Top 30 Finance Startup Investors in Argentina in October 2023

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• Vaas — Manage debt capital - A cross-border platform for the emerging private debt market. We build with the future of private debt in mind.
• Assis — Assis goal is to empower business owners by helping them grow their companies through technology that gives customers an amazing experience each and every time they connect with them.
• Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service

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• HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
• Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
• BrainLogic AI — We are a #ConsumerAI company that creates massive-scale, GenAI-first products designed to positively impact emerging markets.

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• Z1 — Z1 is a digital banking app made for teenagers and young adults where teenagers can learn financial independence. Founded in 2020 by João Pedro Thompson (ex-Vereda Educação), Thiago Achatz (ex-Grow Pay), Sophie Secaf (ex-BOX 1824) and Mateus Craveiro (ex-Pagar.me), the company has already conquered important investors: the Maya Capital fund and 99founders , Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas. Now, the company announces that it has received a contribution from the American accelerator Y Combinator, which has companies such as Airbnb, Twitch, and Rappi in its portfolio.
• Glass | Government Ecosystems — GLASS is a software ecosystem powering high-performing governments. We build purposeful, transformative technology for XXI century governments, using Artificial Intelligence to digitize, streamline and scale good processes and decision-making.Regardless of size, public systems, or challenges, we make it easy for governments to do what'sright, empowering them to run efficiently and to offer high-quality public services that are universally accessible to all.We believe that a new blueprint for good governance is possible, and are creating the tools to make that happen, today.
• menta tech — menta ayuda a boleteras a aumentar ingresos, reducir costos y gestionar datos, con integraciones simples que proveen seguridad y eficiencia.

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• Wirelane — Wirelane is a full service provider in the field of electric mobility. The company is currently active in 5 countries (D, F, S, NL, CH) and has experience with large industrial customers (VW, Vattenfall, Bouygues and others). In addition to their software solutions, they also offer specially developed charging stations that set standards throughthe use of advanced technology such as radar sensors and tap payment. The company works with customers from all industry sectors to develop solutions for tomorrow’s mobility needs. Wirelane is one of Europe’s leading specialist providers of hardware, software and app solutions.
• Charquiqui — Charquiqui specializes in manufacturing red meat products intended to offer cured meat snacks. It offers retail products and packages of red meat that contains beef bites, cured in natural brine, and partially dehydrated on grills.
• 13 Fronteras — Latin American Cuisine

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• SteinCares — SteinCares is a supplier of specialty healthcare products, such as complex generics, biosimilars, and cutting-edge pharmaceuticals.
• Veritas Finance — Veritas Finance focuses on meeting the financial needs of the micro, small, and medium enterprises. Veritas Finance Private Limited is an organization started with the primary intention of reaching out to the customers who either have no access or inadequate access to financial services in the informal sector. 'Veritas' in Latin meanstruth. True to its name, Veritas is focused on making a true impact through inclusive access to financial services on the customers engaged in informal activities.The company is run by professionals with rich experience in the financial services industry that aims to make availing credit easy to this segment and make a positive impact on the lives of millions of Indians engaged in informal activities and who actually build the nation.
• Mahindra Last Mile Mobility — Mile Mobility is a division of M&M that is in charge of the company's well-known mix of petrol, CNG, diesel, and electric last mile mobility 3- and 4-wheelers - passenger and freight vehicles.

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• Sabesp — Sabesp is a Brazilian company that engages in providing basic sanitation services such as distribution of treated water, collection, and treatment of sewage. It is currently responsible for supplying water and collecting and treating sewage in the 367 municipalities of São Paulo state. It supplies 27.9 million people with water and provides sewagecollection services to 21.5 million people.Sabesp was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• Banco PAN — Banco PAN is a medium-sized financial institutions, jointly controlled by Banco BTG Pactual and Caixa Econômica Federal.
• GoTrendier — Gotrendier.com.co is a platform to sell the clothes that you no longer use and to buy in the closet of other girls throughout Colombia. Posting your products on gotrendier.com.co is completely free! They are sure that in your closet you have many fashion garments that you have not even put on, or that are new, even with a label. At GoTrendier wegive you the opportunity to sell these items and earn money. In addition, you can buy clothes from other users, and find your new favorites

