Why we started CYTO.
Businesses in Africa don't need another disconnected dashboard. They need their documents, payments and compliance to stay connected as the business moves.
You weren't short of information.
You were missing a system that keeps everything connected.
Running a company meant juggling between platforms. Payments in one place, invoices in another, receipts scattered across inboxes, statements locked inside bank portals. Every week, hours lost piecing the story together by hand.
Not another finance tool. A system where everything stays connected.
CYTO keeps the moving parts of your business — invoices, receipts, transactions, taxes and documents — connected as they change. Instead of making you pull information out, CYTO pushes the right information to you: what changed, what needs attention, what is on track.
CYTO does not replace your accountant. It sits between your tools and keeps everything ready.
Two years, three cities, one conviction.
January 2024
CYTO is founded
With one conviction: financial operations in Africa deserve better than disconnected tools.
February 2024
Station F, Paris
CYTO joins Europe's largest startup campus.
May 2024
C.ID Prize winners
First prize in a national startup contest run by EMIS.
June 2024
UNDP Timbuktoo Accelerator
Selected for the most ambitious pan-African fintech programme.
September 2024
Unstoppable Africa, New York
Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
November 2024
First prototype tested
The first CYTO dashboard reaches the hands of finance teams.
January 2025
Invited to the Élysée Palace
During the Angolan President's state visit to Paris.
March 2025
First paying customer
CYTO's automation goes live at Bitzone, an Angolan SME.
November 2025
AU–EU Summit, Luanda
CYTO speaks at the African Union – European Union summit.
December 2025
Africa Startup Conference, Algiers
Speaking to the continent's startup ecosystem.
LuandaParisNew York
CYTO is being built close to the finance teams, institutions, accelerators and customers shaping the next chapter of African business infrastructure.
Finance meets tech.
A team that brings together hands-on experience of the Angolan market and the highest product standards.
Joachim Valot
Co-founder · CEO
Tamara Lerner
Co-founder · COO
Thiebault Husson
Co-founder · CFO
For businesses that run with lean teams.
Less manual work
Repetitive tasks disappear: data entry, ticking, chasing.
Reliable data
The same figures everywhere, consistent from one document to the next.
The right information, at the right time
Clear signals instead of spreadsheets to dig through.
Understand what is happening, and why
A business that explains itself as it runs.
Trusted by 50+ businesses and backed by leading institutions
Building finance infrastructure is a local conversation
If you are modernizing finance operations in Angola or across African markets, we would love to compare notes.