Helicarrier
Helicarrier builds cryptocurrency-based financial infrastructure for African markets, offering products that enable fast cross-border payments, stable dollar savings, and virtual USD cards. Its Sendcash product delivers remittances to Africa in five minutes or less, while Accrue provides virtual USD cards fundable via mobile money, bank transfers, or stablecoins, with savings yields up to 4.5% annually.
- Financial Technology
- Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Across Africa, traditional financial services often fail to preserve value or facilitate cross-border commerce, leaving individuals and businesses disconnected from the global economy. Local currencies can depreciate quickly and lack utility for international transactions or online spending, while existing payment rails are slow and costly.
Solution
Helicarrier provides cryptocurrency-based financial infrastructure tailored to African markets. Its Sendcash product enables crypto-powered remittances that reach recipients in Africa in five minutes or less from anywhere in the world. Desk offers private, personalized cross-border payment and crypto trading services designed for high-frequency, large-liquidity transactions with competitive rates continent-wide. Accrue allows users to send and receive money across Africa in minutes, access virtual USD cards funded via mobile money, bank transfers, or stablecoins, and earn up to 4.5% annual interest on dollar savings.
Target Audience
Primary customers include African individuals seeking stable savings and cross-border payment tools, as well as businesses and high-net-worth individuals requiring high-frequency, large-volume payment and crypto trading services.
Features
- Sendcash: crypto-powered remittance pipeline delivering funds to Africa in under five minutes from global senders
- Desk: high-frequency, large-liquidity cross-border payment execution and crypto trading with continent-wide rate optimization
- Accrue virtual USD cards: fundable via MoMo, MPESA, bank transfer, or stablecoins for online and international spending
- Accrue cross-border transfers: instant money movement across African countries in minutes
- Dollar savings accounts with annual interest yield up to 4.5%