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• Figopara — Figopara is a solution that discounts companies' e-invoices before their due dates with the offers received by financial institutions. It provides secure information to the financial companies that the customer is associated with and wants to reach by providing them with printed invoice information.Figopara was established in 2017 to developfinancial technology applications and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.
• Scanntech — Scanntech provides point-of-sale software to retail stores. The company offers tech solutions and connectivity in sales points to enables independent supermarkets to process transactions, run inventory management, and provide financial services to consumers through intelligence point of sale software.Scanntech was founded in 1992 and is based inMontevideo, Uruguay.
• Liquid Telecom — Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies is a pan-African technology group with capabilities across 14 countries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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• AnFin — AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company building the most innovative products in the wealth management and brokerage space. We strongly believe in the power of the stock market to transform developing economies. Therefore, we want to democratize access to stocks, bonds, and structured investment products. By leveraging scalable technology andstrategic partnerships, AnFin plans to build an ecosystem of products that connect stakeholders in a seamless way.
• Kambio — Kambio helps custom home builders build and sell more homes in less time using our real-time 3D home configurator platform and modular architecture for prefab.
• Treinta — Treinta is a digital ledger app for Latin American microbusinesses. Through Treinta, users can easily record transactions by assigning products from their inventory and see how their business metrics evolve in real time. The app helps owners save up to 30 minutes a day in bookkeeping related tasks and improve efficiency by over 30%. Out of the 50million microbusinesses in LATAM, today 90% still track their sales and expenses by using pen and paper.

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• Topkey — Topkey is an app that tracks expenses by property, sync transactions across systems, and save tons of money on bookkeeping. Topkey was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
• KittyCAD — Infrastructure for hardware design tools.
• Parcha AI — Parcha is an AI-powered enterprise software that enables businesses to automate their scale compliance and operations.

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• Vaas — Manage debt capital - A cross-border platform for the emerging private debt market. We build with the future of private debt in mind.
• Portão 3 — Porta 3 is a travel management platform for businesses that provides reservations for flights, hotels, cars, and insurance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Uberlândia, MG.
• Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.

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• Latitud — Build good sh*t with Latitud
• Belo — Crypto for everyone, everyday
• Pigeon — Pigeon Loans is a peer-to-peer lending platform that facilitates loans between family, friends, and loved ones. The platform provides their users the ability to generate legal contracts, make online payments, store loan documentation, enable automatic bank withdrawals, and make international transactions, all in an easy to use interface.PigeonLoans was founded by Brian Bristol and Anna Matilde Tanga in 2020 and is based in San Diego, CA, USA.

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• Wibond — Under the “buy now pay later” business model, Wibond is a 100% flexible digital payment method to pay in installments and without a card. It provides financial access to a large community offering payment options according to the possibilities and the profile of each user. - Companies increase their sales by approaching a new user community andoffering an innovative payment alternative. - Users access a universe of stores and businesses to be able to pay in installments without a card. The platform sets out an ambitious vision and seeks to promote trade in Latin America, a very complex region. Their next steps include landing in Chile and Mexico. Wibond was founded in Argentina in 2020 by Ezequiel Bucai and Alejandro Silvestre. In 2013 they created a platform where users accessed a network of more than 2,500 gyms and sports centers located in 30 cities in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Then Classpass, the US Unicorn, acquired Clickypass.
• Aug X Labs — Helping people make more compelling videos, at a fraction of the time and effort
• Social Chat — Loup is an intelligent marketing platform that lets you turn your website into a personal shopping experience with interactive video.

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• Quiena Inversiones — Quiena is the retail investor platform that allows millions of small and medium savers acquire investment products that have previously been inaccessible for them.We use technology that allows our customers to start investing in one click without having prior knowledge. Quiena automatically manages all investments based on each customer’s goalsand needs. We have investment products for short-term cash management in local currency, the ability to convert the balance to US dollars, and long-term investments with global assets. All in a single automated platform.

