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Digitizing wealth management in Africa
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
SEC-licensed Nigerian wealthtech platform helping individuals, HNIs, and corporates plan, save, and invest through automated savings, mutual funds, stocks, and business treasury tools.
Primary product
Digital wealth management app for automated savings, mutual funds, Nigerian stocks, and business treasury management
Founded
2017
Headquarters
5C Reverend Ogunbiyi Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, Nigeria
Team size
3.3K
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
WealthTech / digital wealth management
Offices
5C Reverend Ogunbiyi Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, Nigeria
5 Rev. Ogunbiyi St, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria
Business model
B2C wealth management
fund distribution/management fees
processing and transaction fees
stock brokerage / sub-brokerage
B2B treasury management
embedded finance/API
Funding
Stage
pre-Series A
Total raised
$3.3M
Latest round
Pre-Series A · Jan 2021
Latest amount
$3M
Jan 2021 · Quona Capital
Jan 2020 · Catalyst Fund
Undisclosed K50 Ventures round
Apr 2019 · K50 Ventures
Dec 2018 · Kairos
Jul 2018 · Y Combinator
Jun 2018 · Microtraction
People & investors
Leadership
CEO/Co-founder
CTO/Co-founder
Associate VP, Engineering
Associate VP, Engineering
Associate Vice President of Design
AVP, People & Culture
Associate Vice President, Finance
Associate Vice President, Product
Associate VP
Risk Manager
Team Lead, Infrastructure Engineering
Work & culture
Customer-first, transparent, collaborative, meritocratic, and strongly learning-oriented; emphasizes 'keep it real', 'keep it simple', 'better together', 'set the bar high', and 'never stop learning'.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public evidence points to competitive compensation/top-tier salary positioning, plus housing and education assistance and ongoing learning support; no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
hybrid work
housing assistance
education assistance
learning and development support
Reforge access
LinkedIn Learning access
professional certification sponsorship
adequate work tools
anniversary allowance
lunch on the house
data/airtime allowance
flexible working arrangements
parental leave
equal pay for equal work
menstrual care packages
Product & market
Pricing
Fee-based: free signup with management, processing, and transaction fees on certain products; exact public fee schedule is incomplete.
Differentiators
- —SEC-regulated fund manager
- —one app for savings, mutual funds, stocks, and business cash
- —automation and real-time tracking
- —multiple fund-manager access
- —embedded finance/API offering
- —transparent/no hidden fees positioning
- —stock investing with T+0 settlement messaging
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Django
Python
GitHub
Slack
Figma
Grafana
Prometheus
ELK
WordPress
WhatsApp
Customers
individual retail investors
young Nigerians / millennials
HNIs
corporates
businesses
parents
first-time investors
Competitors
PiggyVest
HerVest
CashBox
traditional banks
traditional stockbrokers
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
260.7K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Cowrywise LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Cowrywise said it won Trading Platform of the Year and framed the award as recognition from customers and a push to keep making investing easier.
Cowrywise Blog · Jan 2026
Cowrywise created a new leadership layer by promoting 11 team members to Associate Vice President roles for the first time.
Cowrywise Blog · Sep 2025
Cowrywise launched Cowrywise Kids, a financial education app for children ages 5-17, in partnership with Yellow Cowries.
Cowrywise Blog · Sep 2025
Cowrywise introduced a stock-investing experience aimed at making Nigerian stock ownership easier and more accessible, including T+0 settlement messaging.
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