Companies · Ecommerce / Retail
Africa · Ecommerce / Retail
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on SlimTrader — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→SlimTrader has raised $1.0M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the retail sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
SlimTrader is one of 123 Ecommerce / Retail companies tracked from Africa. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 68% 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.
Nigerian e-commerce solutions provider SlimTrader raises $1m from Interswitch.
Nigerian e-commerce solutions provider SlimTrader raises $1m from Interswitch.
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 Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 123 companies in Ecommerce / Retail. 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 68% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 74% of peers (estimate).
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 | 2015-10-22 | $5.6M | $7.8M | 45% |
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.
SlimTrader 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikrea | Ecommerce / Retail | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $7.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Elloe | Ecommerce / Retail | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $4.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Kasha | Ecommerce / Retail | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $7.8M | same sector · same stage |
| SnapnSave | Ecommerce / Retail | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $7.8M | same sector · same stage |
| AfricaSokoni | Ecommerce / Retail | Pre-Seed | $995K | $7.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Wuilt | Ecommerce / Retail | Pre-Seed | $535K | $3.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Gahez | Ecommerce / Retail | Pre-Seed | $2.0M | $10.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Bosso | Ecommerce / Retail | Pre-Seed | $400K | $1.1M | same sector · same stage |
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