INFOGRAPHIC: LATAM's Top Weekly Startup Funding—Week 28, 2025

AI-driven fintechs, blockchain platforms, and hydrogen pioneers raised over $165 million across Latin America this week, signalling growing investor interest in the region’s digital infrastructure, cleantech, and financial inclusion markets. With deals spanning Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, startups are combining artificial intelligence, blockchain, and sustainable energy to unlock new credit pathways, digital asset access, and climate-friendly fuels.

Canopy, a new Brazilian company focused on acquiring and scaling vertical SaaS businesses, led the week with a $100 million investment to launch its operations. Funded by Bessemer Venture Partners and Cloud9, the capital will be used to acquire software firms in finance, education, telecom, and more. Led by Sinqia veteran Thiago Rocha, Canopy expects to complete its first acquisition in 2025 and aims to become one of Brazil’s largest software consolidators.

Clean energy innovation also made waves this week. Tulum Energy, spun out from the Techint Group, announced a $27 million seed round to commercialise methane pyrolysis, splitting methane into hydrogen and solid carbon without carbon dioxide emissions. Backed by TDK Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, and TechEnergy Ventures, Tulum will build its pilot plant in Mexico, supplying hydrogen and carbon to adjacent steel manufacturing operations. The company hopes to produce hydrogen at just $1.50 per kilo, undercutting many green hydrogen approaches.

Brazilian digital banking platform NG.Cash also secured $26.5 million in Series B funding, backed by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Quantum Light, and long-time investor Monashees. Targeted at Brazil’s youth aged 18–30, NG.Cash offers prepaid credit, consortiums, AI-powered financial tools, and educational content to over 7 million users. The new funding will go toward expanding credit access for underbanked young adults and deepening the platform’s use of AI in product development and personalisation.

In Colombia, fintech lender Avista secured $10 million in private credit from Ninety One, structured by The Rohatyn Group (TRG). Avista provides payroll loans to underserved pensioners and retirees across Colombia, addressing the needs of the country’s ageing population. The deal reinforces growing investor interest in the region’s "Silver Economy" and adds to the company’s $400 million in total raised capital to date.

Rounding out the week, in Brazil, Nexa Finance, a blockchain-based platform for alternative asset investment, raised $4.5 million in a seed round led by Maya Capital. Nexa tokenises assets like receivables and consortium shares, enabling family offices and brokerages to offer highly customised investment portfolios. The platform recently moved out of beta and is targeting R$1 billion ($180 million) in tokenised assets by 2026, unlocking new financial instruments for clients across the country.

From AI-powered credit and tokenised portfolios to sustainable hydrogen and SaaS roll-ups, Latin America’s startups are proving they can scale with discipline, innovation, and regional insight. With global and local funds showing renewed confidence, the region is shaping up to be a key frontier for tech-driven transformation.