Valor International · Apr 2026
Profiles Zippi's founders and CTO Ludmila Pontremolez, notes 50% female leadership, 45% female workforce, 200,000 clients, and R$5B in credit extended in 2025 with a target of R$10B in 2026.
Payment Platform for LatAm Micro and Small Businesses
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Zippi is a Brazilian fintech that provides weekly credit and working-capital solutions for micro and small businesses, using Pix as the core payment/credit rail.
Primary product
Weekly credit / working-capital solution for micro and small businesses via Pix
Founded
2019
Headquarters
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Team size
51-200
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
Fintech / alternative lending / small-business credit
Offices
São Paulo, Brazil
Portugal (distributed workforce presence; specific office not publicly confirmed)
Business model
credit origination
working-capital lending
payment-enabled financial services
FIDC/funding-vehicle based credit expansion
Funding
Stage
Late-stage private fintech; Series A historically, subsequent venture/debt/FIDC financing
Total raised
$74.9M
Latest round
Debt Financing / FIDC funding · Feb 2026
Latest amount
$42.3M
Feb 2026 · Credit Saison
FIDC / investment vehicle round
Sep 2025 · Itaú and Verde Asset
Jun 2022 · Tiger Global
Nov 2021
Jan 2019
People & investors
Leadership
CEO / Co-Founder
CFO / Co-Founder
CTO / Co-Founder
Head of Engineering
Camila de Oliveira Lopes
Head of Product
Eduardo London
Head de Growth
Ileana Borges
Head of Tech Ops
Ítalo Tabatinga
Founding Team Member - Software Engineer
Work & culture
Public signals emphasize a high-talent-density, technical, fast-moving culture, experimentation with AI, and strong execution. Multiple posts mention Zippi Week and in-person company gatherings, suggesting a hybrid/flexible culture with periodic all-hands.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public salary bands found. Hiring signals emphasize senior technical roles and a selective/high-bar team rather than compensation details.
Product & market
Pricing
Credit product with weekly repayment cycles; pricing/fees are not fully public, but the model appears to monetize through lending spread/credit usage and funding structure rather than SaaS subscription.
Differentiators
- —Pix-native credit platform
- —Weekly billing/repayment aligned to small-business cash flow
- —Instant working-capital access
- —Focused on Brazil's micro and small business segment
- —Built around proprietary underwriting/technology and a technical product culture
Technology
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Flutter
Python
SQL
Terraform
GitHub
GitHub Actions
Intercom
Zendesk
Salesforce
Google Analytics
Google Workspace
Looker
Tableau
Power BI
dbt
Zapier
Pipefy
AWS/AWS-like cloud tooling implied by Terraform and fintech stack
Customers
Micro and small businesses in Brazil
Microempreendedores / small business owners
Autônomos / self-employed workers
Competitors
Creditas
Caruana
Enova
Favo Capital
traditional banks
other Brazilian SME lending / fintech credit providers
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
~$1M-$10M annual revenue (Exa estimate: ~$1.4M)
Estimated monthly visits
163.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Valor Econômico · Apr 2026
Profile of CTO/cofounder Ludmila Pontremolez and Zippi's product/technology approach.
LatAm Republic · Feb 2026
Confirms the US$44M / R$220M FIDC, notes previous funding in 2024 and 2025, and says the company aims to move about US$2B in transactions by end-2026.
LatamList · Feb 2026
Latest and largest funding vehicle raise; Credit Saison joined Itaú Asset, Tesouraria do Itaú BBA, Bradesco BBI, and Valora.
Startups · Feb 2026
Brazilian coverage of the same FIDC round, citing R$ 220M and strong 2025 growth.
Jobs and careers at Zippi
5 jobs at Zippi
Growth Designer
Remote
Growth
São Paulo, Remote
4w ago
Remote
Full-time
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
Technology
São Paulo, Remote
4mo ago
Remote
Full-time
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São Paulo, Remote
1y ago
Remote
Full-time
Banco de Talentos | Estágio
Remote
Bancos de Talentos
São Paulo, Remote
1y ago
Remote
Internship