Founded

Address

Critical Ideas Inc
San Francisco, CA 00000
United States

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KANDO id: 1037126

Corporate information

Official name
Critical Ideas Inc
Also known as
Chipper Cash
Registration country

Company type

Modern mobile money marketplace in Africa.

Overview

Chipper Cash is the first and largest mobile platform to offer instant cross-border money transfers in Africa. In their commitment to significantly improve access to critical financial services to over 1 billion people living in Africa, all in-country P2P transactions on Chipper Cash are free. It’s as easy as sending a text message.



Funding rounds

Series B USD 30,000,000


USD 30,000,000 ( )

Profile Country Notes
Ribbit Capital Venture capital firm that invests globally in early stage companies who are aiming to disrupt financial services. Initial investment. Led the round.
500 Fintech LP Initial investment.
Bezos Expeditions Bezos Expeditions manages Jeff Bezos' personal venture capital investments. Initial investment.
500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) Seed fund and startup accelerator. Follow-on investment.
Deciens Capital LLC Follow-on investment.
One Way Ventures Follow-on investment.
TEN13 Follow-on investment.

Series A USD 13,800,000


USD 13,800,000 ( )

Profile Country Notes
Deciens Capital LLC Initial investment. Led the round.
Raptor Group GP LLC Investment group funding companies across various stages and asset classes, ranging from early stage to both private and public equity to funds. Initial investment. Led the round.
Liquid 2 Ventures (Liquid2 Ventures), (L2 Ventures) Initial investment.
TEN13 Initial investment.
500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) Seed fund and startup accelerator. Follow-on investment.
Catalyst Fund Follow-on investment.
One Way Ventures Follow-on investment.
Transition Level Investments Pty Ltd Follow-on investment.

Seed


( )

Profile Country Notes
500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) Seed fund and startup accelerator. Follow-on investment.

Seed USD 6,000,000


USD 6,000,000 ( )

Profile Country Notes
Deciens Capital LLC Follow-on investment. Led the round.
500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) Seed fund and startup accelerator. Follow-on investment.
Catalyst Fund Follow-on investment.

Seed USD 2,400,000


USD 2,400,000 ( )

Profile Country Notes
500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) Seed fund and startup accelerator. Initial investment. Led the round.
Deciens Capital LLC Initial investment. Led the round.
Catalyst Fund Initial investment.
Liquid 2 Ventures (Liquid2 Ventures), (L2 Ventures) Initial investment.
One Way Ventures Initial investment.
Transition Level Investments Pty Ltd Initial investment.

Profile Country Notes
Tribe Capital Investment firm focused on using product and data science to engineer N-of-1 products, companies and investments. Initial investment.

Profile Country Notes
9Yards Capital Management LP Private investment firm focused on foundational industries, beginning with fintech and supply chain tech. Initial investment.


Investment activity status
Active investor

Current team

Past employees

Selected Products / Customers

Financials