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@OnboardGlobal "As Shola developed his idea Ezra keenly followed the progress while working on the side. Shola had also demoed the product to another friend @OoTheNigerian who was equally impressed. Shortly after Shola applied to @ycombinator. But they didnt get in"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:04Z 10.6K followers, 9468 engagements

"The rejection stung but they didnt stop. @OoTheNigerian reached out to Y Combinators newly appointed President who then spoke with Shola about the product. Corrections were made. The pitch was adjusted. Then they applied to Y Combinator again. This time they got in"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:04Z 10.6K followers, 9091 engagements

"In October 2020 Paystack was acquired by Stripe for over $200M; the largest Nigerian startup acquisition to date. But X years prior it was just X friends building out of an apartment. Heres the story of how collaboration built of one of Nigerias biggest tech companies 👇"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:04Z 10.6K followers, 141.5K engagements

"With Ezra working on the backend Ope on the frontend Shola could focus on meeting potential customers and talking to them about the product. By 2016 they'd fleshed out an initial working version which they demoed on Y Combinators demo day"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:05Z 10.6K followers, 7823 engagements

"With that raise they were able to build out their engineering team in Lagos. One core tenet they lived by was friendship and high performance. Every one took ownership and worked selflessly to ensure Paystacks success. By 2018 they'd already captured XX% of the market"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:05Z 10.6K followers, 7261 engagements

"@emmyb0y Hey sorry about your experience. At Onboard we have a P2P feature integrated in our app for you to on/off ramp without going through unnecessary stress or paying ridiculous fees. Try us out today 💜"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-10-31T15:44Z 10.4K followers, XX engagements

"He raised $5.8M for his project and splashes $50k monthly on marketing. But X years ago Seun Lanlege was just another university dropout trying to make something for himself. Heres how his unwavering conviction drove him to build the third biggest bridge on Polkadot 👇"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-10-25T18:09Z 10.6K followers, 67.8K engagements

"His work with Composable Finance exposed a problem: Blockchains are inherently siloed and the current means of bridging between chains are flawed. This problem birthed Polytope labs a blockchain R&D lab founded by Seun and David Salami to further blockchain innovation"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-10-25T18:09Z 10.6K followers, 3042 engagements

"In 2023 both of them resigned to focus on @PolytopeLabs. They received a $130k grant from Web3 foundation & Polkadot to further their research and development of Hyperbridge. And in November of 2024 Hyperbridge mainnet went live"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-10-25T18:09Z 10.6K followers, 4024 engagements

"In March 2025 Hyperbridge had an Initial Relayer Offering (IRO) round which saw them raise an additional $2.8M. This brings their total funding to an impressive $5.65M. Hyperbridge has gone on to process more than $50M in transaction volume. Not bad for a cracked team"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-10-25T18:09Z 10.6K followers, 2460 engagements

"Today while Seun and @david_of_earth might seem to be living flashy lifestyles; Seun still views himself as a mad scientist. In his words a mad scientist keeps on building when no one cares. But they keep pushing the limits of innovation till people care"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-10-25T18:09Z 10.6K followers, 2365 engagements

"And that's what @hyperbridge is; a new player in the cross-chain industry that no one seems to care about. But with each innovation each new feature shipped and each milestone hit; Hyperbridge is quietly carving a respectable mindshare to a point that everyone now cares"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-10-25T18:09Z 10.6K followers, 2279 engagements

"@AndreyMcQueen @hyperbridge @PolytopeLabs Their journey's only just begun Glad you enjoyed your read 💜"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-10-26T09:15Z 10.6K followers, XXX engagements

"The story begins at Babcock University in 2002. Ezra Olubi @0x and Shola Akinlade @shollsman had just got admission. While both had applied to study computer science Ezra wasnt selected and instead was admitted into the Agric department. But that didnt stop him"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:04Z 10.6K followers, 12.4K engagements

"He went on to participate in Babcocks yearly computer science students exhibition; where he won programmer of the year. Thats when he first caught the eye of Shola. Theyll eventually become classmates and friends tag-teaming in the yearly exhibitions till they graduated"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:04Z 10.6K followers, 11.2K engagements

"Ope was a product designer whod just lost out on an opportunity to work for a Norwegian design agency due to visa issues. Ezra talked him into coming to US to join them. Ope thought hell just work for X months and reapply to Norway but he ended up staying"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:04Z 10.6K followers, 7852 engagements

"Stripe already took interest and came with an acquisition offer but the team felt it was too early. By 2020 they'd captured more than XX% of the market and their API had been integrated by over 200000 businesses. And then Stripe came calling again. This time they agreed"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:05Z 10.6K followers, 7072 engagements

"Its 2025 and Paystack has continued to remain an integral payment gateway in Nigeria processing roughly $XXX million in transaction volume every month. Even as their offices are now spread across Africa one thing remains: The community mindset they nurtured"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:05Z 10.6K followers, 6836 engagements

"Beyond the $XXX million they process a month beyond the acquisition by Stripe beyond being the first Nigerian tech company to be accepted into Y Combinator it was a small team. They believed in themselves and in a shared vision and selflessly worked to build Paystack"
X Link @OnboardGlobal 2025-11-02T20:05Z 10.6K followers, 6813 engagements