INFOGRAPHIC: LATAM's Top Weekly Startup Funding — Week 22, 2025

It was an exciting week across Latin America’s tech ecosystem, with startups in fintech, fitness, climate tech, AI-driven sales, and agricultural innovation securing fresh capital to scale their operations.

From modernising cross-border payments to digitalising field trials in agriculture, these companies are building the tools to accelerate transformation across key industries.

Palla, an international payments platform based in the U.S. and LATAM, raised $14.5 million in a Series A round led by Revolution Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Cowboy Ventures, Meta Fund, and others. The company offers APIs, white-label apps, and embeddable components that allow financial institutions to integrate real-time cross-border payments into their digital platforms. With existing partnerships spanning over 30 financial institutions and access to more than 150 million end users across LATAM and the Caribbean, Palla will use the funds to expand its payment corridors, introduce new money-movement products, and scale globally.

Next Fit, a Brazilian startup offering management solutions for gyms and fitness businesses, secured $8.8 million in a Series A round led by Cloud9 Capital and joined by Parceiros Ventures. The company’s app, with over 4 million downloads and 1 million active users, provides tools for workouts, physical assessments, and payments. Next Fit plans to grow its product and development teams and enhance its financial services arm, Next Fit Pay, while expanding its reach within Brazil’s fitness ecosystem, which already includes 13,000 clients like gyms, pilates studios, and sports rental businesses.

Circular Brain, a Brazilian climate tech startup, raised $3.5 million from Lorene Urban Mining through a minority equity and operational partnership. The company helps electronics manufacturers meet waste compliance laws by connecting dismantlers, recyclers, and collection centres through a traceable credit platform. With the funding, Circular Brain will expand triage and logistics operations and integrate Lorene’s infrastructure of 20 dismantlers and 200 vehicles across Latin America. The startup previously raised $500,000 from Barn Investimentos and BR Angels, delivering a 600% return for its early backers.

Sellera.AI, a Brazilian sales automation platform, brought in $3.1 million from a Family Office to accelerate its commercial operations and further develop its AI-powered platform. The company combines CRM, data analytics, and AI into an independent sales channel that automates the full sales funnel, from lead generation to conversion, and includes financial tools to advance receivables. Operating on a take-rate model, Sellera.AI partners with major clients like BTG Pactual and Mapfre and integrates with channels like WhatsApp, Instagram, and email to optimise performance and cash flow for mid-sized businesses.

Calice, an Argentine agtech startup specialising in AI-powered agricultural analytics, raised $2.5 million in a round led by Astanor Ventures, with participation from Draper Cygnus, AIR Capital, GrainCorp Ventures, and others. The funds will support the expansion of its AI platform NODES™, designed to streamline field trials and R&D for seed companies and agri-biotech firms. With plans to expand into Brazil and the U.S., Calice aims to simplify agricultural data analysis, reduce R&D costs, and enhance sustainability through predictive modelling and computational biology.

These funding rounds underscore the region’s growing appetite for deep tech, financial innovation, and sustainable solutions. Startups across Latin America are not only solving local challenges but are also positioning themselves as global leaders in digital transformation.