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PrivateFor profitfinancial servicesLusaka, Zambia

Lupiya

Lupiya is a marketplace for micro-loans.

Founded
2016
10 years ago
Staff
11-50
band, as listed
Followers
-
on LinkedIn
Funding
$9.6M
as listed, currency not stated

Set against six million companies

Size

1-1011-5051-100101-250251-500501-10001k-5k5k-10k10k+

11-50 people: larger than 33% of companies with a size listed

Age

201619002026

10 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #1,387,244 in the world for traffic, about 19k visits a month.

What it does

Financial ServicesMarketplace

Funding, as listed

$9.6M currency not stated

  • Rounds4
  • LatestSeries a, Sept 2023
  • Investors6, 4 leading

What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.

FoundersEvelyn Chilomo Kaingu, Muchu Kaingu

Every detail we hold

Everything the source datasets list about Lupiya, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.

The company

Name
Lupiya
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
2016
Founders
Evelyn Chilomo Kaingu, Muchu Kaingu
Industry
financial services
Categories
Financial Services, Marketplace

Where

City
Lusaka
Country
Zambia
Markets
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Size and reach

Staff band
11-50
Web traffic rank
#1,387,244
Monthly web visits
18,554

Funding, as listed

Total
9,600,000 (currency not stated)
Rounds
4
Latest round
Series a
Latest round date
Sept 2023
Investors
6
Lead investors
4
Listing status
private

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase
Last imported
Sept 2026

Growth, as the source summarises it

Lupiya may be growing as it has successfully completed a Series A funding round, securing $8.25 million with the support of industry stakeholders. This substantial capital infusion indicates investor confidence and provides the financial resources necessary for expansion and development. The involvement of the Alitheia IDF Fund as a lead investor in the funding round further underscores the potential for growth and the company's ability to attract significant investment from recognized entities within the financial sector.

Summaries written by the source dataset, not by us, and not checked.

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