$5M Seed Round · $455K Pre-Seed Raised
Banking 300M unbanked
families in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cross-border financial infrastructure that turns remittance into the on-ramp to real banking — real accounts, real financial identity, for families the banks will never reach.
Remittance In. Banking Out.
Backed by Draper Associates | Halogen VC | Innovate Alabama
KrillPay Thesis
$100 billion goes home every year — and disappears on arrival
Every year, 20 million Africans in the diaspora send $100 billion home. Almost all of it dies on arrival — as one-way cash pickup. No account. No credit. No financial future. The recipients remain financially invisible.
300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa are unbanked — not because they don't want financial services, but because traditional banks can't reach them. The nearest branch is miles away. The documentation requirements are impossible. The economics don't work for the banks.
KrillPay turns remittance into the on-ramp to real banking. When money arrives, it doesn't just land in a cash pickup window — it opens a real account with savings, credit, financial identity, and domestic P2P. We bank the receiver, then the receiver pulls their sender in. Every family becomes a channel partner.
Traction & Growth
This is not an idea — KrillPay is live
Live on the U.S. & U.K. → Nigeria corridor with organic, market-validated traction. Zero marketing spend — every user found us because the product solves a real problem.
20K+
Wallets Activated
$375K+
Transaction Volume
9 months
$0
Marketing Spend
100% organic
Revenue Trajectory
Today
20K+
wallets
$0.3M
24 Months
1M+
wallets
$15M ARR
5 Years
5M+
wallets
$176M ARR
Why We Win
The gap all three miss
Banks don't reach them. Remittance apps stop at the transfer. Mobile wallets can't touch diaspora money.
KrillPay fills the gap — bank the receiver, acquire the sender, retain both.
| What it Solves | What it Misses | |
|---|---|---|
| Banks | Formal accounts | Don't reach low-access communities |
| Remittance Apps | Cross-border transfer | Stop at payout |
| Mobile Wallets | Local digital money | Disconnected from diaspora inflows |
| KrillPay | Cross-border banking | Remittance → real accounts + financial mobility |
The KrillPay Flywheel
Bank the receiver → Receiver pulls in sender → Every family becomes a channel partner → True network effect
