The Nigerian fintech sector continues to boom as Credit Saison and The Motley Fool invested in the share trading platform developer through their first African deals.

Online share trading service Bamboo carried on what has been a busy start of 2022 for Nigeria-based startups today, securing $15m in from investors including financial information provider The Motley Fool and payment services firm Credit Saison.

Corporate venturing units Motley Fool Ventures and Saison Capital took part in the series A round alongside Greycroft Partners and Tiger Global Management, which co-led the transaction, as well as Chrysalis Capital and Michael Seibel, managing director of accelerator operator Y Combinator.

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Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.
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