by Sheen Gupta -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Fintech Flutterwave Raises $250m in Equity Round Led by B Capital, Eyes Expansion Beyond Africa

Flutterwave, a US-based financial technology (fintech) firm active in 34 African countries, recently raised USD 250 million in a Series D equity round, giving it a valuation of USD 3 billion. The funding round was led by US-based investment firm B Capital Group, with three other US-based investors also buying into the company for the first time: Alta Park Capital, Lux Capital and Whale Rock Capital. Other participants in the round were previous investors in the firm,

by Eugene DeCosse -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Flutterwave, Alibaba Group’s Alipay to Offer Digital Payments Between Africa, China

Flutterwave, a US-based business-to-business (B2B) payments service that focuses on Africa, recently began collaborating with Alipay, a payments unit of the Chinese technology conglomerate Alibaba Group, to provide digital payments from Africa to China and