Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

Founded in 2023 by Ianai Urwicz and Alejandro Rettig, Infinia offers a compliance-focused infrastructure layer that connects local payment networks with stablecoin rails to enable automated settlements and real-time treasury clearing for enterprise customers. The company positions itself as a bridge between traditional banks and digital asset infrastructure in emerging markets. Infinia is a Y Combinator spin-off and lists YC among its investors. Following the $13.5 million Series A, the startup plans to secure additional regulatory licenses and accelerate geographic expansion across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The funding round was co-led by Bain Capital and Variant Fund with participation from several institutional backers, signaling investor confidence as it scales.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

Founded in 2025 by Aleph Lasebikan and Paul Joe, Daya is building a financial operating layer that helps African businesses manage cross-border payments more efficiently. The platform lets users collect funds in local currencies, convert them intelligently using stablecoin rails, and settle payments globally. Daya targets businesses, freelancers, and companies that frequently make international payments or pay suppliers across borders. The startup has raised $2.4M in a pre-seed round led by Hivemind Capital with participation from Lattice, Alliance, Globelink, and the Aptos Foundation. Daya plans to deploy the funding to build infrastructure aimed at reducing cost, complexity, and friction in moving money across African and global markets.

Participated · Seed · May 2026

Charms provides a consumer app, Charms.ai, where creators can build AI characters with personality, reasoning memory, voice, visual identity, and a dedicated onchain economy. Public characters on the platform can launch markets on Base paired with USDC via Charms' Clanker Custom partnership, and a share of market fees flows into each character's crypto-native treasury. The app uses embedded wallets and gasless transactions (protected by Privy) to reduce crypto complexity for users while preserving verifiable ownership and transparent market activity. During private beta the company reported 6,000 users, over 100,000 chats, and more than $1M in trading volume ahead of public launch. Charms is live on the iOS App Store and at Charms.ai and aims to let creators and communities participate directly in the economic value their characters generate.

Led · Equity · Apr 2026

Founded in 2022 by Lucas Posada, Joaquín Herrera, Francisco Goulu and Simón Bouche, Takenos offers a digital wallet built for users who earn, spend, send and save money in more than one currency. The platform lets customers receive payments for overseas work, make purchases, transfer funds and protect savings across borders, exchange controls and regulatory regimes. By streamlining these everyday financial tasks, Takenos aims to help people move money more efficiently, allocate capital better and unlock new economic opportunities. The company positions its technology as robust, secure and tailored to Latin America’s specific challenges. Management views the latest funding as a validation of its thesis that world-class fintech can be created from the region. The fresh capital will be used to accelerate product development and roll out additional tools that help users safeguard value and navigate multi-jurisdictional finance. No revenue, user or other operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

Blockcast is building a blockchain-based CDN that combines broadcast data-transfer techniques with Solana’s infrastructure to alleviate growing internet-traffic bottlenecks. The network is now running a six-month “Proof of Resources Epoch,” during which operators can launch lightweight Beacon nodes in Docker containers and earn rewards proportionate to uptime, outbound bandwidth, and hardware performance. High-performing node operators will receive special NFTs, while all participants accrue points that can later convert into a token drop at the project’s token-generation event (TGE). Node setup is intentionally lightweight, requiring only basic Linux hardware and a multicast-compatible IP for bonus points. A web dashboard lets operators register nodes, monitor health status, and track rewards, with the first connection test after six hours and initial payouts after 24 hours of continuous operation. To fund development, Blockcast has secured a $2.85 million seed round. No revenue or user figures have been disclosed, underscoring the project’s early-stage status.