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• Wibond — Under the “buy now pay later” business model, Wibond is a 100% flexible digital payment method to pay in installments and without a card. It provides financial access to a large community offering payment options according to the possibilities and the profile of each user. - Companies increase their sales by approaching a new user community andoffering an innovative payment alternative. - Users access a universe of stores and businesses to be able to pay in installments without a card. The platform sets out an ambitious vision and seeks to promote trade in Latin America, a very complex region. Their next steps include landing in Chile and Mexico. Wibond was founded in Argentina in 2020 by Ezequiel Bucai and Alejandro Silvestre. In 2013 they created a platform where users accessed a network of more than 2,500 gyms and sports centers located in 30 cities in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Then Classpass, the US Unicorn, acquired Clickypass.
• Myria — Annually, the wealthiest 300,000 people spend $1.3 million each on their lifestyle, but still struggle to find everything they want. - The most sought-after products, services, and experiences are never listed online. - Private events, private clubs, and numerous other categories are not accessible. - The best people don't need the web tofind clients or jobs. Myria is a private marketplace & community where all participants are fully vetted. Our offers are exclusive and otherwise unavailable online. Myria helps off-market sellers reach the nicest, richest, and most quailed buyers on Earth. In turn, we help the world’s most successful people find the best of everything and get the most out of life.
• Range — Experience all-in-one wealth management from Range. Access wealth management services from our team of Certified Financial Planners and unified financial management through one thoughtfully designed platform. Learn more about becoming a member.

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• BHR — Streamline home research and diligence. Real estate data from 30+ industry-leading providers. Powered by an AI real estate copilot. Available for every home in the US.
• End-Labs — Early. New. Different. A blockchain development studio
• Magic Eden — Magic Eden is the leading community-centric NFT marketplace. Home to the next generation of creators. Discover the best and latest NFT collections today.

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• Devengo — Light-speed transfers. Our Instant Payments API enables seamless integration to automate payouts to your customers in Europe and the UK.
• Plexigrid — We provide tailored solutions for electricity systems by using data analysis and optimization technology.
• BrandLovrs — BrandLovrs provides a one-of-a-kind model for gamifying influencer marketing campaigns Brands may use the BrandLovrs platform to collaborate with a large number of producers for scalable and gamified influencer marketing.

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• Karat Financial — Karat is the best card for creators, helping you save money, earn rewards, and grow your channel faster - because content IS a business.
• Legit Security — Legit Security offers a SaaS-based platform that supports both cloud and on premises resources and protects an organization's software supply chain environment from attack.
• ProjectDiscovery — Quickly resolve vulnerabilities at scale. ProjectDiscovery Cloud Platform uses automation, integration, and continuous scanning to defend the modern tech stack.

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• Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
• HoyTrabajas — We are a C.Vs information exchange platform for candidates, employers, and recruiters, that get people access to low-skilled jobs in the Latin-American markets, enables recruiters to share job-seekers and job openings in real-time, and supports SMEs in the recruiting of their low-skilled jobs.
• Positive Food Co. — Delicious, fresh food

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• Barte — VBarte is a benchmark for B2B interactions. They designed it to automate payment procedures in Latin America. They optimize cash flow management for small and midsize enterprises through automated payments and revenue-based financing, enabling users to get easy access to financial metrics and credit payments.
• ALPHS — THE ALPHS is an Indian-Italian lifestyle brand which operates as a specialty online retailer. It was founded in 2021 in Bengaluru, India. It serves customers worldwide, offers limited premium apparels, and lifestyle products which includes fragrances made in Italy. To ensure authenticity, their genuine products are sold exclusively through theirofficial website as mentioned in their terms of service. It gets online on big events and are available to purchase for a limited duration of 7 days only, thus selling out very quickly. Initially, they burned a great deal of their investor's cash by hiring top-notch verified celebrities on Instagram to promote their products and also did a lot of free giveaways to attract people. As seen on a news website, they were targeting women between the ages of 18 and 35 years from a few top Tier 1 countries which included United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy through paid advertising.As mentioned in an online publication, Ashini started it on Instagram as a fun side project inspired by 'The Originals', a fantasy supernatural American series. Later, it was turned to a professional brand backed by a few mysterious wealthy members, Ashini was one of them. So far, the brand has raised a total of US$345K in funding over 2 seed rounds from 6 investment organizations with Y Combinator as the lead investor, and made a revenue of US $1.35M in their very first year of online presence.
• Teachy — Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.

