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Bridgecard

Summer 2022 · Inactive

Card issuer for Africa

Location: Lagos, Nigeria, NG

Founded: 2021

Team size: 5

About

Bridgecard makes it easy for fintechs to issue MasterCard or Visa cards that work anywhere in the world. We provide easy-to-integrate APIs to issue virtual and physical cards and we can get you started in weeks instead of months. For nearly three years, we’ve supported Africa’s top startups with stable, high-growth card solutions. Thanks to our stability, over 50% of our clients have grown their volumes by more than 5X within 6 months. Our commitment is to deliver great cards that work, provide reliable support, and unbeatable uptime so that your users can be satisfied.

Founders

  • Tunde AdewoleFounder

    I’m building uselayout.ai, an AI‑first design platform that turns a simple prompt into fully editable, on‑brand designs in seconds, starting with restaurant franchises like McDonald's. I previously scaled Bridgecard (YC S22) to $1M ARR before exiting. I love machine learning, recently trained an embedding model (SearchMap Preview) to outrank Gemini on the MTEB leaderboard with 5k+ downloads on Hugging Face.

  • Festus OwumiFounder

    Festus is a Senior Software Engineer with experiences ranging from Mobile, Machine Learning and Backend Development. He has 5 years experience with companies offering financial services in Africa including TradeDepot, Kippa e.t.c.