Chris MAURICE

Chris Maurice, Yellow Card’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, is an American founder who has spent six years living and working in Africa, making significant contributions to the continent’s financial 
services industry. In 2016, Chris started Yellow Card from his dorm room in Auburn, Alabama, before moving the company to Lagos, Nigeria, and launching the mobile app in 2019. Today, Yellow Card is the largest crypto company on the African continent; and, in 2022, it became the first licensed virtual asset service provider on the continent. Yellow Card has facilitated over $3 billion in transactions, grown to over 250 employees across 20 countries, and launched full on-and-off ramps for local fiat currencies in 20 African countries. Chris has led the company through four successful equity funding rounds, securing over $90 million. Yellow Card’s investors include Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, Valar Ventures, Third Prime Ventures, Block’s Cash App, Coinbase Ventures, and more. Yellow Card has also developed partnerships with leading global financial companies, including Coinbase, Block, and PayPal.