A consortium of investors including Tinie Tempah and Harry Redknapp backed the round.
"The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil but data, and as a result of this everything that happens online is being tracked. The majority of websites we visit and apps we use place trackers on us to follow our movements and understand our behaviour. These trackers enable tens, and sometimes thousands, of companies to collect our information and they consequently exploit or sell it to make money from our data."
The seed round was backed by Launch Africa, Founders Factory Africa, Hoaq Club, and angel investors.
"In 2018, I sent about $3000 back home to Nigeria. I thought I got the best deal on that transaction until about two weeks later when someone informed me I could have saved up to $30 in fees on that transaction if I had used a different provider. I was livid,"
The web browser company secured backing from a consortium of high profile angel investors following a television appearance.
"Things have really taken off since I was in the Den! We’ve seen such an incredible response, with over 1.5M people visiting our website and hundreds of thousands downloading Gener8. It feels like a movement is starting."