On this episode, originally recorded in Mar 2022, we dive into the backstory of Chipper Cash, at the time, the most valuable startup in Africa recently valued at just over $2 billion. Chipper provides free and instant cross border money transfers, and has grown to serve over 4 million customers, doing 80,000 transactions.
█ Guests
Ham Serunjogi, Founder & CEO at Chipper
Dan Kimerling, Founder & Managing Partner at Deciens (lead investor in Chipper's Seed & Series A)
█ Timeline
[Intros] - Ham & Dan
[Raising] - How Dan & Ham Met
[Crisis] - Responding when shut down in their largest market
[Team Building] - How Chipper Built a world class legal and ops teams
[Roadmap] - How Chipper prioritizes their product roadmap
[Org Structure] - How Chipper built a matrixed org
[The Future] - Chipper’s Long Term Vision
[Advice] - Advice for prospective founders
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