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Ualá Revenue, Valuation, Funding & Investors
Ualá is valued at $3.2B as of March 2026, a 17.2x multiple on its last reported $186M revenue.
Last Ualá valuation
$3.2B
Undisclosed stage · Mar 2026
Last Ualá funding round
$195M
Undisclosed stage · Mar 2026
Ualá revenue
$186M
Undisclosed stage · Mar 2026
Key investors in Ualá
Soros Fund Management
Tencent
Jefferies
SoftBank Group
Goldman Sachs
Ribbit Capital
About Ualá
Ualá is an Argentine fintech company offering a mobile-based financial ecosystem that includes Mastercard prepaid and debit cards, credit cards, savings accounts, personal loans, investment products, insurance, and merchant payment services. Founded in 2017 by Pierpaolo Barbieri and headquartered in Buenos Aires, the platform originally launched as a prepaid card provider and has since expanded into a full-service digital banking operation. Ualá serves over 11 million customers across Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia, with roughly one in five Argentine adults holding an account. The company acquired Mexican bank ABC Capital, granting it a local banking license to offer deposit and lending products in that market. Backed by investors including Allianz X, SoftBank, Tencent, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and Soros Fund Management, Ualá reached a valuation of $3.2 billion following a $195 million funding round in March 2026.
Founded
2017
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2C
Revenue model
Product sales
Revenue
$186M (Mar 2026)
Valuation
$3.2B (Mar 2026)
Ualá Valuation
Ualá is currently valued at $3.2B, based on its undisclosed-stage round in March 2026.
The $195M round was led by Allianz X, with participation from Soros Fund Management, Tencent, D1 Capital Partners, Stone Ridge Asset Management and TABLE Holdings.
Ualá's valuation has grown 1.3x from $2.5B at its Series D in August 2021 to $3.2B in March 2026, across 4 priced rounds.
Ualá valuation by funding round
Revenue multiple| Date | Stage | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Undisclosed stage | $3.2B | 17.2x |
| Mar 2025 | Series E | $2.8B | - |
| Nov 2024 | Series E | $2.8B | 8.7x |
| Aug 2021 | Series D | $2.5B | - |
Ualá Revenue
Ualá's latest recorded revenue is $186M, as of its undisclosed-stage round in March 2026. At a $3.2B valuation, that implies a 17.2x revenue multiple.
Revenue moved from $315M in November 2024 to $186M in March 2026, while the revenue multiple moved from 8.7x to 17.2x.
Ualá revenue by funding round
| Date | Revenue * | Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | $186M | $3.2B | 17.2x | Undisclosed stage |
| Nov 2024 | $315M | $2.8B | 8.7x | Series E |
* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.
Ualá Funding History
Ualá has raised a total of $1.1B across 7 funding rounds.
Ualá's first fundraising round was a $10M Series A in February 2018. The most recent completed round was a $195M undisclosed-stage round in March 2026.
