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Patika (YC S22)

Patika (YC S22)

Simple Receivable Automation & Payments for Africa’s Small Businesses

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Security Type
CAFES
Categories
Technology, Financial Services, Community & Lifestyle
Min Investment
$100
Location
Delaware City , Delaware
Website
patika.africa

Key Deal Facts

Helping Africa's small businesses to collect the 35% of their revenue that is not paid upfront
Started charging 7 Weeks ago, $1,600 Monthly Revenue growing 52% MoM
1,200 Monthly Active Businesses, growing 41% monthly
$5B+ Market Opportunity
Team has scaled payment systems with $10M+ monthly GTV
$510K raised from Asymmetry Ventures, Goodwater Capital, True Culture Fund and angel investors

Management Team / Advisory Board Bios

Sidney Rema Co-Founder & CEOTrained as a Medical Doctor (Partly). 5 Years+ experience in building trans-national payment systems and in Banking - Extending credit to micro & small businesses in Kenya, Phelix Juma Co-Founder & CTO EE graduate from University of Nairobi with background in information systems, banking, payments integration and data science. Previously helped 3 companies build payments systems that processed $10M in monthly GTV across Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria.
Amount Raised : $519,080
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