Pivo, an African neo-bank for supply chain businesses, has announced a $2 million seed financing to extend its product offerings, in addition to a $550,000 pre-seed round raised earlier in 2022.
Precursor Ventures, Vested World, Y Combinator, FoundersX, and Mercy Corp Ventures are among the investors in this round for the startup, which was part of Y Combinator’s S22 group. With this new round of funding, the firm intends to expand beyond Lagos, where it is now based, with East Africa on the horizon.
The startup was founded in 2021 by Nkiru Amadi-Emina and Ijeoma Akwiwu to provide financial services to African supply chain businesses.
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