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OPay
Delivering on the promise of financial inclusion in Africa today to safely connect people with the places, opportunities, and experiences that they truly care about
At a glance
- Founded
- 2018
- Headquarters
- Ikeja, Nigeria
- Sector
- Fintech
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tier
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning OPay.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A6 investors entered at this stage
Series B and later8 investors entered at this stage
SBVA- 3C3W Capital
SoftBank Vision Fund
SoftBank
Softbank Capital- DCDragonball Capital
Gaorong Capital
Redpoint
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former OPay employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
LELemFiEst. 2020
Ridwan OlalereUnited States
BFBFreeEst. 2020
Moses NmorNigeria
Seun AlleyNigeria
Eddie NdichuSingapore
RARaenestEst. 2021
Richard OyomeNigeriaGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
27 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about OPay on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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