Blockchain payment company ZONE has completed a seed round of financing worth $8.5 million, led by FLOURISH VENTURES and TLCOM CAPITAL, with participation from DIGITAL MONEY GROUP (DCG), VKAV (VEROD-KEPPLE AFRICA VENTURES), and ALTER GLOBAL. This funding will help ZONE expand its network coverage in Africa, connect more banks and financial service companies, and continue to build a blockchain-based decentralized payment infrastructure for financial service providers in Africa and other regions. ZONE is the first decentralized payment network in Africa, and its LAYER-1 blockchain network digitizes fiat payments and facilitates the transition to digital currencies, while connecting financial institutions to a broader payment ecosystem.