Kushki Valuation, Funding & Investors

Kushki is valued at $1.5B as of June 2022.

Last Kushki valuation

$1.5B

Series B · Jun 2022

Last Kushki funding round

$100M

Series B · Jun 2022

Cumulative funding Kushki raised

$194M

across 4 funding rounds

Key investors in Kushki

  • Kaszek
  • Clocktower Technology Ventures
  • Magma Partners
  • DILA Capital
  • SoftBank Group
  • Buenavista Equity Partners

Kushki Overview

About Kushki

Kushki is a payments company that provides an integrated payment platform for merchants across Latin America. Its single API covers card, bank transfer, cash and wallet payments for e-commerce, mobile commerce and physical stores. The company was founded in 2017 by Ecuadorian entrepreneurs Sebastian Castro and Aron Schwarzkopf and operates in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico. It raised a USD 8 million Series A in 2020, an USD 86 million Series B at a USD 600 million valuation in 2021 and a USD 100 million extension at USD 1.5 billion in 2022, becoming Ecuador's first unicorn. Kushki bought the Chilean gateway QVO in 2019 and the Mexican payments company Billpocket in 2022, both already recorded.


Founded

2017

HQ

EcuadorQuito

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Commission, Usage-based

Valuation

$1.5B (Jun 2022)

Kushki Valuation

Kushki is currently valued at $1.5B, based on its Series B in June 2022. Read the announcement ↗

The $100M round was led by Hedosophia and Kaszek, with participation from SoftBank Group, DILA Capital and Clocktower Technology Ventures.

Kushki's valuation has grown 21x from $73M at its Series A in March 2020 to $1.5B in June 2022, across 3 priced rounds.

Kushki valuation by funding round

Kushki valuation by funding round
DateStageValuation
Jun 2022Series B$1.5B
Jun 2021Series B$600M
Mar 2020Series A$73M

Kushki Funding History

Kushki has raised a total of $194M across 4 funding rounds.

Kushki's first fundraising round was a seed round in November 2018. The most recent completed round was a $100M Series B in June 2022.

Kushki funding rounds

Kushki funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Jun 2022Series BHedosophia (lead); Kaszek (lead); SoftBank Group; DILA Capital; Clocktower Technology Ventures$100M$1.5BKushki is an Ecuadorian payments infrastructure company founded in 2017 that provides integrated payment platforms and omnichannel solutions for e-commerce, m-commerce, and physical stores across Latin America. The company developed an API enabling businesses to integrate its payment technology, supporting recurring payments, tokenization, smart links, and payment box features. Kushki operates in five countries: Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, and Chile, with 750 employees (70% in product and engineering) and offices across the US, Europe, APAC, and Brazil. In June 2022, Kushki raised $100 million in a Series B extension at a post-money valuation of $1.5 billion, making it Ecuador's first unicorn. This extension brought the total Series B funding to $186 million, with participation from existing investors Kaszek Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, SoftBank Latin America Fund, and DILA Capital. The company reported 200% revenue growth in 2021 and 100% quarter-over-quarter growth, though CEO Aron Schwarzkopf declined to disclose specific revenue figures. The capital was allocated to accelerate development of modern payment infrastructure for Latin America, improve operational efficiency, reduce fraud, and support hiring plans of over 1,000 employees by end of 2022.
Jun 2021Series BKaszek (lead); SoftBank Group (lead); DILA Capital; Buenavista Equity Partners; Magma Partners; Clocktower Technology Ventures$86M$600MKushki is an Ecuador-based fintech founded in 2017 by Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastián Castro, providing payment infrastructure across Latin America through a single API that supports credit/debit cards, bank transfers, digital cash, mobile wallets, and alternative methods in markets including Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Mexico. The company raised $86 million in its Series B round on June 1, 2021, led by Kaszek and SoftBank Latin America Ventures, with participation from Buenavista Equity Partners, Clocktower Technology Ventures, DILA Capital, and Magma Partners, achieving a post-money valuation of $600 million. This brought total funding to about $100 million at the time, with proceeds aimed at accelerating growth and expanding into Brazil and nine Central American markets. Kushki's founders previously built and sold U.S. fintech Leaf in 2014, returning to Ecuador to address underdeveloped payment infrastructure in the region, positioning the company as a behind-the-scenes enabler for firms like Nubank. The Series B highlighted Ecuador's emerging startup scene amid South America's fintech boom, drawing comparisons to global peers like Pine Labs in India, Flutterwave in Africa, and Checkout.com. This initial Series B tranche was later extended in 2022 with an additional $100 million from the same investors, more than doubling valuation to $1.5 billion amid strong growth, bringing total funding near $200 million. Kushki continues operating as a key payments processor in LatAm, recently partnering with PXP Financial in 2024 for further expansion.
Mar 2020Series ADILA Capital (lead); SC Angeles; AMK Investment Office; Kaszek; Buenavista Equity Partners; Magma Partners; Function Investments; Clocktower Technology Ventures$8M$73MKushki closed a Series A financing of USD 8 million, announced on 26 March 2020, led by DILA Capital, a Mexico City venture fund, with participation from Kaszek Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, Conexo and Magma Partners. The company said the new funding would be used to accelerate its regional expansion. Kushki, founded in 2017 by Ecuadorian entrepreneurs Sebastian Castro and Aron Schwarzkopf, provides an integrated payment platform for merchants in Latin America covering physical stores, e-commerce and m-commerce. Its single API lets merchants process local payments across several markets, including card, bank transfer and cash networks with more than 300,000 physical payment points. By 2020 it had operations in Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Peru.
Nov 2018SeedMagma Partners--Magma Partners, the Latin American venture investor, announced on 5 November 2018 that it had invested in Kushki, an early-stage digital payments company. Magma described Kushki as a payments startup with expertise in financial technology and data security. At the time Kushki processed more than USD 30 million per year in online transactions. The business gave merchants a simple way to accept payments through the internet, mobile apps and social media. Kushki was founded in 2017 by Ecuadorian entrepreneurs and went on to raise a Series A in 2020 and a Series B in 2021, with Magma remaining among its investors. The terms of the 2018 investment were not published.

