Afropolitan
Higher Education · Blockchain & Crypto
$2.1Mlatest round · Venture round · Jun 2022 · 4 yr ago
1backers · Microtraction
10+team · employees, estimated range
11stories in the press
Overview
Afropolitan is Creating a Digital Nation. We are building a network comprising the best that Africa and the diaspora offer across art, finance, tech, health, energy, sports, and media.
Key facts
These are the key facts about Afropolitan on Alion as of Nov 13, 2026. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $2.1M, announced in 2022.
- Employees
- 10+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $2.1MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $2.1M · Jun 21, 2022Press report · decrypt.co
Funding and backers
Total raised
$2.1M
1 round on record
Latest round
$2.1M
Venture round · Jun 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Microtraction
The money's age
Long since its last round
52 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 21, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $2.1M · Decrypt
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Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jun 2022 | $2.1M | — | Decrypt |
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Financials
Total raised
$2.1M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | $2.1M | Details |
Connections
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Shared investors
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Owner
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News
Afropolitan超全史アフロビーツの夜から、210万ドルの建国宣言、そしてポッドキャストの現在まで10年AFRICANISTアフリカニストアフリカリサーチメディア
X旧Twitterで @afropolitan というアカウントを見かけたことがあるだろうかプロフィールに掲げられているのは「Afropolitan is Creating a Digital Nationアフロポリタンはデジタル国家をつくっている」という一文だ国家をつくるそれも、土地も軍隊も憲法もないところから、インターネット上の共同体としてアフリカとアフリカン・ディアスポラ国外に暮らすアフリカ系の人々のための「最初のインターネット国家」を名乗るこのプロジェクトは、2022年にコインベース元CTOのバラ
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The Complete History of Afropolitan: From Afrobeats Nights to a $2.1 Million Nation-Building Declaration, and the Current State of the Podcast 10 Years LaterAFRICANISTアフリカニストアフリカリサーチメディア
Have you ever come across the account @afropolitan on X (formerly Twitter)? Displayed in its profile is the sentence, "Afropolitan is Creating a Digital Nation." Creating a nation-and doing so from scratch, without land, an army, or a constitution, as a c
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Introducing The Afropolitan Podcast Into Africa CSIS Podcasts
The future of cosmopolitanism is increasingly African.The Afropolitandelves into the stories, trends, and challenges shaping today's realities and defining the decades ahead.
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Afropolitan Raises $2.1 Million to Bring Web3 to the African Diaspora
The Web3 collective is looking to crypto and NFTs to support community-led opportunities for people of African descent.
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Alion, "Afropolitan: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/afropolitan
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