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• Tonder — Tonder is a payments capability with a platform to manage payment provider connections, smart routing, reporting, and more. They manage multiple payment providers and eliminate the associated complications.
• BrandLovrs — BrandLovrs provides a one-of-a-kind model for gamifying influencer marketing campaigns Brands may use the BrandLovrs platform to collaborate with a large number of producers for scalable and gamified influencer marketing.
• Legal Karma — We're building a future where you go to your financial provider for your legal needs.

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• Wibond — Under the “buy now pay later” business model, Wibond is a 100% flexible digital payment method to pay in installments and without a card. It provides financial access to a large community offering payment options according to the possibilities and the profile of each user. - Companies increase their sales by approaching a new user community andoffering an innovative payment alternative. - Users access a universe of stores and businesses to be able to pay in installments without a card. The platform sets out an ambitious vision and seeks to promote trade in Latin America, a very complex region. Their next steps include landing in Chile and Mexico. Wibond was founded in Argentina in 2020 by Ezequiel Bucai and Alejandro Silvestre. In 2013 they created a platform where users accessed a network of more than 2,500 gyms and sports centers located in 30 cities in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Then Classpass, the US Unicorn, acquired Clickypass.

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• Wibond — Under the “buy now pay later” business model, Wibond is a 100% flexible digital payment method to pay in installments and without a card. It provides financial access to a large community offering payment options according to the possibilities and the profile of each user. - Companies increase their sales by approaching a new user community andoffering an innovative payment alternative. - Users access a universe of stores and businesses to be able to pay in installments without a card. The platform sets out an ambitious vision and seeks to promote trade in Latin America, a very complex region. Their next steps include landing in Chile and Mexico. Wibond was founded in Argentina in 2020 by Ezequiel Bucai and Alejandro Silvestre. In 2013 they created a platform where users accessed a network of more than 2,500 gyms and sports centers located in 30 cities in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Then Classpass, the US Unicorn, acquired Clickypass.

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• Klimber — Klimber makes personal insurance easy to understand, buy, and use. Utilizing data-driven insights, design, and proprietary technology we are able to offer competitive prices, convenience, and control over the insurance experience that emerging “digital” consumers expect. In collaboration with our strategic partners and investors, PrudentialFinancial and Grupo Clarín, our team of insurance experts and technologists seek to deliver world-class insurance products and services via the region’s first 100% digital platform.
• Climeworks — Climeworks captures CO2 from air via commercial carbon dioxide removal technology. Its direct air capture plants capture CO2 with a filter, using mainly low-grade heat as an energy source. The pure CO2 gas is then sold to customers in key markets, including commercial agriculture, food and beverage industries, the energy sector and the automotiveindustry. Customers utilize this atmospheric CO2 in carbonated drinks or to produce carbon-neutral hydrocarbon fuels and materials. Additionally, the company enables customers to realize their climate goals by reversing their emissions and safely storing the captured CO2.
• Paytm Insurance — Compare & Buy Insurance Policies online provided by various insurance companies in India. Get instant quotes, best price, claim support & save upto 85% on premiums.

