Sending money across African borders is still painfully expensive. Fees run between 5% and 10% per transaction, settlement takes days, and businesses often have zero visibility into where their money actually is. Daya, a Nigerian fintech startup founded in October 2025, just raised $2.4 million to fix that.
The oversubscribed pre-seed round, announced on June 24, was led by Hivemind Capital with participation from Lattice, Alliance, Globelink, and the Aptos Foundation. It’s a meaningful vote of confidence for a company that’s barely eight months old and already showing over 40% month-on-month growth in 2026.
More than just payment rails
The platform combines stablecoin settlement with local fiat on-ramps and off-ramps, virtual multi-currency accounts, smart FX routing, compliance tools, and APIs. In English: businesses can receive payments in stablecoins, convert to local currency, manage treasury across multiple denominations, and stay compliant, all from one system.
Co-founders Aleph Lasebikan and Paul Joe aren’t building blind. Lasebikan previously worked at Helicarrier, while Joe brings experience from Circle and Microsoft.
