Welcome to Tech Talents! In this newsletter, I typically share real-time key talent movements in the LatAm tech ecosystem. However, Tech Signals is a special edition that tracks how fast LatAm startups are growing. From news articles, LinkedIn posts, and other public sources, it surfaces the metrics that matter: revenue figures, customer counts, headcount growth, and funding rounds of private startups across Latin America.
Here’s a quick look at what you’ll find in this week’s edition:
👋 Tech Talents Match: Now connects you to job opportunities. Click here to register
📈 Traction Data: CloudWalk, Jusfy, Daki & more
👥 Team Expansion: Vetto AI, Teachy & more
🚀 Funding Rounds: Ualá, Azos, Zapia & more
Let’s dive in…
👋 Tech Talents Match
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📈 Traction Data
Revenue figures, ARR milestones, and customer counts from private startups across LatAm.
Celero, a Curitiba-based provider of ML-powered financial data infrastructure for SMEs, processes and categorizes R$1 billion in transactions per month and saw revenue grow 5x in two years. [Round Below]
Loft, a São Paulo–based proptech that offers a digital real-estate marketplace and fintech products, grew 35% in 2025 after refocusing on higher‑margin products and operational efficiency.
Daki, a Brazil-based AI-enabled online supermarket, is growing 50% a year and reaching R$1 billion in revenue, with a 45% gross margin and ~20% store-level EBITDA.
Divibank, a São Paulo-based fintech that provides payment orchestration and payment-management tools for e-commerce companies, reported a 13x increase in revenue in 2025 versus 2024 and a 11x expansion in total payments volume (TPV).
Azos, a São Paulo-based insurtech focused on individual life insurance using proprietary AI, now reports 100,000 active policies and R$307 million in annualized premiums, with 11,000 partner brokers and R$110 billion in insured capital. [Round Below]
Blank, a São Paulo-based school and agency that trains social media managers and helps CEOs build personal brands, now serves more than 60 clients with over 34 million combined followers and has grown revenue from R$3.5 million in 2024 to R$10.5 million in 2025. [Round Below]
Nomad, a São Paulo-based fintech offering international investment and asset-protection solutions, reports a user base of more than 3.5 million clients, reached breakeven EBITDA last year and posted an ARR of R$700 million with R$8 billion in assets under custody (AUC).
Jusfy, a São Paulo-based legaltech offering AI-powered tools (JusGPT) for lawyers, finished 2025 with more than R$50 million in annual revenue and recorded approximately a 118% year‑over‑year increase in revenue.
CloudWalk, a São Paulo-based AI-driven fintech and owner of InfinitePay and JIM.com, closed 2025 with R$5.44 billion in revenue and R$602 million in net income, while reaching R$10 million in revenue per employee with a 720-person team.
👥 Team Expansion
Startups rapidly scaling their teams.
Vetto AI (fka Start Carreiras), a San Francisco-based global ecosystem that connects talents and experts with technology companies, saw a ~40% headcount growth over the past quarter, reaching a total of 59 employees.
Paggo, a São Paulo-based fintech platform for the construction sector that integrates payables, receivables, and cash flow into a single ERP-connected solution, saw a ~17% headcount growth over the past quarter, reaching a total of 27 employees.
Teachy, a Rio de Janeiro-based edtech company that puts AI in the hands of educators, offering tools for lesson planning, assessments and feedback, saw a ~25% headcount growth over the past quarter, reaching a total of 74 employees.
🚀 Funding Rounds
Funding rounds from the past two weeks fueling the next wave of LatAm tech. Sorted by round size.
Ualá, an Argentine neobank that offers debit and credit cards, loans, investments and insurance from a single digital app, closed a financing round of US$195 million led by Allianz X that values the company at US$3.2 billion. Other participants included Stone Ridge, Tencent, Soros Fund Management and D1 Capital Partners. [Source]
ARQ, a Mexico City–based fintech that offers digital dollar/euro wallets, international payments, investments, metal cards and credit for affluent consumers, raised US$70 million in a fresh financing backed by Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund and Kaszek. [Source]
Azos raised R$125 million in a Series C led by Kaszek and investor Kevin Efrusy, with Endeavor Catalyst joining the cap table. [Source]
Zapia, a Montevideo-based AI personal assistant for Latin America, raised R$36 million in a Seed Extension to fund the launch of Zapia Max and scale the team, with participation from Prosus Ventures. [Source]
Propi, a San Salvador-based proptech offering an end-to-end real estate superapp, raised US$4.2 million in a Seed round from regional investors, family offices and US-based Second Century Ventures to accelerate expansion across Central America. [Source]
Antarka, a Montevideo-based biotech startup that develops cosmetic active ingredients from Antarctic extremophiles to repair UV-induced skin DNA damage, closed US$3.5 million in a Seed round from strategic investors including Natura Ventures, GS Futures, CTKCLIP and SOSV. [Source]
Celero raised R$15 million in a Series A led by Headline with participation from Visa to accelerate geographic expansion, tech integrations and AI-driven product development. [Source]
Nilo, a São Paulo–based healthtech that provides SaaS management for operators and AI agents for hospitals and clinics, raised R$15 million to top up a Series A that now exceeds R$ 70 million, in a round led by Menlo Ventures and joined by Citrino Ventures and 14B. [Source]
Oxus Finance, a São Paulo-based fintech specializing in cross-border payments, stablecoins and tokenization, raised US$2.4 million in an investment round led by Echo3 Participações with participation from Underblock, Boost Research and Defiers. [Source]
Mova Protocol, a Brazil-based mobility data and EV charging infrastructure platform, raised US$2 million in a new funding round to accelerate rollout of its own charging stations and strengthen its mobility data infrastructure. The round follows a prior US$3 million Seed and brings total capital to US$5 million. [Source]
Plinq, a Curitiba-based platform that helps women check criminal records and legal cases of potential partners, has opened its first funding round seeking R$1.5 million. Anton Osika (co-founder & CEO of Lovable) made a personal investment and the round remains open to other angel investors. [Source]
Recurring Sales CRM, a Recife-based CRM combining sales management, automation and AI for distributors and wholesalers, received R$1 million as the first investment from FIP Nordeste Capital Semente fund, managed by Triaxis Capital and Crescera Capital. [Source]
Vitrify, a São Paulo-based data and intelligence platform for the private credit market, raised R$ 1 million in an Angel round. The round included investors such as Carlos Netto (Matera), Daniel Coquieri (Liqi), João Peixoto (Ouro Preto), Paulo David (Amfi), Omar Ajame (TEx), Olavo Meyer (Insper Angels) and Vinicius Machado (Vero). [Source]
Greydot Lab, a Barueri-based 3D animation and motion-capture studio developing original IP and VR experiences, is raising R$1 million in a Seed round to fund both its outsourcing pipeline and an itinerant VR simulator. [Source]
Blank has raised an undisclosed minority stake from Rebels Ventures, the venture builder led by Rony Meisler. [Source]
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