• Ábaco

  Participated · Equity · Jul 2026

  Ábaco is a Salvadoran fintech specializing in digital factoring for small and medium-sized enterprises (PYMEs). The company enables SMEs to access liquidity by digitizing and financing receivables. In its announced Seed round it raised $53 million in a mix of equity and debt, a notable capital infusion for an early-stage regional fintech. Reporting highlights the raise as a historic milestone for El Salvador and Central America, though specific operating metrics, revenue figures, or user counts were not disclosed. Details on future product plans or exact use of proceeds were not provided in the articles.

• Kleva

  Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

  Kleva develops AI agents for collections that automate contact centers for banks, lenders and fintechs. The company says its solution recovers about 25% more debt while cutting costs up to 70%. Kleva was founded in 2025 by Ed Escobar (CEO) and Juan Martín Pagella (COO), who previously served as CCO of Sirena; both are non-operating partners at Sidetool. The recent $1.55M Seed raise, led by Wollef Ventures with participation from Nascent, Kuiper VC and Lerer Hippeau, is intended to scale its AI agents and commercial efforts. The articles did not disclose revenue or user metrics.

• Cifrato

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

  Cifrato builds an AI-powered accounting platform that automates end-to-end accounting workflows, including processing invoices, applying taxes, and managing inventory in real time. The company uses proprietary orchestration architecture that integrates directly with Colombia’s electronic invoicing systems. Cifrato primarily serves accounting firms that manage multiple businesses. It was founded by Juan Pisco and Yerson Cacua and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia. Following its Seed raise of over $1 million, the company plans to expand integrations with ERP and POS systems and develop new AI features such as bank reconciliation. No revenue, user, or other operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

• Monato

  Participated · Equity · Aug 2025

  Monato is a Mexican fintech founded in 2024 that builds modular, scalable financial infrastructure enabling retailers, lenders, and payment service providers to integrate financial services quickly, securely, and under Mexican regulation. The company has a strategic alliance with regulated institution Finco Pay to offer account opening, fund transfers, and bill-payment infrastructure. Finco Pay, in under two years of operations, has achieved direct connectivity to Mexico's SPEI system and obtained CNBV authorization to operate as an IFPE. Monato already operates a payments infrastructure and plans to expand its rails beyond SPEI while building a data-driven intelligent financing model. With new capital, Monato intends to accelerate launches of direct debit, FX solutions, acquiring services, and integrated smart credit platforms, and is evaluating applying for authorization to operate as a Sociedad Financiera Popular (Sofipo).

• Ellie Care

  Participated · Seed · Jan 2025

  Ellie Care offers a teleassistance platform that uses a LTE-connected smartwatch to monitor falls, physiological signs, activity, sleep, social interaction and cognitive state, and to trigger a three-step response (automatic detection, 24/7 call-center attention, and geolocated help). Its cognitive and affective detection modules analyze short audio samples and the technology received FDA approval; the company also collaborates with an American firm from the Amazon ecosystem and with Harvard on socioaffective detection. Ellie Care operates a mixed B2C and B2B model, licensing its platform to partners such as Osde, Prosegur and Global Care while also selling subscription plans directly to families. The startup reports nearly 4,000 active users, almost 20 million accumulated health variables, average watch use of ~19 hours per day, a churn rate below 7% and user satisfaction above 90%. Founded and led by Gervasio Videla Dorda, the team expanded from three founders to 22 employees and projects monthly recurring revenue of $150,000 by the end of 2025. The company is active in Argentina, Uruguay, Perú, República Dominicana, Brasil, the United States and Spain and is developing new segments such as a youth safety plan, lone workers, disability care and VIP security services.

No current team members are available.