# Nahuel Candia

> Nahuel Candia is the co-founder and CEO of Rebill, a payments-infrastructure company that lets global businesses process payments, payouts and financial operations across Latin America and the US without setting up local entities. A developer since age 14 who built three companies before 30, he took Rebill through Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch and raised roughly $3.6-3.7M from Tiger Global, SV Angel, SOMA Capital, Magma Partners and founders like Vercel's Guillermo Rauch and Dropbox's Arash Ferdowsi. He says Rebill was rejected by YC dozens of times before getting in, and that persistence is now part of the company's origin story.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Rebill
- **Organizations:** Rebill, Shovel Apps, Ando.la, MANOS Accelerator, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** Argentine
- **Education:** Entrepreneurship certificate program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Disciplined Entrepreneurship / New Ventures program)
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Rebill, a YC W22 payments-infrastructure company, Raised ~$3.6-3.7M from Tiger Global, SV Angel, SOMA Capital, Magma Partners, Rally Capital and angels including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel) and Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Rebill named fastest-growing company by Startup Chile

## Career timeline

- **~2008** — Starts programming at age 14
- **2009** — Microsoft Imagine Cup regional finalist at 15; recognized as a Microsoft Student Partner
- **~2013** — Founds Shovel Apps Inc. at 19, billed as 'the WordPress for mobile apps,' accelerated by MANOS Accelerator in San Francisco
- **2016** — Selected for MIT's Disciplined Entrepreneurship / New Ventures program (held in Seoul), one of ~70 chosen from 4,000+ applicants across 50+ countries
- **pre-2020** — Serves as CTO of Ando.la, a sustainable last-mile logistics company later acquired by Moova
- **2020** — Co-founds Rebill with Ariel Diaz Ailan
- **2021** — Relocates with Rebill (UK Startup Visa); later returns to Argentina to ease the time-zone gap
- **2022** — Rebill joins Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch and raises a ~$3.6M seed led by Tiger Global
- **2023** — Rebill launches cross-border payment gateway
- **2024** — Rebill introduces 1-Click Checkout
- **2025** — Francisco Leon joins Rebill as co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer; Nahuel becomes a US resident after 15 years

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Rebill, a YC W22 payments-infrastructure company
- Raised ~$3.6-3.7M from Tiger Global, SV Angel, SOMA Capital, Magma Partners, Rally Capital and angels including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel) and Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox)
- Rebill named fastest-growing company by Startup Chile
- Microsoft Imagine Cup regional finalist at 15; Microsoft Student Partner
- Selected for MIT entrepreneurship program from a pool of 4,000+ applicants
- Approved for an EB-1A 'extraordinary ability' US visa
- Built three companies before age 30
- Featured in TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Forbes, Entrepreneur and Infobae

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Francisco Leon joined Rebill as co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer; Nahuel reached US residency after 15 years.
- **2024** — Rebill rolled out a 1-Click Checkout feature.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dncandia.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nahuelcandia/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/dncandia
- GitHub: https://github.com/nahuelcandia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nahuelcandia/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dncandia/

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Last updated: 2026-06-27