Ualá funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Undisclosed stage | Allianz X (lead); Soros Fund Management; Tencent; D1 Capital Partners; Stone Ridge Asset Management; TABLE Holdings | $195M | $3.2B | - |
| Mar 2025 | Series E | TelevisaUnivision (lead) | $66M | $2.8B | Ualá is a Latin American neobank founded in 2017 by Pierpaolo Barbieri that provides a comprehensive digital financial ecosystem including payments, credit cards, loans, investments, and money transfers across Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. The company reached unicorn status in 2021 and operates with approved banking licenses in all three markets it serves. Ualá's Series E funding round was originally closed in November 2024 with a post-money valuation of $2.75 billion and led by Allianz X, making it the largest private investment in Latin America in three years. The round included major institutional investors such as Goldman Sachs Asset Management, SoftBank Latin America Fund, Soros Fund Management, Tencent, Stone Ridge Holdings Group, Pershing Square Foundation, and others. The company extended the Series E in March 2025 with an additional $66 million second close that included participation from TelevisaUnivision, the world's largest Spanish-language media company, bringing the total Series E funding to $366 million. The capital will be deployed to accelerate growth across Latin America with particular focus on Mexico, where Ualá has multiplied its user base by 5 and active portfolio by 5 after one year of operating with a banking license. In Colombia, the company reported 15% month-over-month growth, while Argentina remains its largest market with 6.5 million of its 9 million total customers across the region. Ualá is already profitable in Argentina and projects profitability in Mexico around 2026. Recent service expansions include payroll portability with tens of thousands of clients and remittances growing at 15% monthly, with plans to launch loans for SMEs. |
| Nov 2024 | Series E | Allianz X (lead) | $300M | $2.8B | Ualá is an Argentina-based neobank founded in 2017 by CEO Pierpaolo Barbieri, offering a fully digital banking platform with debit and credit cards, loans, investments, insurance, and merchant acquiring services through a single app. It operates in Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia, serving over 11 million business and retail customers, with nearly one in five adults in Argentina using the platform and 7% month-over-month customer growth in Mexico since obtaining its banking license in May 2023. The company holds banking licenses in all markets and uses a proprietary AI-driven credit scoring engine. In a funding round led by Allianz X in early 2026, Ualá raised $195 million in equity financing from new and existing investors including Stone Ridge Holdings Group, Tencent, TABLE Holdings, Soros Fund Management, and D1 Capital Partners, achieving a post-money valuation of $3.2 billion. The funds will accelerate expansion across Latin America, deepen the partnership with Allianz for embedded insurance solutions like digital life and personal accident products launched at the start of 2026, and enhance its financial ecosystem including payments, credit, and investments. This round builds on Ualá's prior Series E funding in November 2024, where Allianz X led a $300 million raise (part of a total $366 million Series E) at a $2.75 billion valuation, with investors including Stone Ridge, Pershing Square Foundation, Rodina, Claure Group, Ribbit Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, SoftBank Latin America Fund, and others. The company aims for profitability in all markets before pursuing a US IPO, capitalizing on high smartphone penetration and low financial inclusion in the region amid improving fintech funding conditions. Ualá's growth highlights its leadership in Latin American fintech, positioning it to become the largest bank in Argentina while expanding in Mexico and Colombia, where it has about 700,000 users and is completing its product suite. |
| Aug 2021 | Series D | SoftBank Group (lead); Tencent (lead) | $350M | $2.5B | Ualá is an Argentine fintech company founded in 2017 by Pierpaolo Barbieri that provides a personal finance management app and Mastercard-branded prepaid card, enabling users to send and receive money, pay bills, shop online, withdraw cash at ATMs, and access loans. The app targets Latin America's unbanked population, with operations launched in Argentina and expanded to Mexico in 2020. By mid-2021, Ualá had issued over 3.5 million cards in Argentina and Mexico, capturing more than 22% of 18- to 25-year-olds in Argentina, and employed over 1,000 people. On August 13, 2021, Ualá raised $350 million in a Series D funding round co-led by SoftBank Latin America Ventures (via SoftBank Innovation Fund) and Tencent, achieving a post-money valuation of $2.45 billion and unicorn status. This marked the largest private investment in an Argentine company's history at the time, bringing total funding to $544 million. Other participants included Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Soros Fund Management, Ribbit Capital, Greyhound Capital, Monashees, D1 Capital Partners, 166 2nd, and angels like Jacqueline Reses and Isaac Lee. The proceeds were earmarked for accelerating expansion in Argentina and Mexico, developing new products and business verticals, and scaling the team to 1,500 employees by year-end. Ualá aimed to further penetrate markets like Peru, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile, the US, and Europe while pursuing acquisitions such as rival Wilobank. SoftBank's Marcelo Claure highlighted Ualá's ambition to build a transparent regional financial ecosystem. |
