Real estate

Castia

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Founded 2021Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Castia is the first rent payment platform in Latam that allows tenants and landlords to get benefits for one of their single biggest monthly expense. Get rewards, pay with any payment method, build your credit score and even save for your future home downpayment, just by paying rent through Castia.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously acasa

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Mauricio Peñaranda

Founder

Mauricio graduated from Industrial Engineering in Colombia and started his career as a management consultant. After that, he did his MBA at Columbia Business School and return to work in Colombia with McKinsey & Company. After that, he joined the early team at Clever Leaves, a medical cannabis start-up in Colombia which went public to NASDAQ by the end of 2020. At that point, confirming entrepreneurship was his passion, he decided to co-found Castia, where he works currently as CEO.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Nicolas Penaranda

Founder

I have been buying and selling apartments as side-business for the past 15 years. Started my career with +5 years of management consulting experience in the banking and insurance sector. In 2016 decided to quit my job and co-founded an ag-tech startup to improve productivity and efficiency for small farmers in Colombia, failed after 18 months. Then co-founded a consumer business to sell healthy snacks in Colombia and sold part of it to a FMCG player in Colombia during COVID.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Eduardo Restrepo

Founder

Industrial Engineer, MBA (ESCP Europe). More than 13 years of experience in corporate finance including 6 years as CFO.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
50team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2021 · Source

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Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite unreachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedBogotá, Bogota, Colombia; Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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