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SIMPSONVILLE · LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria; Remote · Fintech · refined from filed group “Other Technology” · founded 2021 · https://payhippo.africa/
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on PayHippo, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→PayHippo, Inc. looks under-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the fintech sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
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PayHippo, Inc. is one of 1063 Fintech companies tracked from SIMPSONVILLE, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria; Remote, on record since 2021. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 78% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%
operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy
Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst”
Loans to Nigeria's SMEs in under 3 hours
Payhippo provides loans to small businesses in Africa in under 3 hours. We made $42k in revenue in Nigeria in July 2021, growing 25% m/m with a 97% repayment rate.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seed — a $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the fintech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Benchmarked against 1063 companies in Fintech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 78% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 78% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #31 of 34.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paymob | Seed | $3.5M | $116.8M | 2.39× |
| Alude Holdings Ltd. | Seed | $3.3M | $110.8M | 2.27× |
| Stitch | Seed | $4.0M | $102.7M | 2.10× |
| Chari | Seed | $5.0M | $95.3M | 1.95× |
| Diool | Seed | $3.5M | $89.8M | 1.84× |
| Planet42 | Seed | $2.4M | $84.5M | 1.73× |
| Fan Payment Solutions LP | Seed | $2.1M | $74.0M | 1.52× |
| Indicina, Inc. | Seed | $4.5M | $73.7M | 1.51× |
| Kwara | Seed | $4.0M | $70.1M | 1.44× |
| Workpay | Seed | $2.1M | $69.9M | 1.43× |
| Allied Payment Network Inc. | Seed | $9.1M | $66.0M | 1.35× |
| NowPay | Seed | $2.1M | $64.6M | 1.32× |
| PayHippo, Inc. this company | Seed | $2.2M | $24.6M | 0.50× |
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $1.0M | 2021-07-07 | $5.6M | $25.0M | 45% |
| Seed | $1.2M | 2021-08-17 | $6.0M | $24.6M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Bijesse | — | — | 2021-08 |
PayHippo, Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEG Michigan Lending LLC | Fintech | Seed | $2.1M | $36.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Thepeer | Fintech | Seed | $2.1M | $11.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Quanta Credit Services, Inc. | Fintech | Seed | $2.4M | $4.3M | same sector · same stage |
| CinetPay | Fintech | Seed | $2.4M | $42.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Bujeti | Fintech | Seed | $2.0M | $13.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Equity Lending Solutions LLC | Fintech | Seed | $2.0M | $11.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Klasha | Fintech | Seed | $2.0M | $8.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Paylend | Fintech | Seed | $2.0M | $33.9M | same sector · same stage |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numida Working capital for African micro businesses | Fintech | Seed | $55.4M | 79% |
| Pivo Technology Inc Digital Bank for Freight Carriers in Africa. | Fintech | — | — | 78% |
| Rank (formerly Moni) Group Financing for small businesses across Africa. | Fintech | — | — | 77% |
| Paystack, Inc. Modern payments infrastructure for Africa | Fintech | Series A | $292.6M | 76% |
| CredPal CredPal is a buy now pay later company in Africa that allows… | Fintech | Seed | $43.1M | 76% |
| Stream Pay Platforms Africa Inc. | Fintech | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | 76% |
| Fingo Africa A neobank for Africa's 500 million youth | Fintech | — | — | 75% |
| Nomba Banking and payments for businesses in Africa | Fintech | Series B | $340.2M | 75% |
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