Magma Partners

Magma Partners, established in 2014, is a Santiago, Chile-based early-stage venture capital firm. It focuses on investing in Latin American startups, particularly in fintech, insurtech, and blockchain sectors, as well as global startups with Latin American tech teams targeting the U.S. market. Magma Partners has offices in California, Colombia, Mexico, and China, and has invested in 38 companies across nine Latin American countries and the U.S. since its inception. The firm manages Magma Fund II, a $15M fund, and also runs the Sino-Latin American accelerator program to facilitate business between China and Latin America.

Pedro Pablo del Campo

Partner

Makote Gutierrez

Partner

Jie Hao

Partner

Nathan Lustig

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Nabil Meralli

Venture Partner

Eugenio Perea

Venture Partner

Francisco Saenz Rica

Co-Founder and Partner

Past deals in Peru

Kushki

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a digital payment platform focused on Latin America, designed to streamline the payments landscape across the region. Founded in 2016 by Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company provides an integrated payments solution that caters to e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail. Kushki’s API standardizes various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, facilitating seamless transactions across over 300,000 physical points of payment. Its platform features capabilities such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization, enabling real-time multi-channel payment processing. With operations in countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada, Kushki aims to enhance operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and offer businesses comprehensive control and transparency over their payment systems.

Kushki

Series A in 2020
Kushki is a digital payment platform focused on Latin America, designed to streamline the payments landscape across the region. Founded in 2016 by Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company provides an integrated payments solution that caters to e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail. Kushki’s API standardizes various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, facilitating seamless transactions across over 300,000 physical points of payment. Its platform features capabilities such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization, enabling real-time multi-channel payment processing. With operations in countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada, Kushki aims to enhance operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and offer businesses comprehensive control and transparency over their payment systems.

Keynua

Seed Round in 2019
Keynua is a technology company based in Lima, Peru, specializing in the development of e-signature solutions that incorporate identity verification for the Latin American market. Founded in 2019, Keynua's platform utilizes three-second video signatures to authenticate individuals and validate transactions, streamlining the approval process for documents while enhancing security. This innovative approach eliminates the need for cumbersome identity verifications and protects users from potential fraud, making the signing experience more efficient and reliable.

Kushki

Series A in 2018
Kushki is a digital payment platform focused on Latin America, designed to streamline the payments landscape across the region. Founded in 2016 by Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company provides an integrated payments solution that caters to e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail. Kushki’s API standardizes various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, facilitating seamless transactions across over 300,000 physical points of payment. Its platform features capabilities such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization, enabling real-time multi-channel payment processing. With operations in countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada, Kushki aims to enhance operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and offer businesses comprehensive control and transparency over their payment systems.

Chaty

Seed Round in 2018
Chaty is an online platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Lima, Peru, that assists restaurants in selling online and enhancing customer loyalty. The company offers a chatbot designed to streamline the order-taking process and facilitate secure payment processing. By providing a comprehensive suite of tools, Chaty enables restaurants to effectively manage their products, serve their clients, and accept various payment methods, including credit and debit cards. This approach allows restaurants to increase their order volume while ensuring a smooth and efficient transaction experience for their customers.

Jooycar

Seed Round in 2016
Jooycar is a leading car telematics company in Latin America, recently expanding its operations to the United States. It has established itself as a pioneer in the region, being the first in Chile to connect over 30,000 vehicles and process more than 100 million kilometers. Jooycar operates across several countries, including Chile, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, and the US, and is recognized for its innovative approach to insurance technology. The company successfully combines personal and commercial lines through its platform, which includes a pay-per-mile program, the first of its kind in Latin America. Utilizing telematic technology, Jooycar enhances driving behavior and provides valuable real-time data to improve the user experience for auto-connected and usage-based insurance, while creating new opportunities within the automotive and insurance sectors.
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