Sebastian Castro
Founder @ Kushki
Sebastian Castro is a Series A investor at Kushki focused on FinTech and Payments. Professional Goals:Develop exciting technologies, services, and products that bridges the gap between online experiences and the offline worldContinue to acquire a detailed understanding of technology and energy infrastructure global markets, particularly in Latin AmericaPromote greater investment in renewable and sustainable technologiesalong with traditional energy sources for profitable ventures, specifically as an intermediary between technical project specifications and its strategic implementation within the larger context of successful company operations
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Sebastian Castro invests in
Stages Sebastian Castro invests in
Countries Sebastian Castro invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Series A
- $5M–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (67%)
- Payments 2 (67%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (67%)
- B2B 1 (33%)
- Banking 1 (33%)
Country
- Brazil 1 (33%)
- Mexico 1 (33%)
- United States 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Clara
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End-to-end spend management for companies in Latin America. | $5M / Series A / Jul 21, 2021 | |
Clara
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Clara is a spending management platform for companies in Latin America. Their end-to-end solution includes their locally-issued corporate cards, Bill Pay, financing solutions, and their software platform used by companies across the region.The platform includes features like AI-driven insights to identify cost-saving opportunities, such asdetecting duplicate subscriptions and monitoring spending patterns. This functionality aims to enhance financial decision-making and operational efficiency for its users. | $5M / Series A / Jul 21, 2021 | |
Nuvocargo
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Nuvocargo is the only all-in-one digital platform for cross-border trade offering freight forwarding, customs brokerage, cargo insurance and supply chain financing. It combines powerful technology with an exceptional team of experts to seamlessly integrate end-to-end movement of cargo in a single platform. Nuvocargo is modernizing a $2T market thathas yet to experience real digitalization, empowering shippers with unparalleled visibility, efficiency and support. Run by a fully bi-lingual team, Nuvocargo's unique position at the intersection of technology, logistics, the US and Latin America, contributes to growing revenues >25% month over month since beginning operations in late 2019. Nuvocargo is backed by Tiger Global, QED Investors, NFX, ALLVP, world-renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator, leading entrepreneurs (including the founders of NuBank, Rappi, Loft, Ramp, Deel and the COO of Kavak) among others. | $12M / Series A / Apr 07, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Kushki
Kushki is a payment platform tailor-made for Latin America that uses local logic and pricing and can be rapidly integrated. It connects LATAM through payments. Kushki offers clients an integrated payments platform and omnichannel solutions for e-commerce, m-commerce, and physical stores. The startup’s API standardizes the ecosystem’s fragmentedpayments landscape, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks with over 300,000 physical points of payment.Founded in New York City in 2016, by serial entrepreneurs, Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company has operations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, USA, and Canada.
Kushki Contacts
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Javier Escobedo
Executive Chairman
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Melissa Castro
Founder and Solutions Architect
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Oscar Quevedo
Head of Culture and CM Chile
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Sebastian Castro
Founder
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Alejandro Porteny
CFO
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FAQ
What does Sebastian Castro invest in?
Sebastian Castro invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Sebastian Castro's check size?
Sebastian Castro typically joins rounds of $5M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sebastian Castro participates in.
When did Sebastian Castro last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sebastian Castro closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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