Fundraising
Brazilian cross-border financial platform Ruvo is accelerating its market expansion to compete with established global account providers such as Wise, Revolut, Nomad, and Nubank Ultravioleta. Founded in 2025, the fintech utilizes a model combining Brazil’s instant payment system, Pix, and dollar-pegged stablecoins to facilitate international money transfers,
Fundraising
Brazilian healthtech startup Matria has secured $6.5 million in a Seed funding round led by investment firm Astella. The round features participation from Endeavor Scale Up Ventures, Floating Point, FluentVC, and follow-on backing from Afya, alongside prominent surgeon and former Hospital Sírio-Libanês director Paulo Chapchap, who joins
Argentina
Argentine startup Giraffe Bio, which operates in Chile, has closed a $6.4 million seed round to scale biochemical reagents designed to recover more copper from ore that mining companies already process. The financing, reported by TechCrunch on October 13, was led by Orion Industrial Ventures, with participation from BHP
Latam
Backed by leading media outlets and communities in the U.S. and Latin America, the fund invests distribution instead of capital as AI makes software cheaper to build and community and trust become key advantages.
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Startups
dr.consulta secures US$30 million from IFC to expand from 32 to 80 clinics in Brazil and reach 10 million users by 2030.
Startups
Afya and Yduqs agree to merge their Brazilian education platforms, with Afya shareholders set to own 69% of the combined company.
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Agibank raises US$ 403 million in its third FIDC issuance, bringing total fundraising through credit receivables funds to US$1.27 billion since 2025.
Pragma secures a US$4 million strategic agreement with AWS to accelerate AI development, modernize clients, and expand across the Americas.
TripWip raises US$4.2 million in seed funding to expand its peer-to-peer car rental marketplace in Mexico and Argentina.
deRentas raises US$6.1 million in its second capital markets issuance as it expands its fleet and targets 10,000 vehicles by the end of 2026.
TraderPal secures a US$15 million commitment from Tek Innovation to expand tokenized asset distribution between global markets and Japan.
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