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Estrella Galicia

Can a century-old family brewery scale a digital marketplace for craft beverages by embedding payments and fintech infrastructure directly into its platform layer?

Founded1906
HQA Coruña, Spain
IndustryVertical SaaS / Beverages & Hospitality
The story

Estrella Galicia began as a traditional family-owned brewery in 1906 and has remained privately held for over a century. In recent years, the group launched MOVE Estrella Galicia Digital, a spin-off unit focused on digital business acceleration and open innovation. The most significant embedded finance development is the BigCrafters platform — a digital marketplace for craft beverages — which adopted Mangopay for payment orchestration, marking Estrella Galicia's first known foray into embedded payments infrastructure.

Last 12 months
2023
Product timeline
1906
Founded as Hijos de Rivera in A Coruña, Spain, producing and distributing beer under the Estrella Galicia brand.· pivot
2023
Launched BigCrafters by Estrella Galicia, a digital marketplace platform for craft beer and beverages, selecting Mangopay as its payments partner.· banking
The stack
Payments / PSP
Mangopay
Banking / BaaS
Mangopay
Accounting gap: none