveOther
PAYZEShared: accept payment, helping, countryYC S21InactiveOther

Adjacent

OtherFLIZpayShared: accept paymentAntler 2024GermanyStartup →OtherEpointShared: accept payment, transaction, secure500 Global 2023AzerbaijanStartup →OtherHitPayShared: payment infrastructure, growingYC S21SingaporeStartup →Developer toolsUnifoldShared: payment infrastructure, accept, experienceYC W26New York CityStartup →OtherBalanceShared: payment experience, bankYC S20San FranciscoStartup →
Companies next to Flutterwave
Company
FLIZpayShared: accept paymentAntler 2024Not statedOther
EpointShared: accept payment, transaction, secure500 Global 2023Not statedOther
HitPayShared: payment infrastructure, growingYC S21ActiveOther
UnifoldShared: payment infrastructure, accept, experienceYC W26ActiveDevtools
BalanceShared: payment experience, bankYC S20ActiveOther

Also from S16

All of S16
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Company
Nova CreditBridging a world of consumer-permissioned credit datateam of 1002 programsActiveData
OneChronosThe Smart Market Powering The Futureteam of 75hiringActiveAI
Sway FinanceSway is bringing AI to the accounting industryteam of 2InactiveAI
Airo HealthAiro is an AI wearable to track mental health.team of 2InactiveAI
AthelasExtensible, Integrated Technology that Simplifies Health Systemsteam of 1khiringActiveAI
BirdThe world’s largest omnichannel communications platformteam of 500YC top companyActiveDevtools

Programs

Programs Flutterwave went through
ProgramCohortSource
Y CombinatorS16YC Page
Plug and PlayNot statedPlug and Play Page

About Flutterwave

At Flutterwave, we are on a mission to build payments infrastructure to connect Africa to the global economy. We do this by building technology, tools, and infrastructure for businesses and banks who want to provide a more seamless and secure payments experience for their customers. Founded in 2016 by a team of African finance and technology veterans from Standard Bank, Angela, PayPal, Google Wallet amongst others. Flutterwave has grown to become one of the fastest growing payments companies in the world. Since inception Flutterwave has processed close to $20 billion in payments and 100 million transactions across over 33 African countries where it currently operates. It has attracted significant investment from experienced Fintech investors such as Ycombinator Continuity Fund (investors in Stripe), Greycroft (investors in Braintree and Venmo), Greenvisor Capital, Omidyar Network, and Glynn Capital amongst others. In 2017 Flutterwave was named Africa’s best fintech company at the Apps Africa Innovation Awards.

YC batch
S16 · Summer 2016
Status, per YC
Active
Category
Other
Team size
500
Location
Lagos, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Fintech

Flutterwave in S16: 102 companies, 18% AI

Flutterwave: questions

Which YC batch was Flutterwave in?

Flutterwave was in Y Combinator's Summer 2016 batch (S16).

Which accelerators did Flutterwave go through?

Flutterwave is listed by Y Combinator (S16), Plug and Play.

Is Flutterwave still active?

Y Combinator lists Flutterwave as active.

Where is Flutterwave based?

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