Weekly Top Startup Funding in LATAM - 28th Week, 2025: Overview of the region's leading venture capital investments
**Latin American Startups Secure Significant Funding and Expansion Plans**
The tech landscape in Latin America is flourishing, as evidenced by recent funding rounds and growth strategies of fintech, femtech, and proptech startups. Notable among these are Neon, Addi, Plenna, KIRA, and AlugaMais.
**Plenna (Femtech, Mexico)** secured a $6 million Series A round, led by Mazapil, Dalus Capital, and New Ventures, with angel investor Karla Berman also participating. Plenna offers hybrid healthcare services through clinics and a digital platform, focusing on personalized, stigma-free care for women aged 27–35. With this funding, Plenna aims to open 13 new clinics across five cities and expand its AI-powered platform to serve over 200,000 women.
**KIRA (Fintech, Miami and Mexico)** raised a $2 million pre-seed round, despite already generating $3 million in revenue. KIRA's AI and stablecoin-powered infrastructure enables companies to launch global financial products such as wallets and cross-border payments via a unified API. Its clients include Banco Industrial and a major global retailer. The company is expanding into Colombia with ambitions to become the infrastructure layer for next-generation fintech.
**AlugaMais (Proptech, Brazil)** raised $1.8 million from SRM Ventures to grow its rent-advance and credit services. AlugaMais uses AI to automate rental contracts and allows landlords to receive up to 12 months of rent upfront. The platform processes more than R$60 million ($10.8 million) annually and aims to advance R$40 million ($7.2 million) in receivables over the next 12 months.
Meanwhile, **Neon**, a Brazilian fintech, raised $129.6 million in its expanded Series E round. Neon currently serves 32 million customers and has a credit portfolio of $1.08 billion. The company plans to grow its private payroll loans, deepen Open Finance integration, and deploy AI for responsible lending to Brazil's working class.
**Addi**, another fintech player in Latin America, also secured a significant credit financing agreement from BBVA Spark, though the exact amount was not disclosed. Addi has issued over 19 million loans and works with more than 25,000 businesses.
These startups are leveraging new capital to scale operations, expand geographically, and deepen their technology platforms, reflecting the dynamic growth of the fintech, femtech, and proptech sectors in Latin America. The use of AI, stablecoins, and hybrid healthcare models underlines the innovative approaches addressing local market needs. The region's tech landscape is proving both resilient and ready to scale, as digital infrastructure matures and new capital flows in.
Plenna, a Mexican femtech startup, secured $6 million in a Series A round to open new clinics and expand its AI-powered platform, aiming to serve over 200,000 women. KIRA, a fintech company based in Miami and Mexico, raised $2 million despite already generating $3 million in revenue, with plans to expand into Colombia and become the infrastructure layer for next-generation fintech. Their activities illustrate the use of technology, including AI, in the thriving Latin American tech landscape, where startups are leveraging new funding to scale operations, innovate, and address local market needs.
