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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Valu — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Valu has raised $64M 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 fintech sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
Valu is one of 1063 Fintech companies tracked from Africa. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 97% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
Egyptian fintech company Valu has signed a short-term financing agreement of up to EGP3 billion (US$63.6 million) with the National Bank of Egypt (NBE).
Egyptian fintech company Valu has signed a short-term financing agreement of up to EGP3 billion (US$63.6 million) with the National Bank of Egypt (NBE).
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). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 20%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series C — a $40M–$100M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the fintech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
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 97% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 95% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series C) 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.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accion | Series C | $61.6M | $395.7M | 1.09× |
| Valu this company | Series C | $63.6M | $362.5M | 1.00× |
| Octane Lending, Inc. | Series C | $130.1M | $350.4M | 0.97× |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | $63.6M | 2026-01-27 | $424.0M | $362.5M | 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.
Valu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accion | Fintech | Series C | $61.6M | $395.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Octane Lending, Inc. | Fintech | Series C | $130.1M | $350.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Forest City Trading Group, LLC | Fintech | Series A | $65.8M | $33.0M | same sector |
| Forward Lending, Inc. | Fintech | Series B | $55.8M | $293.3M | same sector |
| BenePass, Inc. | Fintech | Series B | $74.6M | $180.6M | same sector |
| Treasury Prime Inc. | Fintech | Series B | $54.1M | $490.4M | same sector |
| LemFi | Fintech | Series B | $53.0M | $324.8M | same sector |
| Djamo Inc. | Fintech | Series B | $46.6M | $96.4M | same sector |
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