Nestcoin

$1.9Mlatest round · Venture round · Sep 2023 · 3 yr ago
3backers · 4DX Ventures, Serena Ventures
1-10team · employees, estimated range
2021founded

Overview

Nestcoin builds and operates crypto products for African users, including the Onboard wallet and payments applications. It focuses on stablecoin savings and transfers for markets with volatile local currencies. The company also runs education and content initiatives across West Africa.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$1.9M
1 round on record
Latest round
$1.9M
Venture round · Sep 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
1-10
employees, estimated range
Backers
3
4DX Ventures, Serena Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
37 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 11, 2023 Raised a round Venture round $1.9M · Bitcoin.com News 2021 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 5%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Sep 2023 $1.9M — Bitcoin.com News
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Financials

Total raised
$1.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $1.9M Details

Connections

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Shared investors3
Serena VenturesVia a fund
42 portfolio companies: ShoppingGives, WILE, zitti.com and 39 more
Serena VenturesVia a fund
44 portfolio companies: Town, TRACE, Hapiko and 41 more
4DX VenturesVia a fund
51 portfolio companies: Zoie Health, Autochek Africa, Hohm Energy and 48 more

News

News Bitcoin.com News 3 years ago
Nigerian Web3 Startup Nestcoin Secures $1.9 million in Funding
The capital raised will be used to bolster Nestcoin's finances and further develop the startup's non-custodial wallet.
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
Base Ecosystem Fund,Hashed Emergent invest $1.9M in Nestcoin to scale its Onboard product
Nestcoin has raised capital to focus its efforts on building Onboard to reduce the limitations of traditional finance in frontier markets.
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News YahooFinance 4 years ago
African web3 startup Nestcoin declares it held its assets in FTX, lays off employees
African web3 startup Nestcoin has laid off some employees as FTX
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News International Business Times 4 years ago
Nigerian Crypto Startup Nestcoin Reveals Investment Losses From FTX Crash
The startup held a "significant proportion of stablecoin investment" on the bankrupt FTX exchange.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Lagos Nigeria
HQ
1-10 est. staff