Kachinga, Inc.

The smart app & debit card for kids that helps parents teach good money habits

  • Stage Product In Market
  • Industry Fintech
  • Location San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded June 2018
  • Employees 6
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website kachinga.com

Company Summary

SAC18 Finalist: Kachinga is helping solve the financial literacy crisis by giving parents the tools and guidance to raise financially smart kids. Our platform digitizes and personalizes financial literacy best practices and combines an intuitive allowance, chore and savings management app with a secure debit card for kids with parental controls that will lead the shift of the $91B earned by U.S. kids annually from cash to digital.

Team

  • John McIntyre
    CEO

    - Successfully built & scaled multiple SaaS companies from start-up to $30M+
    - Product development & management expert
    - Raised $75M+ in VC funding

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncmcintyre/

  • Elaine Werffeli
    Chief Analytics Officer

    - Expert in digital & social media for customer acquisition
    - Former Director of marketing sciences, data & analytics at Microsoft
    - Data science expert

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaine-werffeli-295b4b9/

  • Michael Shane
    CTO

    - Expert in building scalable consumer, financial & gaming applications
    - Built & leads development team of 100+ in Philippines
    - Developed data analytics platform for Microsoft

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeshanefilam/

  • John Zdanowski
    Chief Financial Officer

    - 20+ years with consumer, financial & gaming start-ups
    - Scaled multiple companies to successful exits including IPO
    - Raised $300M+ for multiple start-ups
    - Former CFO of General Assembly, Market Leader & Linden Labs

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnzdanowski/

  • Paul Lee
    IA Architect

    - IA/ML/AI technology expert
    - Served as Microsoft's chief market analyst
    - Leading expert in mobile services ecosystem
    - VP Scient & Gartner

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullee94121/

Advisors

Previous Investors

  • Sam Hayes
    Jean-Philippe Emelie Marcos
    Unconfirmed
    Jim Marggraff
    Unconfirmed

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