Ripio

company

About

Ripio is a bitcoin and digital payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America.

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Industries
Bitcoin,Finance,FinTech,Lending,Mobile Payments,Payments
Founded date
Jan 1, 2013
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Ripio Holding
Also Known As
Bitpagos
Sub-Organizations
Ripio Credit Network

Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company that provides electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America. It offers a range of financial services for the emerging markets using blockchain technology to make a more accessible financial system. The company helps merchants process international transactions with credit cards or bitcoins for a fraction of the cost as well as consumers buy bitcoins instantly with cash. It deals with clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
11
$94.44M
Ripio has raised a total of $94.44M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 20, 2021 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Sep 20, 2021 Series B $50M 7 Digital Currency Group Detail
Mar 2, 2020 Seed 1 Detail
Oct 11, 2017 Initial Coin Offering $37M 6 Detail
Apr 26, 2017 Series A $428K 2 Detail
Jan 3, 2017 Series A $1.90M 6 Digital Finance Group (DFG) Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
3
0
Ripio has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 1, 2022, when Rodeo raised 0.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Oct 1, 2022 Rodeo
Pre-seed Blockchain
Jun 21, 2021 Securitize
Series B $48M Blockchain
Nov 13, 2020 inFeedo
Series Unknown $3.20M Artificial Intelligence

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
4
28
Ripio is funded by 28 investors. Digital Currency Group and Niraj Mehta are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Digital Currency Group Yes Series B
Niraj Mehta Yes Seed
Amplo Series B
Boost VC Series B
FJ Labs Series B
Marcos Galperin Series B
Martin Migoya Series B
Tim Draper Series B
Andreas Schwartz Initial Coin Offering
FBG Capital Initial Coin Offering

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
19
Ripio has 19 current employee profiles, including Executive Mugur Marculescu

Acquisition

Ripio has acquired 2 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Unisend Latinamerican Bitcoin Exchange on Sep 16, 2015. They acquired Unisend Latinamerican Bitcoin Exchange for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Bitcoin acquisition Detail
Jan 5, 2021 BitcoinTrade
acquisition Detail