Cleva | Fintech | Standout | Standout

Cleva

USD banking platform for Africa

Lagos, Nigeria

30 employees

Fintech

Pre-seed · $1.5M

Website X / Twitter

About Cleva

Cleva enables African freelancers and businesses to receive international payment for their service, while protecting themselves from local currency volatility. With a Cleva USD account, one can easily receive USD payment from anywhere in the world, spend via a card, pay bills, convert to local currency, and save in USD to hedge against local currency volatility.

Company details

Team Size30

LocationLagos, Nigeria

IndustryFintech

Funding

Total raised

$1.5M

StandoutYBacked by Y Combinator · P26

“LeBron has an agent. Why don’t you?”

— Now you have one too.

Earn $3,000

ProductHow it works For talent For companies Browse jobs Browse companies Docs

CompanyAbout Blog Careers

ConnectTwitter / X LinkedIn

Standout.

Privacy Terms

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

1984 Ventures

Y Combinator

FFirstCheck Africa

TThe Raba Partnership

BByld Ventures

Founders

Tolu Alabi

Former Product Manager at Stripe (led Credit Card Issuing and Identity & Access Management teams) and Senior Technical Product Manager at Amazon. Holds an MBA from Stanford GSB.

Philip Abel

Philip has built multi-region infrastructure and services for years at industry giants such as AWS, Twilio, and Akamai Technologies. Originally from Nigeria, Philip's journey took him from Kano to MIT and Georgia Tech, where he studied computer science and engineering. His background is marked by resilience, and a commitment to making a positive impact in the world. He’s an FC Barcelona fan (soccer) and a big Lionel Messi fan.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.