INFOGRAPHIC: Startup Funding in LATAM—Week 43, 2025

Latin American startups raised over $260 million this week, led by fintech and AI-driven healthcare innovation, and once more, Brazil took the spotlight, where homegrown founders continued to blur the lines between finance, data, and applied intelligence. From Mexico’s new banking giant to Brazil’s AI doctors and data-driven decision engines, the region’s tech ecosystem is moving ahead with bets on automation, accessibility, and inclusion.

Mexican fintech Plata led the week with a $250 million funding round that pushed its valuation to $3.1 billion, making it one of Latin America’s fastest-growing neobanks. Founded in 2023 by Neri Tollardo and Danil Anisimov, Plata operates a proprietary, AI-powered cloud banking system built to serve Mexico’s underbanked population. The platform currently provides flexible credit cards and transparent lending products, but plans to expand into payroll access, debit accounts, SME loans, and cross-border services. With over two million active users and a growing workforce of 3,000 employees, Plata now issues nearly 10% of all new credit cards in Mexico.

The week’s second-largest raise came from Brazil, where Telepatia AI, a healthtech startup combining medicine and machine learning, secured a $9 million seed round led by A-Star with backing from Canary, Picus, Abstract, SV Angel, and Nido. Founded by Stanford-trained CEO Nicolas Abad, Telepatia AI develops an AI Doctor that transcribes medical consultations, generates structured reports, and supports diagnostic decision-making. Integrated into hospital systems, the tool helps physicians focus more on patients and less on paperwork. The fresh funding will accelerate product development and expansion across Latin America, where digital healthcare adoption continues to climb.

Next on the list is Argentina’s ONE, which raised a $1.2 million seed round led by Alaya Capital, with participation from Draper Cygnus and Santo Seguros Ventures. ONE provides digital payment infrastructure for e-commerce businesses, enabling them to accept multiple payment methods while using USDT for instant settlements. Operating across Latin America and Europe, the fintech aims to connect emerging markets with the global economy through borderless, blockchain-based payments. The new capital will strengthen ONE’s blockchain backbone as it positions itself as a trusted gateway for international online commerce.

And finally, Brazil’s Draiven capped off the week with a $130,000 angel round, a significant milestone achieved just two months after its launch. The AI startup helps companies transform data into instant business decisions, boasting one of the lowest hallucination rates in the market, below 1%. Founded by a trio of industry veterans, Carlos Schmiedel, Carlos Pereira, and Dhiogo Corrêa, Draiven has developed a proprietary AI architecture inspired by the Mixture of Experts (MoE) model, enhancing both speed and cost efficiency. The funding will fuel its expansion into Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East, as the company pursues its goal of becoming a global reference point for business-applied AI.