# Waza funding: rounds and investors

> Waza has raised $13M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Y Combinator and Plug and Play. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/waza (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Nigeria · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Waza*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

B2B Financial Services Fintech

Y Combinator: W23

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$13M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$5.0M** Debt **$8.0M** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $8.0M Jan 2025
- **Step-up i:** 1.6×
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2025

**$5.0M** Debt

**$8.0M** Seed

- **First round:** Debt, $5.0M
- **Biggest round:** $8.0M
- **Between rounds:** 6 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2025** Seed **$8.0M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by TechCabal
- **Aug 2024** Debt **$5.0M** *2 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Source recorded

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Debt** 2024 **Seed** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Waza as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Dunbar Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dunbar-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Flucas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flucas-ventures) Angel network Per its own site

[Velocity Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/velocity-digital) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Waza

### Who invested in Waza?

Waza's investors include Y Combinator and Plug and Play.

### How much has Waza raised?

Waza has raised $13M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Waza last raise?

Waza's most recent round was a Seed of $8.0M in Jan 2025.

### What was Waza's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $8.0M in Jan 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Waza first?

Waza's first round on record, in Aug 2024, was backed by Y Combinator and Plug and Play.

### What stage is Waza at?

Waza's latest named round is a Seed, in Jan 2025.

### Where is Waza based?

Waza is based in Nigeria.

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