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Belo, a Latin America-focused digital wallet that uses crypto rails for payments, announces its $14 million Series A financing.

Minter, a Brazil-based startup that installs mobile data centers in power plants, announces its Series A financing led by Itaú Ventures with participation from Grupo Leste and Legend Capital.

Bicycle Capital leads the $405 million Series C financing of Plata, a leading digital bank with operations in Latin America, with the round also including participation from new investors Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), BTG Pactual, and Valor Capital Group, as well as existing investors Kora, Hedosophia, Spice Expeditions, and Audeo Ventures

Brazil-based fintech specializing in international payments via stablecoins, UnblockPay, announces its $4.5 million seed financing, which will go towards strengthening its regulatory and compliance structure, expanding its products, and integrating new local payment solutions across Latin America and Asia

Prosus Ventures as the lead investor in the R$95 million financing of Mevo, a Brazil-based startup specializing in digital prescriptions for medications and tests

TESS AI, a Brazilian startup that makes different generative AI models communicate with each other to create agents that help companies, announces its $US 5 million seed funding round led by Hi Ventures with participation from DYDX Capital and Honeystone

Mexico-based online used car dealer, Kavak, announces its $300 million Series F financing led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

Uruguayan-based artificial intelligence platform, Horizon, announces its $3.5 million seed financing led by NXTP

Leona Health, a Mexico City-based AI copilot for doctors on WhatsApp, in its $14 million seed financing led by Andreesen Horowitz with participation from General Catalyst and Accel

Chilean-based Vambe, an AI conversational business-to-consumer commerce platform that automates sales operations and customer support, announces its $14 million Series A financing led by Monashees

Cenit, a Chilean tax automation startup focused on freelancers and small businesses, announces its $1.8 million seed financing led by Hi Ventures

BHub, an accounting and financial management startup serving small and medium-sized businesses, announces its $10 million pre-Series B financing, led by Next Billion Capital Partners, with participation from existing investors Valor Capital, Monashees, and Hedosophia

Hi Ventures announces Ant International’s strategic investment in its portfolio company R2, a Latin American embedded finance platform

Leading global online marketplace, OLX Group, announces its U$5 million investment in CredAluga, a Brazil-based fintech specializing in the real estate market

Valor Capital Group co-leads in the R$125 million Series A financing of Brazilian fintech, Velotax, enabling the company to expand its AI credit platform and strengthen its financial-inclusion strategy across Brazil

Akua, a new payment Operating System for Emerging Markets, announces its $8.5 million Series Seed financing, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $13 million, just one year after completing its pre-seed round

Mexico City-based digital auto insurer, Momento Seguros, announces its $10 million Series A financing led by Hedosophia and American Family Ventures

Brazil-based provider of AI workers for sales, customer support and post-sales processes, Darwin AI, announces its additional $4.5 million seed financing led by Base10 Partners, bringing the company’s total funding to $7 million

Mexico-based fintech company, Digitt, announces its $10 million Series A financing led by Yolo Investments, with participation from IGNIA Partners and Capria Ventures

Chile-based HR platform, Buk, announces its acquisition of Bemmbo, a Chilean startup specializing in financial process automation