Private company

PayU

Logo: PayU, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Dutch fintech

PayU is a Dutch payment service provider to online merchants. The company was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Hoofddorp.² It is part of Naspers.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded¹

HeadquartersHoofddorp¹
Websitecorporate.payu.com

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PayU is a Dutch payment service provider to online merchants. The company was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Hoofddorp.²

Corporate structure

PayU is part of a group headed by Naspers. 306 entities, 43 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Naspers Cape Town, South Africa
- PayU Hoofddorp
- Prosus Amsterdam, Netherlands
  - MIH Ventures One B.V. Amsterdam, Netherlands
  - Stack Exchange New York, New York, United States
  - MIH Internet Holdings B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    - MIH e-commerce Holdings B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
      - 6 more
    - MIH INTERNET INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    - Prosus Services B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
  - MIH Investments One B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- eMAG Subsidiary · Bucuresti-Sectorul 6, Romania
  - S.C. Delivery Solutions S.A. 95.06% · București, Romania
  - eMAG Magyarorszag Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (eMAG Magyarország Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság) Subsidiary · 100% · Budapest, Hungary
  - HEYBLU FINANCIAL SERVICES IFN S.A. Subsidiary · 100% · București, Sectorul 2, Romania
  - DEPANERO SRL Subsidiary · 99.99% · București, Sectorul 6, Romania
- MultiChoice Subsidiary · Johannesburg, South Africa
  - Pearl Magic Subsidiary · Uganda
- OLX Group Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Tencent Stake · 31.2% · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  - Riot Games 100% · Los Angeles, California, United States
    - Hypixel Studios Subsidiary · Derry
    - Radiant Entertainment Subsidiary · Los Altos
    - Riot Forge Subsidiary
  - Supercell 75.5% · Helsinki, Finland
    - Supercell Ventures Oy Subsidiary · 100% · Helsinki, Finland
  - Miniclip Neuchatel, Switzerland
  - Tencent Music 深圳, China
    - Guangxi Qingse Venture Capital Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
    - Liquid State Subsidiary · China
  - China Literature Limited Subsidiary · 62.42% · George Town, Cayman Islands
    - QQ Reading Subsidiary
    - Shanghai Yuewen Information Technology Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · Shanghai Free-Trade Zone, China
    - Yuewen Animation & Comics Subsidiary · China
  - Beiji Guang Gongzuo Shi Subsidiary
  - Byton Subsidiary · Nanjing
  - Cenega Subsidiary · Poland
    - Cenega Czech Subsidiary · Praha 5, Czechia
  - Cloudary Corporation Subsidiary · 上海, China
  - Grinding Gear Games Subsidiary · Auckland
  - Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation and Comics Subsidiary
  - Jade Studio Subsidiary
  - Level Infinite Subsidiary · Netherlands
  - MoreFun Studio Group Subsidiary
  - New Classics Media Subsidiary · Dongyang
  - Proxima Beta Europe Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    - Klei Entertainment 100% · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    - Tequila Works Madrid, Spain
  - Sogou Subsidiary · Beijing
  - Tencent (Thailand) Company Limited Subsidiary · Bangkok, Thailand
  - Tencent Animation and Comics Subsidiary · Shenzhen
  - Tencent Boston Subsidiary
  - Tencent Cloud Subsidiary
  - Tencent Games Subsidiary · Shenzhen
    - Lightspeed and Quantum Studios Group Subsidiary
      - 1 more
    - NExT Studios Subsidiary · Shanghai
    - Saroasis Studios Subsidiary · Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
    - Sumo Group Subsidiary · Sheffield, United Kingdom
      - 3 more
    - Trovo Live Subsidiary
  - Tencent Penguin Pictures Subsidiary
    - BonBon Girls 303 Subsidiary · China
    - Rocket Girls 101 Subsidiary
  - Tencent Pictures Subsidiary · Shanghai
  - Tenpay Subsidiary · Qian Hai, People's Republic of China
  - and 50 more
- LAZYPAY PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Mumbai, India
- MAIN STREET 2020 (PTY) LTD Subsidiary · Johannesburg, South Africa
- MIH Ecommerce Holdings (Pty) Ltd Subsidiary · Johannesburg, South Africa
- MIH Edtech Investments B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- MIH Fintech Investments B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- MIH Payments Holdings B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Movile International Holdings B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Myriad International Holdings Subsidiary

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Naspers

Owners

Naspers

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

2002Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataPayU on Wikidata
2
WikipediaPayU on Wikipedia
3
Wikimedia CommonsPayU logo by PayU, Public domain
4
Wikimedia CommonsPayU photo by Klapi, CC BY-SA 4.0