Financial Inclusion & Well-being

Startups

Kiwi

Kiwi

Kiwi

Kiwi, is India’s pioneering standalone credit on UPI platform with a vision to transform the transactional credit landscape in India. As an NPCI certified entity, Kiwi is the first app to offer customers the opportunity to experience "Credit on UPI" through Rupay Credit Cards issued in partnership with banks.

ONI Impact Thesis

By catalysing mass market adoption of credit on UPI, Kiwi will accelerate access to transactional credit for millions of underserved customers including the Next Half Billion over time. With its pioneering credit cards with UPI offering, Kiwi is transforming the credit card landscape in India, leveraging UPI’s ubiquitous payment rails, vast user base and merchant network.

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Why We Invested

Founders

Anup Agrawal, Mohit Bedi and Siddharth Mehta

Anup Agrawal, Mohit Bedi and Siddharth Mehta

Investment Team

Director, Investments

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Omidyar Network India invests in bold entrepreneurs who help create a meaningful life for every Indian, especially the hundreds of millions of Indians in low-income and lower-middle-income populations, ranging from the poorest among us to the existing middle class. To drive empowerment and impact at scale, we work with entrepreneurs in the private, nonprofit and public sectors, who are tackling India’s hardest and most chronic problems. We invest in the areas of Advancing Cities, Digital Society, Education & Employability, Emerging Technologies, Financial Inclusion & Well-being and Property Inclusivity.
Omidyar Network India is part of the Omidyar Group, a diverse collection of companies, organizations and initiatives, supported by philanthropists Pam and Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay.