Funding
Pre-seed · Fintech

Grey raises pre-seed under its former Aboki Africa name

Abdul Hassan led the 2021 financing, alongside Niche Capital Limited and Ingressive Capital.

By RoundOS Funding desk

Aboki Africa, now known as Grey, disclosed an undisclosed pre-seed round in November 2021. Contemporary coverage and an investor announcement published on 15 November identified Mono CEO Abdul Hassan as lead, with Niche Capital Limited and Ingressive Capital also participating.

The Nigerian payments startup planned to scale its product and expand its team. At the time, it offered foreign-currency accounts and international payment services for African customers.

Use of funds

Scale product

Expand team

Funding history

Pre-seed · This roundUndisclosed

Sources

  1. Aboki Africa announces preseed launch fundingtechwithafrica.com · Nov 15, 2021
  2. Ingressive Capital investment in Aboki Africaingressivecapital.com · Nov 15, 2021
  3. Announcing our preseed fundinggrey.co · Nov 30, 2022

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