| Nov 2019 | Series C | SoftBank Group (lead); Tencent (lead); Soros Fund Management; Jefferies; Goldman Sachs; Ribbit Capital; Endeavor Catalyst; Bossa Invest; MONASHEES | $150M | - | Ualá is an Argentine fintech company offering a personal finance management app with a Mastercard debit card, enabling transfers, bill payments, prepaid mobile top-ups, and public transport cards, available in Argentina and Mexico. The specified November 2019 Series C round raised $150 million led by SoftBank and Tencent, with participation from investors including Bossa Invest, Endeavor Catalyst, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Jefferies Financial Group, Monashees, Ribbit Capital, and Soros Fund Management, bringing total funding to around $394 million at that time. At the time of the 2019 round, Ualá had issued 1.3 million cards. The company later expanded its ecosystem to include investments, personal loans, buy-now-pay-later, insurance, and merchant acquiring via Ualá Bis. Subsequent rounds included a $350 million Series D in August 2021 at $2.45 billion post-money valuation, increasing total funding to $544 million, and a $195 million round in early 2026 led by Allianz X at over $2.5 billion valuation, surpassing $600 million total funding. Ualá grew to over 3.5 million cards issued by 2021 (with 22% penetration among 18-25-year-olds in Argentina and 65% of users lacking prior credit history), reaching 8 million users by 2026 and processing $10 billion+ in annual transaction volume, representing 15% of Argentina's GDP in payments volume with 85% recurring users. |
| Oct 2018 | Series B | Goldman Sachs (lead); Point72 Ventures; Soros Fund Management; Jefferies; Ribbit Capital; Recharge Capital; Greyhound Capital; MONASHEES | $34M | - | Ualá, an Argentine fintech founded in 2017 by Pierpaolo Barbieri, provides a mobile banking app offering financial management tools, fee-free prepaid Mastercard, money transfers, bill payments, loans, and later expansions into credit and savings platforms. The company launched its app a year prior to the Series B and aimed to disrupt traditional retail banking in Latin America, targeting underbanked populations with high smartphone penetration. In October 2018, Ualá raised $34 million in its Series B round led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, which provided more than half of the capital. Participants included Ribbit Capital, Jefferies, Point72 Ventures (backed by Steve Cohen), Soros Fund Management, Monashees, Greyhound Capital, and Recharge Capital, matching the specified investors. This followed a $10 million Series A in February 2018 with some overlapping backers like Soros Fund Management, Jefferies, Ribbit Capital, and Point72 Ventures, plus angel Steve Cohen. The funds were allocated to accelerate user growth, expand headcount, and launch credit and savings platforms amid rising international interest in Latin American startups, where VC investments exceeded $1 billion in 2017 for the first time. Ualá continued scaling, reaching later rounds like a $150 million Series C in November 2019 co-led by Tencent and SoftBank Innovation Fund, a $350 million Series D in August 2021 at $2.45 billion post-money valuation led by SoftBank and Tencent, and subsequent growth equity raises topping $600 million total funding by 2024-2026 with valuations up to $3.2 billion, expanding into Mexico and Colombia with products like debit/credit cards, investments, remittances, BNPL, and insurance. |
| Feb 2018 | Series A | Soros Fund Management (lead); General Catalyst; Point72 Ventures; Jefferies; Kevin Ryan; Recharge Capital; AlleyCorp; Greyhound Capital | $10M | - | - |
Who has invested in Ualá?
20 investors have backed Ualá across its funding rounds, including Soros Fund Management, Tencent, Jefferies, SoftBank Group, Goldman Sachs and Ribbit Capital.
Lead investors include Allianz X, TelevisaUnivision, SoftBank Group, Tencent, Goldman Sachs and 1 other investor.
Ualá Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lead | Feb 2018 | ||
| 3 | Lead | Nov 2019 | ||
| 3 | Participant | Feb 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Feb 2018 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Nov 2024 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Nov 2019 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Oct 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Oct 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Feb 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Feb 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Oct 2018 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Feb 2018 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Mar 2025 | ||
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Start Free TrialAcquisitions by Ualá
Ualá has acquired 4 companies to date.
Last acquisition by Ualá was on September 6th 2022. Ualá acquired Ceibo Créditos for undisclosed valuation.
