Magma Partners

Magma Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that supports Latin American entrepreneurs seeking to launch and scale in the US market, with a focus on fintech, insurtech, blockchain, marketplaces and software-as-a-service. The firm is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, and maintains offices in California, Colombia, Mexico and China. Since its founding in 2014, it has backed a broad set of startups across Chile, the US and other Latin American markets, and operates the Sino-Latin American accelerator to facilitate cross-border ventures.

Alexa Clark

Associate

Makote Gutierrez

Partner

Jie Hao Ph.D

Venture Partner

Juan Kontarovsky

Investor

Jiating Li

Principal

Nathan Lustig

Managing Partner

Nabil Meralli

Venture Partner

Eugenio Perea

Venture Partner

Francisco Saenz Rica

Partner

Codie Sanchez

Venture Partner

Sophia Wood

Venture Partner

Pedro Pablo Del Campo

Partner

Past deals in Ecuador

Kushki

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a Latin America–focused digital payments platform that offers an integrated payments solution and omnichannel capabilities for e-commerce, m-commerce, and brick‑and‑mortar retail. It provides an API that standardizes the region’s fragmented payments landscape by supporting card payments, bank transfers, and cash networks, with access to more than 300,000 physical payment points. The platform emphasizes local logic and pricing to simplify cross‑border and local transactions and enables rapid integration for merchants. Founded in 2016 in New York City, Kushki operates across Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Canada.

Kushki

Series A in 2020
Kushki is a Latin America–focused digital payments platform that offers an integrated payments solution and omnichannel capabilities for e-commerce, m-commerce, and brick‑and‑mortar retail. It provides an API that standardizes the region’s fragmented payments landscape by supporting card payments, bank transfers, and cash networks, with access to more than 300,000 physical payment points. The platform emphasizes local logic and pricing to simplify cross‑border and local transactions and enables rapid integration for merchants. Founded in 2016 in New York City, Kushki operates across Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Canada.

Kushki

Series A in 2018
Kushki is a Latin America–focused digital payments platform that offers an integrated payments solution and omnichannel capabilities for e-commerce, m-commerce, and brick‑and‑mortar retail. It provides an API that standardizes the region’s fragmented payments landscape by supporting card payments, bank transfers, and cash networks, with access to more than 300,000 physical payment points. The platform emphasizes local logic and pricing to simplify cross‑border and local transactions and enables rapid integration for merchants. Founded in 2016 in New York City, Kushki operates across Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Canada.

Keteka

Seed Round in 2017
Keteka is an online tours and activities marketplace and booking platform that operates a community-based adventure travel platform, offering a database of tours and activities and enabling travelers to book authentic, safe experiences with validated local guides from developing communities. The service serves customers worldwide and is based in Panama, with operations in Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. Keteka emphasizes dignified economic opportunities for local communities by connecting travelers with local guides and fostering responsible, culturally immersive travel experiences.
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