Capi Money

Helping businesses in emerging markets make pay their international…

capimoney.com

HQ: London, England, United Kingdom

11-50

Fintech

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Capi Money is a London-based fintech that helps importers in emerging markets pay international suppliers, offering reliable global payments in 30+ currencies.

Primary product

Cross-border business payments platform for importers in emerging markets

Founded

2023

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Team size

51-200

Industry

Financial Services

Sub-industry

Cross-border payments / fintech infrastructure

Offices

London, United Kingdom

France

Kenya

Cameroon

Senegal

Côte d'Ivoire

Business model

B2B SaaS

Payments / transaction fees

Fintech infrastructure

Funding

Stage

Series A

Total raised

$18.1M

Latest round

Series A · Mar 2025

Latest amount

$18M

Series A

Mar 2025 · Creandum

$18M

Seed Round

Aug 2023

People & investors

Leadership

Mitch Riley

Co-Founder & CEO

Amadou D. Diarra

Directeur général

Alice Dufeu

Head of Growth

Franck Cedric Y.

Country Managing Director

Luke O'Leary

Head of Legal

Joshua Wong

Head of Partnerships & Launch

Dinora K.

Lead User Researcher

Emily Richie

Head of Talent

Thibaud M.

Head of Treasury and FX

Founders

Scott Liddle

Co-founder

Tom Watson

Co-founder & CTO

Investors

Work & culture

Public materials emphasize hypergrowth, international hiring, and mission-driven work focused on making global trade fairer and more accessible. Public benefit details were not found in the sources reviewed.

Compensation

No public compensation bands were found in the reviewed sources. YC jobs indicate hiring is active and the company is in Series A growth mode, but salary details were not public.

Product & market

Pricing

Not publicly specified; likely transaction/transfer-fee based for cross-border payments.

Differentiators

—Focused on importers in emerging markets rather than consumer remittances
—Payments in 30+ currencies
—Claims on-time settlement for international supplier payments
—Operates across multiple African markets and plans further market expansion
—Backed by prominent fintech and YC-linked investors

Technology

Google Sheets

Node.js

Onfido

PostgreSQL

React

NetSuite

JavaScript

SQL

Stripe Checkout

Stripe

GitHub

CSS

Figma

G Suite

Calendly

Python

Looker

Tableau

Bash','UPS','Notion','Slack','Signal','Swift

Customers

Importers in emerging markets

Businesses in Africa

SMEs trading internationally

Competitors

Nala

Kora

Juice

Flutterwave

Payoneer

Wise

Afriex

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Likely low-to-mid eight figures USD annually; public traffic/funding/traction suggest meaningful but still early-stage revenue, though no official revenue was disclosed.

Estimated monthly visits

13.5K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Latest news

Big news for Capi Money 🎉 | FCA EMI authorisation

LinkedIn / Capi Money · Jan 2026

Capi UK received FCA Electronic Money Institution authorisation, a major regulatory milestone for the company’s UK-Africa payments business.

Creandum leads investors backing Capi Money’s Series A

Africa Capital Digest · Feb 2025

Additional coverage of the Series A financing and investor roster.

Capi Money Raises €17.2M in Series A Funding

FinSMEs · Feb 2025

Announced a €17.2M Series A led by Creandum, with participation from Janngo.africa and existing backers including Y Combinator and Firstminute Capital.

Capi Money raises €17.2M

Axios · Feb 2025

Reports Capi Money raised €17.2 million Series A funding for its international payments platform focused on cross-border trade in emerging markets.