Latest Acquisitions by Ualá
| Description | Ceibo Créditos is a fintech lender headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, offering instant personal loans and credit lines through its digital platform. Launched in 2019, the company uses machine learning algorithms to assess creditworthiness via alternative data sources, approving loans up to ARS 500,000 within minutes. Ceibo serves over 100,000 customers with flexible repayment terms from 3 to 24 months, partnering with major banks for fund disbursement. Its app integrates biometric verification and supports BNPL options for e-commerce purchases. | Empretienda is a user-friendly e-commerce platform for creating and operating virtual stores. Merchants utilize its tools to set up product catalogs, handle inventory, process payments, manage shipping, and analyze sales performance. Designed for simplicity, Empretienda caters to small businesses and entrepreneurs launching online retail presences in Latin American markets. | ABC Capital is a Mexico City-based investment bank specializing in structured finance and advisory for middle-market segments in Latin America. It structures debt instruments, project finance for energy and infrastructure, and mergers for agribusiness and manufacturing clients. The firm holds CNBV authorization and facilitates transactions compliant with local securities regulations. | Uilo is a Buenos Aires-based digital banking platform offering simplified personal finance management. Launched in 2022, it provides instant account opening, transfers via PIX and Mercado Pago integrations, and savings accounts with competitive yields. The app features budgeting tools, virtual cards, and QR code payments tailored for Argentine users. Uilo emphasizes fee-free transactions and 24/7 support through in-app chat. |
| HQ Country | ||||
| HQ City | Buenos Aires | Rosario | - | Buenos Aires |
| Deal Date | 6 Sep 2022 | 3 May 2022 | 3 Nov 2021 | 9 Apr 2021 |
| Valuation | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed |
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Ualá Competitors
Ualá competitors include listed companies like Klarna and Sezzle, and private ones like Plata, Upgrade, Varo Bank and Greenlight.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | $600M | - | $5B | 8.3x | ||
| Publicly listed | $3.5B | $551M | $5.3B | 1.3x | ||
| Private | $1B | - | $7.5B | 7.5x | ||
| Publicly listed | $450M | $164M | $3.8B | 6.8x | ||
| Private | $179M | - | $2.5B | 14.0x | ||
| Private | $100M | - | $2.3B | 23.0x |
Ualá Public Comps
Ualá is still privately-owned, but its public comps include North Pacific Bank, LIC Housing Finance, Gentera, PNB Housing Finance, Samsung Card, BNK Financial Group, Krungthai Card, Katılımevim, Capri Global Capital and Sezzle.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $1.3B | - | 2.5x | 2.2x | - | - | |||
| $891M | - | 34.5x | 32.8x | - | - | |||
| $2.8B | - | 1.6x | 1.5x | - | - | |||
| $377M | - | 22.0x | 12.2x | - | - | |||
| $1.3B | - | 13.9x | 5.4x | - | - | |||
| $2.9B | - | 1.2x | 1.4x | - | - | |||
| $659M | - | 4.3x | 3.5x | - | - | |||
| $357M | - | 11.5x | - | - | - | |||
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Common questions about Ualá
| When was Ualá founded? | Ualá was founded in 2017. |
| Where is Ualá headquartered? | Ualá is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Is Ualá publicly listed? | No, Ualá is a private, VC-backed company. |
| What is Ualá's valuation? | Ualá was last valued at $3.2B in its undisclosed-stage round in March 2026. |
| How much funding has Ualá raised? | Ualá has raised $1.1B across 7 funding rounds. |
| What was Ualá's last funding round? | Ualá's last funding round was a $195M undisclosed-stage round in March 2026, led by Allianz X. |
| Who are Ualá's investors? | Ualá's investors include Soros Fund Management, Tencent, Jefferies, Point72 Ventures, Allianz X, SoftBank Group, Goldman Sachs, Ribbit Capital, Recharge Capital, Greyhound Capital and 10 others. |
| What is Ualá's revenue? | Ualá's latest recorded revenue is $186M (March 2026). |
| What is Ualá's revenue multiple? | Ualá's latest valuation implies a 17.2x revenue multiple ($3.2B valuation on $186M of revenue). |
| Which companies are comparable to Ualá? | Companies comparable to Ualá include Plata, Klarna, Upgrade, Sezzle, Varo Bank and Greenlight. |
| How many companies has Ualá acquired? | Ualá has acquired 4 companies, including Ceibo Créditos, Empretienda, ABC Capital and Uilo. |
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