Who has invested in Kushki?

10 investors have backed Kushki across its funding rounds, including Kaszek, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Magma Partners, DILA Capital, SoftBank Group and Buenavista Equity Partners.

Lead investors include Hedosophia, Kaszek, SoftBank Group and DILA Capital.


Kushki Investors

Investors in Kushki by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
KaszekBrazilSão Paulo3LeadMar 2020
DILA CapitalMexicoMexico City3LeadMar 2020
Magma PartnersUnited StatesUnited States3ParticipantNov 2018
Clocktower Technology VenturesUnited StatesSanta Monica, CA3ParticipantMar 2020
SoftBank GroupJapanTokyo2LeadJun 2021
Buenavista Equity PartnersSpainMadrid2ParticipantMar 2020
SC AngelesBoliviaSanta Cruz de la Sierra1ParticipantMar 2020
AMK Investment OfficeUnited KingdomLondon1ParticipantMar 2020

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Acquisitions by Kushki

Kushki has acquired 2 companies to date.

Last acquisition by Kushki was on August 17th 2022. Kushki acquired Billpocket for undisclosed valuation.


Latest Acquisitions by Kushki

Billpocket
QVO
Description
Billpocket is a Mexican payment acceptance company that lets businesses take card payments in person and remotely through portable terminals, payment links, QR payments and a mobile app. Alejandro Guizar founded it in Guadalajara, and Wikipedia gives 2012 as the founding year. In 2015 it won USD 50,000 in Village Capital and Accion Venture Lab's FinTech Mexico program, when it served more than 5,500 merchants. In September 2019 Axon Partners Group invested through its Amerigo Ventures Pacifico fund, in a round with other strategic and regional investors. Kushki announced its acquisition in August 2022 after approval by the competition regulator, and the more than 170 employees stayed on as a separate unit under Guizar. Before the sale it had processed about USD 2 billion and served over 500,000 merchants.
QVO is a Santiago-based fintech platform enabling small and medium enterprises in Latin America to manage online payments. It processes credit card transactions, bank transfers, and installment plans via integrations with Mercado Pago and Webpay. Merchants access automated invoicing, subscription billing, and reconciliation dashboards. Founded in 2014, QVO serves Chilean retailers and SaaS providers by reducing payment friction and compliance burdens under local regulations.
HQ CountryMexicoChile
HQ City
Guadalajara
Santiago
Deal Date17 Aug 20228 Aug 2019
Valuationundisclosedundisclosed
EV/Revenue
EV/EBITDA

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Kushki Competitors

Kushki competitors include listed companies like Evertec, Fawry and Worldline, and private ones like Juspay, Opn and PPRO.

Public and private companies comparable to Kushki
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
JuspayIndiaIndiaPrivate$61M-$1.2B19.7x
EvertecPuerto RicoPuerto RicoPublicly listed$932M$330M$1.9B2.8x
OpnJapanTokyoPrivate--$1B-
PPROUnited KingdomLondonPrivate--$1B-
FawryEgyptEgyptPublicly listed$154M$68M$991M4.2x
WorldlineFranceFrancePublicly listed$4.5B($5.1B)$623M0.6x

Kushki Public Comps

Kushki is still privately-owned, but its public comps include eFinance, Computer Age Management Services, StoneCo, Isracard, Optasia, Pine Labs, Marqeta, Evertec, Deluxe and Fawry.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
eFinance$121M$63M11.3x-21.8x-
Computer Age Management Services$159M$75M10.2x9.5x21.7x20.8x
StoneCo$2.5B$919M1.2x1.1x3.3x2.0x
Isracard$1.2B$46M2.0x-50.2x-
Optasia$265M$79M4.5x3.6x15.1x10.3x
Pine Labs$252M$14M3.4x2.7x62.4x13.5x
Marqeta$625M$14M1.9x1.7x86.7x8.6x
Evertec$932M$330M3.2x2.8x9.2x7.2x

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Common questions about Kushki

When was Kushki founded?Kushki was founded in 2017.
Where is Kushki headquartered?Kushki is headquartered in Quito, Ecuador.
Is Kushki publicly listed?No, Kushki is a private, VC-backed company.
What is Kushki's valuation?Kushki was last valued at $1.5B in its Series B in June 2022.
How much funding has Kushki raised?Kushki has raised $194M across 4 funding rounds.
What was Kushki's last funding round?Kushki's last funding round was a $100M Series B in June 2022, led by Hedosophia and Kaszek.
Who are Kushki's investors?Kushki's investors include Kaszek, DILA Capital, Magma Partners, Clocktower Technology Ventures, SoftBank Group, Buenavista Equity Partners, SC Angeles, AMK Investment Office, Hedosophia and Function Investments.
Which companies are comparable to Kushki?Companies comparable to Kushki include Juspay, Evertec, Opn, PPRO, Fawry and Worldline.
How many companies has Kushki acquired?Kushki has acquired 2 companies, including Billpocket and QVO.

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