N-Frnds (nFrnds)

company

About

N-Frnds’ unique agency network platform combines digital and physical distribution networks in emerging markets.

Details

Last Funding Type
Funding Round
Last Funding Money Raised
$1M
Industries
B2B,Banking,Blockchain,E-Commerce,Emerging Markets,Fast-Moving Consumer Goods,FinTech,Mobile Payments,SaaS,Supply Chain Management
Founded date
Jan 1, 2014
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active

N-Frnds universal digital inclusion solution is bringing ALL people in the emerging markets into the digital world. Our technology platform closes the digital divide with a lucrative business model.
Today, over 4 billion individuals and small businesses are not connected to the internet. The advertising model supporting “free” applications does not work in emerging markets. Furthermore, companies in emerging markets cannot digitally reach their customers and suppliers. The result is billions of dollars of lost revenues and inefficiency costs. Attempts by others to solve this have failed, mainly because their solutions have focused on mobile data, direct to consumer and channel ownership - excluding most of the market and the existing distribution networks.

N-Frnds unique cloud-based digital distribution platform
• includes the whole market – can be reached from any device, even with no internet connectivity
• utilizes our customer-partners’ existing consumer value chains
• consolidates the value chains into our unified digital distribution platform (including all its participants)
• creates new digital users incentivized by our customer-partners

N-Frnds solution is:
• Proven - Massive buy-in from market, from consumer and financial businesses, including companies such as: Microsoft (who selected us as a strategic partner), Coca cola, Nestle, Government of Rwanda, Sequis (insurance), BTPN (bank), MasterCard
• Scalable - we have already digitized 15 million end-users and distribution networks of over 200k agents
• Unique – ground-breaking technology protected by 21 patents
• Global - Local country “franchise” model with a global technology platform

N-Frnds is led by top entrepreneurs with deep expertise in emerging markets and together with our innovative and lucrative business model and our market proven solution, we are the market leader bringing universal digital and financial inclusion in emerging markets.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
14
$12.85M
N-Frnds (nFrnds) has raised a total of $12.85M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 23, 2019 from a Grant round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jun 23, 2019 Grant $2M Detail
Jan 13, 2019 Funding Round $650K Detail
Feb 27, 2018 Grant $400K Detail
Jan 24, 2018 Funding Round $1M Detail
Apr 26, 2017 Grant 1 United States Agency for International Development Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
3
N-Frnds (nFrnds) is funded by 3 investors. United States Agency for International Development and Mastercard Start Path are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
United States Agency for International Development Yes Grant
Mastercard Start Path Yes Non-Equity Assistant
Microsoft Yes Grant

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
4
N-Frnds (nFrnds) has 4 current employee profiles, including Executive Dorron Mottes
Executive
Executive
Executive
Executive