Zone

Private

LagosFinTechhttps://zonenetwork.com/

Last Round

Seed

Mar 18, 2024

Est. Valuation

$6.67M

Total Funding Raised

$20.5M

Company Overview

Zone is a fintech company that operates a regulated blockchain network for payments, enabling financial service providers to process payments and accept digital currencies in Africa.

Sector

FinTech

Verticals

Digital Payments, Blockchain Infrastructure, Digital Banking, Point-of-Sale, Smart Contracts

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Usage-Based SaaS, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

blockchain payment infrastructurepayment switchdecentralized payment gatewaypeer-to-peer transactionreal-time settlementcross-border paymentcrypto railsfinancial transaction processingautomated reconciliationlayer-1 blockchaindecentralized financeDeFipayment routingB2B fintechfraud detection

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Zone Comps

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Zone comps — public and private peers by sector, stage, and business model
Company	Status	Est. Valuation	Rev Multiple
OpenAI	Private	$86.0B	~40x
Cohere	Private	$5.0B	--
Competitor 1	Public	$XX.XB	XXx
Competitor 2	Public	$XX.XB	XXx

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Zone Funding Rounds

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Data table
Round	Date	Amount Raised	Valuation	Investors	Sources
Seed	Mar 18, 2024
Series A	Apr 12, 2021
Strategic	Jun 10, 2014

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Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Wale Onawunmi

Co-Founder CTO

Founding Team

Ahmed Macaulay

Product CEO, Prime

Executive Team

Obi Emetarom

Co-Founder CEO

Founding Team

Olajide Wey

CFO

Executive Team

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Zone Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Zone investors
Investor	Rounds
Constant Ventures	Seed
CardinalStone Capital Advisers	Seed, Series A
Timon Capital	Series A
Flourish Ventures	Seed
Lateral Capital	Seed
Alter Global	Seed
Lateral Frontiers	Seed

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Jan 30, 2025
Added Kongapay, a mid-market fintech/payments company, as a customer.
Mar 18, 2024
$9M raised in Seed round.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersLagos

Employee Range250

Year Founded2008

Last FundingMar 18, 2024

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