Paystack

Acquired

Paystack is a Nigerian fintech company that provides modern payments infrastructure for Africa, enabling businesses to accept payments via credit card, debit card, money transfer, and mobile money through a simple API integration.

Founders Shola Akinlade, Ezra Olubi

CEO Shola Akinlade

Company

Founded

2015

Headquarters

Lagos, NG

Employees

51-200

Financials

Total Funding

$9M

Sectors

Fintech SaaS Developer Tools Payments

paystack.com Twitter Blog

Funding History

3 rounds

Acquired by Stripe Oct 15, 2020

$200M

Series A Aug 28, 2018

$8M

Stripe (Lead) Visa Tencent Y Combinator

Seed Dec 19, 2016

$1M

Tencent (Lead) Comcast Ventures (Lead) Singularity Investments (Lead) Michael Seibel Justin Kan

Pre Seed Mar 22, 2016

$120K

Y Combinator (Lead)

Funding data is compiled from multiple independent sources including company announcements, press coverage, and regulatory filings. While we strive for accuracy, amounts and dates may reflect reported figures at time of announcement.