Hey, it’s Yoel 👋 Back again with the 80th edition of Dealflow LatAm: your go-to source for all the deals, moves, and momentum in the region’s startup scene.

Plenty to break down—so let’s get into it 🚀

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Startup funding news 💸

Rounds of $10M+:

• 🇧🇷 CloudWalk raises $1.1B via FIDC to fund credit card receivables financing and expand credit access for SMEs.

• 🇨🇴 Addi secures a $150M credit line to scale lending operations and expand its BNPL ecosystem, led by J.P. Morgan with Fasanara Capital participation.

• 🇨🇴 Habi secures a $40M credit line to expand its proptech platform and housing operations in Colombia, backed by BBVA Spark.

• 🇲🇽 Nas.com raises $27M Series A to expand its AI platform for solopreneurs in LatAm, led by Khosla Ventures with Lightspeed and 500 Global.

Rounds $1M to $10M:

• 🇦🇷 Shorta raises $6M pre-seed to produce 100 vertical series and scale its mobile-first entertainment platform, backed by Monashees and others.

• 🇧🇷🤝🇺🇸 Astor raises $5M seed to scale its AI financial advisor for retail investors, led by Monashees with Goodwater and Y Combinator participation.

• 🇧🇷 Aro raises $2.5M pre-seed to scale its AI credit guidance platform, led by ONEVC and 17Sigma.

Other rounds of funding:

• 🇧🇷 Minter raises a Series A to scale mobile crypto mining data centers, led by Itaú Ventures with Leste Group and Legend Capital participation.

M&A transactions 🎊

🇧🇷 Olenox merges with CS Digital to build off-grid data centers for Bitcoin mining and AI, aiming to cut costs and scale energy-efficient infrastructure.

🇨🇴 Payments Way secures investment from Coltefinanciera to scale digital payments; amount undisclosed.

Investor & accelerator news 🚀

🇧🇷 BTG Pactual TIG secures a $370M first close for its LatAm timberland strategy to invest in sustainable forestry assets across the region.

🇧🇷 Finep offers $20M in non-dilutive funding for semiconductor projects, but receives no applications, highlighting gaps in Brazil’s chip ecosystem.

🇧🇷 Estímulo structures its third impact fund focused on the Amazon, after deploying ~$80M in loans to small businesses through its blended finance model.

🇪🇸 Mundi Ventures reaches first close of its $100M LatAm fund to back early growth startups, backed by BID Invest, Cofides, and regional investors.

Opportunities & Deadlines 👀

• 🇲🇽 Media Capital Forum 2026 will be held in Mexico City, focused on media, community, and startup fundraising in LatAm. 📅 May 21.

• 🇧🇷 Web Summit Rio confirms its 2026 edition in Rio de Janeiro, gathering 30,000+ attendees, investors, and startups; 📅 June 8–11.

• 🇲🇽 Bitso Business confirms the Stablecoin Conference LatAm 2026, gathering global leaders on stablecoin innovation in Mexico City; 📅 June 15–16.

• 🇲🇽🇵🇪🇨🇴🇦🇷 #EmprendeEnTikTok 2026 opens applications for startups, offering seed funding and mentorship; 📅 Apply by July 5, 2026.

• 🇨🇴 Colombia Tech Week confirms its 2026 edition across Bogotá and Medellín for founders, investors, and corporates; 📅 Dates TBC.

Startup news 💡

🇦🇷 Argentina

• 🇦🇷 Deenex.Tech launched a platform to boost take-away sales and customer ownership, funded with $60K in early client payments.

🇧🇷 Brazil

• 🇧🇷 PicPay enters sports betting with “Joga Junto” to boost user engagement and monetization after regulatory approval.

• 🇧🇷 C6 Bank reports ~$500M profit in 2025, while Neon cuts losses sharply and Creditas widens losses amid expansion and acquisitions.

• 🇧🇷 Gamers Club expands its B2B vertical to connect brands with gamers via tournaments and content, targeting ~$4M in revenue.

• 🇧🇷 Firecrawl grows 750% in Brazil after raising ~$16M Series A, driven by rising demand for structured data in AI applications.

• 🇧🇷 Hubla reaches breakeven and targets ~$400M GMV in 2026, scaling its creator monetization platform backed by Kaszek.

🇨🇱 Chile

• 🇨🇱 Buk launches automated finance solutions to streamline collections and payments, improving cash flow management; no funding disclosed.

🇨🇴 Colombia

• 🇨🇴 Payments Way receives a strategic investment to scale its digital payments and fraud prevention platform, backed by Coltefinanciera.

• 🇨🇴 Integrity Corporación Financiera receives regulatory approval to operate as a financial institution in Colombia, aiming to provide corporate financing solutions.

• 🇨🇴 Swisscontact and Platzi partner to train 2,800 people in Colombia with digital and technical skills focused on sustainable industries.

🇲🇽 Mexico

• 🇲🇽 Belvo and PayJoy expand their partnership to use employment data to improve credit decisions in mobile financing.

🇵🇪 Peru

• .🇵🇪 Prestamype promotes loans of up to $540K to finance home construction with flexible requirements, including users without credit history or in Infocorp.

🇺🇾 Uruguay

• 🇺🇾 dLocal cleared a lawsuit over its 2021 IPO after a New York court dismissed all claims, removing a key overhang on investor sentiment.

• 🇧🇷🇺🇾 PagBrasil launches RoamingPay in Uruguay to enable instant cross-border QR payments using local banking apps, reducing costs and friction.

Big company & policy news 💡

🇧🇷 PagBank laid off ~200 employees in a new efficiency-driven restructuring, its third round of cuts in three years.

Interesting reads 💡

🇪🇸 Txema Rodriguez (Jobandtalent) published “Platform teams aren’t overhead, they’re what keeps your AI engineering from turning into chaos”

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