Google, DPI back African fintech Moniepoint in $110M round
Google's African Investment Fund is a new investor in African fintech Moniepoint, which just closed $110 million in new financing led by DPI.
African fintech Moniepoint just closed $110 million in new financing, and it has landed Google’s Africa Investment Fund as a new investor. The Series C round was led by Development Partners International’s African Development Partners (ADP) III fund.
Other investors, including African private equity firm Verod Capital and existing investor Lightrock also participated.
Moniepoint, also backed by QED Investors, British International Investment (BII) and Endeavor Catalyst, has raised over $180 million since its launch in 2015.
According to the Financial Times, the round makes Moniepoint a unicorn — a private company with a valuation of $1 billion or more. The African fintech was last valued at nearly $800 million in a QED-led round two years ago.
Moniepoint initially focused on providing infrastructure and payment solutions for banks and financial institutions before pivoting to becoming a business banking provider, an area where it has found remarkable success.
The African fintech caters to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Nigeria, offering working capital, business expansion loans, and business management tools such as expense management (business payment cards), accounting and bookkeeping solutions, and insurance.
The fintech claims it processes over 800 million transactions, with monthly total value exceeding $17 billion.
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