Nomba
YC W17Lagos, NG · Founded 2017 · 200 employees · 6 known investors
Nomba offers banking and payment processing services to businesses across Africa, with a focus on Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Also known as Kudi
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W17)
Nomba was founded in 2017 by Yinka Adewale, Pelumi Aboluwarin, and Adeyinka Adewale.
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Wise6 shared keywordsWise is a financial platform offering international money transfers, multi-currency accounts, and debit cards with low fees and competitive exchange rates, serving millions of users globally.
Plaid5 shared keywordsPlaid provides financial infrastructure and APIs that enable developers to build financial technology products and services. The platform serves fintech companies, developers, and financial institutions by offering consumer-facing applications and backend tools for financial data connectivity.
Bill.com Holdings, Inc.4 shared keywordsBILL is a unified financial operations platform that automates accounts payable, receivables, and spend management for businesses. The platform processes over $345 billion in annual payment volume and serves nearly 500,000 customers across the US and 130+ countries.
Jetlore4 shared keywordsJetlore was a Palo Alto AI startup that turned unstructured retail product data into structured attributes so merchants could personalise what each shopper saw. Founded by Stanford researchers, it raised from Sierra Ventures, Alsop Louie Partners, Fenox Venture Capital, BRM Capital and Mercury Fund, and PayPal acquired it in 2018.
United Bank for Africa3 shared keywordsUBA Group is a pan-African banking group offering financial services to individuals and businesses across Africa and internationally. This page presents the group's annual financial results and reports for investors.
Plastiq3 shared keywordsDigital banking and financial services for small businesses
Protecto3 shared keywordsProtecto is an AI data security platform that detects sensitive data (PII, PHI, and confidential business data) across prompts, documents, and AI outputs, masks it in real time via tokenization, and enforces context-based access control across LLMs, agents, RAG, and MCP pipelines. It targets enterprises deploying AI, offering compliance support for HIPAA, GDPR, PDPL, and DPDP with audit logging, deployable as SaaS, private VPC, or on-premises.
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- What does Nomba do?
- Nomba offers banking and payment processing services to businesses across Africa, with a focus on Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Who founded Nomba?
- Nomba was founded by Yinka Adewale, Pelumi Aboluwarin, Adeyinka Adewale in 2017.
- Who are Nomba's investors?
- Nomba's investors include 4DX Ventures, Helios Digital Ventures, Necessary Ventures, Y Combinator, Musha Ventures, Ventures Platform.
- Where is Nomba headquartered?
- Nomba is headquartered in Lagos, NG.