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Duplo

Venmo for B2B in Africa

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HQ: LA, Nigeria
11-50
Fintech

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

Duplo is an African financial operating system for businesses, combining B2B payments, expense management, approvals, invoicing, reconciliation, and global accounts to help companies automate finance workflows. Public reporting is not fully consistent on funding: disclosed rounds total $5.6M, while 2026 reporting quotes the CEO at $13M across three rounds.

Primary product

Financial operating system for African businesses (B2B payments and spend/expense management platform)

Founded

2021

Headquarters

Lagos, Nigeria

Team size

40-50

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Financial Services

Sub-industry

B2B payments and financial operations software

Offices

Lagos, Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria
Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria
South Africa

Business model

B2B SaaS subscriptions
transaction fees
custom enterprise pricing
API/platform usage fees

Funding

Stage

Seed

Total raised

$13M

Latest round

Seed · Aug 2022

Latest amount

$4.3M

Seed

Aug 2022

$4.3M

Pre-seed

Feb 2022 · Oui Capital

$1.3M

People & investors

Leadership

Yele W. Oyekola

Co-Founder & CEO

Tunde Akinnuwa

Co-Founder & COO

Sarah Oluwatiseyitan Oyefeso

Head of People

Rasheed Raji

Engineering Chapter Lead

Adeola Sanyaolu

Head of Customer Operations & Success

Olayinka Oladipupo

Head of Payment Operations

Mohammed Olabinjo

Head of Finance

Turaki Ezekiel

Technical Lead

Christine Buss

Head of Operations South Africa

DCP Charles Chidi Ahubelem CIFIA

Chief Compliance Officer

Founders

Yele Oyekola

Co-Founder & CEO

Investors

Alumni Ventures
Basecamp Fund
Commerce Ventures
Liquid2 Ventures
MyAsiaVc
Oui Capital
Pioneer Fund
Point Nine Ventures
Soma Capital
Tribe Capital
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Values-driven and execution-oriented, with emphasis on respect, speed, customer obsession, ownership, quality, and a will to win.

Work style

Hybrid

Benefits

Paid time off
Medical insurance
Internet stipend
Career development courses
Quarterly grocery allowance
Hybrid work model
Shuttlers commuter access

Product & market

Pricing

Tiered plans (Essentials, Pro, Enterprise) plus transaction-fee pricing and custom enterprise pricing.

Differentiators

  • —Unified platform for payments, expense management, approvals, invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting
  • —Africa-first product focus with operations in Nigeria and South Africa
  • —Multi-currency/global payments and global accounts
  • —ERP and accounting integrations (e.g. QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP)
  • —Regulatory/compliance positioning including CBN PSSP and e-invoicing licences
  • —Bank-partnership distribution model (e.g. Wema Bank, Ozow)

Technology

Python
React
Node.js
PHP
Java
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Flutter
Laravel
Microsoft Dynamics
NetSuite
QuickBooks
Xero
Salesforce
HubSpot
GitHub
WordPress
Google Analytics
Swagger

Customers

SMEs
mid-market businesses
enterprise clients
Heineken
Maersk

Competitors

Bujeti
Flex Finance
Julaya
Mono
OnePipe
Thepeer
NjiaPay

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$1M-$10M

Estimated monthly visits

23.8K

Traffic estimate as of Apr 2025

hello@tryduplo.com+16822462282

Latest news

Corporate Nigeria enters e-invoicing era as early adopters flag implementation hurdles

BusinessDay · Jul 2026

Yele Oyekola said e-invoicing compliance requires onboarding, integration, validation, testing, and accurate invoice data across finance, procurement, operations, sales, and customer teams.

Nigeria’s Duplo partners Wema Bank to automate financial operations for ALAT business customers

Disrupt Africa · Jul 2026

Duplo and Wema Bank announced a partnership that embeds Duplo’s financial operations platform inside ALAT Business for payments, expenses, approvals, invoicing, and reporting.

Duplo taps Wema Bank to distribute business finance software

TechCabal · Jul 2026

TechCabal reported that Duplo is using bank partnerships as a growth channel and that the Wema Bank deal will let ALAT Business customers use Duplo without leaving the bank platform.

Nigeria’s Duplo, SA’s Ozow partner to transform payments, expense management for businesses

Disrupt Africa · Apr 2026

Duplo partnered with Ozow to help South African businesses automate payments, expenses, approvals, invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting.

B2B startup Duplo secures two licences from Nigeria's tax authority

TechCabal · Mar 2026

Duplo secured Nigeria Revenue Service systems integrator and access point provider licences to support e-invoicing and tax transmission.

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