SMRTR TechApr 23, 2026Tech Labari

Swoop, A Food Delivery App Founded By 19-Year-Old Dropout, Raises $7.3 Million and Launches in Nigeria

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Aubrey Niederhoffer, a 19-year-old UC Berkeley dropout, raised $7.3 million and won a Thiel Fellowship to build Swoop, a food delivery app now live in Lagos, Nigeria. His bigger goal is creating a "super app" — using food delivery as a daily hook, then adding payments and other services to tap Africa's largely unbanked population.

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