Company
Who we are
The company was conceived and founded by Roberto Opazo and Emilio Davis at the end of 2011. In 2013, Luís Hernán Paúl joined as an angel investor and board member. Currently, the ownership of the company is shared with other strategic team members, including friends, relatives, and many other individuals who became investors through a crowdfunding round managed on Broota.
With an old childhood friend, a manager at one of the banks in Chile, we got into a heated discussion about payment methods in the country and their related companies.
The tone of the conversation rose to such a point that I suddenly fell silent. At that moment, I realized that there was the possibility to do more than PayPal. I could offer an affordable, inclusive service that would allow many people to execute transfers, avoiding mistakes, saving time, and protecting the customer from fraud.
This is how Khipu was born
Name derived from the word "quipu", or knot in Quechua, a tool used by the Incas to keep records and accounts.
Since we entered the market in 2013, there have been thousands of events that have shaped our DNA. Capital increase processes, executed ideas (some good, some not so much), strategy changes, incursions into other countries, training courses, received Corfo funds (we have received 4 and hope for more), awards (notably, the AVONNI innovation award given by the Ministry of Economy of Chile).
Together with e-Khipu (as we refer to those who work or have worked in the company), there are many stories to tell, and it is difficult to summarize in a few words everything we have lived through. It has truly been a wonderful journey, full of bumps, obstacles, and ups and downs, but wonderful in the end.
Today, we have achieved a good market positioning in various industries. Businesses have validated our value proposition, which we continue to improve day by day.
The success factors
If I were asked to summarize, in just two concepts, the success factors that have allowed us to reach our current position, they would be having an unwavering conviction that we are delivering a compelling and unprecedented value proposition in the financial industry, and secondly, having an unwavering team of great quality both human and professional, committed and fully dedicated to every task or decision made.
Undoubtedly, this story continues. We do not know what the future holds for us. But we do know that we are making a contribution to Chile and we hope to soon reach other countries of our beautiful planet Earth as well.
