Monetas is a software technology company based in Switzerland. Monetas develops technologies that empower people to live and do business with greater freedom than ever before, and that make financial inclusion a reality. The Monetas vision is a world of unprecedented freedom and prosperity. The cutting-edge Monetas platform is a combination of cryptofinance technologies working together to enable any type of transaction to be conducted instantly, privately, and securely. The Monetas platform makes all traditional and emerging financial technologies, including blockchain technologies, accessible to consumers. The first deployment of Monetas technology focuses on consumer financial applications in Africa. Monetas licenses its software to regional partners and provides them with a suite of “white label” example applications that complete the Monetas commercial ecosystem. These example applications can be modified by partners in order to meet their region’s specific market requirements. Monetas launched a pilot of its technology with partners in Tunisia, and the commercial launch is scheduled for March 2016. Monetas has signed agreements to bring its platform to twelve additional African countries in 2016, providing financial services to more than 300 million people. Monetas won the Swisscom Startup Challenge 2015 and will be featured prominently at CeBIT 2016. Monetas has raised 7m CHF to date from a large global investor community valuing the company at 90m CHF (Jan 16).