About Traverse

Building the money app small businesses deserve.

Small businesses keep Nigeria moving. We're building the tools that help them get paid, stay organised and grow, without the busywork.

A shop owner taking a call outside the shop

Millions of businesses still run on WhatsApp chats, notebooks and personal bank apps. We think they deserve better. The same tools big companies use, built for how small businesses actually work.

Why we started

Getting paid shouldn't be a second job.

Talk to any tailor, caterer, designer or shop owner and you'll hear the same story: the work is the easy part. The hard part is sending invoices, remembering who still owes what, sending awkward reminders and keeping business money apart from personal money.

Traverse brings all of that into one place. Invoices, debts, customers, a business account and transfers share the same records, and the WhatsApp Assistant puts it all in the app business owners already use every day.

What we believe

How we build Traverse.

01

Built for how you work

Phones first, WhatsApp included, and plain language everywhere. No accounting degree needed.

02

Safe by default

A PIN on every transfer, verified businesses and monitoring that pauses anything unusual.

03

Honest pricing

Free to start, a flat fee when money moves out, and the fee shown before you confirm.

04

Real people

When you need help, you talk to our team, not a maze of automated replies.

The company

Made in Lagos.

Traverse is built by Lavelle Development Technologies Limited, a Nigerian company based in Lagos.

Say hello
  • 6money tools that share one set of records
  • 1WhatsApp chat to run it all from your phone
  • ₦0to open an account and get started

Take control of your business money today.

Open a free account in about a minute. Verify when you're ready to receive and send money.

Talk to us
  • No setup fee
  • Your own business account number
  • Works on web and WhatsApp
  • Support from a real person