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Pushpay

“Can one vertical SaaS platform own every digital touchpoint — giving, management, streaming, apps, engagement — for the American church and Catholic parish?”

Founded2011
HQAuckland, New Zealand; Redmond, Washington, US
FoundersChris Heaslip, Eliot Crowther
Latest roundAcquired by BGH Capital and Sixth Street (2023)
IndustryVertical SaaS / Faith-based (Church giving & management)
The story

Founded 2011 in New Zealand as a mobile giving app, Pushpay evolved into a full church operating system. The 2019 CCB acquisition added church management; Resi (2021) added video/streaming; ChurchStaq (2022) and ParishStaq (2023) bundled giving, ChMS, apps and analytics into vertical suites. Taken private in 2023 by BGH Capital and Sixth Street, the company is now doubling down on AI features and platform consolidation ('Staq Transformation') for faith-based organizations.

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Product timeline
2011
Pushpay founded in Auckland, New Zealand to bridge in-person and online giving.· founding
2012
Launched mobile giving iOS app; Android released one month later.· launch
2014
Listed on New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX: PPH).· ipo
2016
Dual-listed on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: PPH).· ipo
2019
Acquired Church Community Builder (CCB) to expand into church management software.· acquisition
2021
Acquired Resi Media, live streaming video platform.· acquisition
2022
Launched ChurchStaq, all-in-one suite (giving + ChMS + apps + donor management).· launch
2023
Taken private by BGH Capital and Sixth Street Partners.· acquisition
2023
Launched ParishStaq for Catholic parishes and dioceses.· launch
2026
Acquired Nurture, a pastoral care and engagement platform.· acquisition
Acquisitions
Nurture2026
Pastoral care and engagement platform that works with a church's existing tech stack.
Resi Media2021
Live streaming and video platform for churches.
Church Community Builder (CCB)2019
Church management software provider; became wholly owned by Pushpay USA.
The stack
6 layers disclosed in Pushpay’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Pushpay Processing (self-operated)First Data / Fiserv
Card network
in the full report
Payroll
in the full report
Sponsor bank
in the full report
Crypto
in the full report
Accounting
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
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