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• Wibond — Under the “buy now pay later” business model, Wibond is a 100% flexible digital payment method to pay in installments and without a card. It provides financial access to a large community offering payment options according to the possibilities and the profile of each user. - Companies increase their sales by approaching a new user community andoffering an innovative payment alternative. - Users access a universe of stores and businesses to be able to pay in installments without a card. The platform sets out an ambitious vision and seeks to promote trade in Latin America, a very complex region. Their next steps include landing in Chile and Mexico. Wibond was founded in Argentina in 2020 by Ezequiel Bucai and Alejandro Silvestre. In 2013 they created a platform where users accessed a network of more than 2,500 gyms and sports centers located in 30 cities in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Then Classpass, the US Unicorn, acquired Clickypass.
• Buenbit — Buenbit is a Cryptocurrency Exchange and Cross-Border payment platform. Cryptocurrency exchange with presence in Argentina & Perú. Leveraging cryptocurrency trading to offer a low cost Cross-Border payment solution.

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• Deciml — Deciml is an investment app in India that enables Indians to start investing young by investing the spare change from their online transactions. Download App.
• Neem — Neem is an embedded finance platform enabling Financial Wellness for underbanked communities across emerging markets, starting in Pakistan.
• Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.

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• 54gene — 54gene is a healthcare startup unlocking the African genome to fuel genetic research and development that may lead to new discoveries and benefit all populations.54gene was founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong to address the significant gap in the global genomics market: Nearly 90% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research iscaucasian. Only 2% is African, despite the fact that Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined. As a result, pharmaceutical research and development is lacking the diverse data that may hold the key to medical discoveries and new healthcare solutions.
• Belo — Crypto for everyone, everyday
• EdVisorly — EdVisorly is a revolutionary platform, boosting community college to university student transfer success. EdVisorly empowers community college students with the tools to discover transfer friendly 4 year universities, directly engage with university transfer counselors and admissions teams, and build accurate course roadmaps for admissions to theirtarget bachelor's degree programs.

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• Leasity — Leasity is an online platform to manage properties online. They are the main data in the rental contract, and they automate it. They receive rental payments and stay updated at all times about properties.
• Destácame — Destacame is the first behavior-based credit score in Latin America.
• Wynwood House — Wynwood House offers a network of apartments and villas for short and long term stays, located in the best neighborhoods of the main cities in Latin America.

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• Revolution RE — JoyHub is a tech integration layer for multifamily operators for workflow automation and data aggregation.
• Wibond — Under the “buy now pay later” business model, Wibond is a 100% flexible digital payment method to pay in installments and without a card. It provides financial access to a large community offering payment options according to the possibilities and the profile of each user. - Companies increase their sales by approaching a new user community andoffering an innovative payment alternative. - Users access a universe of stores and businesses to be able to pay in installments without a card. The platform sets out an ambitious vision and seeks to promote trade in Latin America, a very complex region. Their next steps include landing in Chile and Mexico. Wibond was founded in Argentina in 2020 by Ezequiel Bucai and Alejandro Silvestre. In 2013 they created a platform where users accessed a network of more than 2,500 gyms and sports centers located in 30 cities in Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Then Classpass, the US Unicorn, acquired Clickypass.
• Cheeze, Inc — A Photography focused NFT Media and Entertainment company

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• Vexi — Vexi issues, operates and processes credit cards for young underbanked population on a mission to make credit accessible, through a 100% digital onboarding and unparalleled customer experience
• Yumari — Wholesale Buying from Latin America Made Easy
• FZ Sports — Fz Sports is a tech company that creates connections between rights owners, sports brands, and sports fans. The way to enjoy and monetize sports content.

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• Web3Go — Web3Go is a blockchain startup that provides data tools powered by artificial intelligence.
• MetaZone — MetaZone's mission is to harness and expand the application layer of the metaverse to onboard a billion citizens. MetaZone is the first content distribution platform designed to facilitate the open digital economy. At its core, creators submit Metaverse Enabled Tokenized Applications (METAs) to the marketplace, allowing anyone to own,experience, and deploy them to any virtual world. Anyone connected to the platform can host high-quality functional 3D content on digital lands with the click of a few buttons.
• Utopia Labs — Trusted by leading DAOs to streamline operations, manage payroll, and consolidate financial reporting.