Miden
YC W24Ikeja, NG · Founded 2023 · 19 employees · 7 known investors
Miden builds modern payments infrastructure for businesses across Africa and beyond, offering compliant cross-border money movement and embedded banking solutions. The platform enables enterprises to launch and scale secure payment programs with regulatory licenses across multiple jurisdictions.
Also known as Tyrus Technologies
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W24)
Miden was founded in 2023 by Okiemute Avworhokai and Ini Udoh.
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Okiemute AvworhokaiinFounderOkiemute has over ten years of experience in commercial banking and fintech, and previously founded a credit firm that provided student loans. He is now developing Miden.
Investors · 7
Funding
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Competitors · 10
by search overlap
Adyen12 shared keywordsAdyen is a payments platform that enables enterprises to accept, process, and move money across their business, with capabilities for embedded finance and financial product issuance.
Checkout11 shared keywordsCheckout.com offers Flow, a hosted payment page that businesses can deploy with a low-code, one-time integration to accept payments online. The page can be customized to match a site's branding for a consistent checkout experience.
Stripe11 shared keywordsStripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.
Razorpay11 shared keywordsRazorpay provides payment processing APIs and financial services for online merchants, schools, and ecommerce businesses, offering payment acceptance, disbursement, current accounts, and working capital loans. The company serves businesses looking to accept and manage payments online with developer-friendly integration.
ACI Worldwide11 shared keywordsACI Worldwide provides payments software for banks, merchants, and billers, including a cloud-based payments hub, merchant payment orchestration, bill payment, and AI-based fraud management. Its platforms serve financial institutions and businesses across industries such as retail, utilities, insurance, government, and healthcare in 94 countries.
Square11 shared keywordsSquare is a financial services platform that provides point-of-sale systems, payment processing, payroll management, and cash flow tools for small and medium-sized businesses. The platform integrates with hundreds of third-party applications to help merchants manage operations across online and offline channels.
Visa® Spend Clarity for Enterprise11 shared keywordsVisa operates a global payments network enabling digital and card-based transactions for consumers and businesses across multiple sectors and geographies.
Paystand Blockchain-enabled B2B payment platform10 shared keywordsPaystand provides a SaaS-based B2B payments platform built on blockchain technology that automates accounts receivable and payable processes for businesses. The platform enables faster, cheaper transactions by eliminating fees and digitizing the cash cycle for enterprises across North America.
DataStealth9 shared keywordsDataStealth is a data security platform that discovers, classifies, and protects sensitive data at the field level using tokenization, masking, and encryption across on-prem, cloud, SaaS, legacy, and AI environments without code changes or agents. It serves enterprises in finance, insurance, telecom, retail, healthcare, and transportation to reduce breach risk and support compliance.
Nuvei9 shared keywordsNuvei builds payment infrastructure that enables businesses to accept payments, process payouts, issue cards, and manage treasury and foreign exchange needs across 190+ countries. The platform supports 150 currencies, 720+ alternative payment methods, and serves enterprises, digital commerce platforms, and cross-border payment needs.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Miden do?
- Miden builds modern payments infrastructure for businesses across Africa and beyond, offering compliant cross-border money movement and embedded banking solutions. The platform enables enterprises to launch and scale secure payment programs with regulatory licenses across multiple jurisdictions.
- Who founded Miden?
- Miden was founded by Okiemute Avworhokai, Ini Udoh in 2023.
- Who are Miden's investors?
- Miden's investors include Y Combinator, Hack VC, Velocity Digital, 1kx, a16z crypto, Andreessen Horowitz, Symbolic Capital.
- Where is Miden headquartered?
- Miden is headquartered in Ikeja, NG.