Founded by a Techstars-backed founder
Olympus was founded by Moagi Onkabetse, a Techstars-backed founder. Techstars backed him through his previous startup (Techstars FC 23), not Olympus.
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Olympus operates through regional companies under Olympus Group Holdings, Inc., including Olympus Pay Proprietary Limited in Botswana and Olympus Pay Limited in the United Kingdom. Accounts, payments, cards and merchant tools are built as one system. Product pages show availability by region.
Olympus works from Gaborone and London.
A platform with identity and compliance controls, money movement and APIs, exposed through banking, merchant and developer products.
Web banking, a merchant platform, a mobile app, Olympus Go and a public API, all sharing accounts and records.
In Botswana, Olympus Pay Proprietary Limited is a member of the Bank of Botswana Regulatory Sandbox. In the UK, services are provided through a regulated partner. Legal
Holding, moving and accepting money should be one legible system for a business.
Build financial infrastructure that businesses can understand, verify and rely on.
Screens are views of the platform. A balance and its history must never disagree.
Identity, risk and compliance live alongside the platform so no product can route around them.
Each feature is labelled by availability, in the product and on this site.
Approvals, audit logs, reconciliation and statements are features, because someone has to run the business after the launch.
Where Olympus and its founder have been backed, recognised and invited.
Olympus was founded by Moagi Onkabetse, a Techstars-backed founder. Techstars backed him through his previous startup (Techstars FC 23), not Olympus.
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Olympus took part in the AI Founder Sprint 2025, a 10-week programme run by the INSEAD AI Venture Lab.
Learn more (opens in a new tab)Award winner, BFSI Insider, London, 2026.
See the award (opens in a new tab)Award winner, SME News IT Awards 2026.
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Olympus was invited to the World Economic Forum in 2025.
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Manama, Bahrain, 10 and 11 February 2026. Held under the patronage of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and organised with partners including UNIDO.
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