Quona Capital
Quona Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in fintech companies in emerging markets, focusing on financial inclusion for underserved consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises. The firm backs startups developing financial products and services beyond microcredit, including alternative lending, remittances, insurance, prepaid services, and payments infrastructure, as well as software that enhances distribution, financial management, and online bill payments. It targets companies leveraging digital platforms to expand access to banking and financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Typical investments range from about 1 to 10 million. Founded in 2014 and based in Washington, DC, with additional offices in Bengaluru, Lima, Cape Town, and Mexico City, Quona Capital aims to fuel inclusive fintech and related adjacencies such as agriculture, healthcare, education, commerce, and mobility finance.
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Past deals in South America
Finkargo
Series A in 2024
Finkargo is a financial services company offering a trade financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. The platform combines capital access with logistics and technology to accelerate international trade, featuring automated credit scoring and integrated logistics and financing processes. By simplifying import operations, it helps SMEs grow sales and gain better control over supply chains in Latin America. Founded in 2021 and based in Bogota, Colombia, Finkargo emphasizes fair pricing and logistics guarantees tailored to SME realities.
Franq
Convertible Note in 2024
Franq is a Brazilian fintech that aggregates 50 financial institutions to distribute over 100 financial products and services through a network of 7,000 independent brokers, known as Personal Bankers. It operates as a multi-sided marketplace that enables banking professionals to offer a wide range of products to individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises, serving as a free, one-stop shop. The platform emphasizes the independence and autonomy of the independent professionals and provides clients with access to products from banks, fintechs and insurers so they can choose the options that best fit their needs.
Monkey Exchange
Series B in 2024
Monkey Exchange, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, operates an online platform designed to facilitate the exchange of receivables. The company focuses on providing financial solutions to medium and small businesses in Brazil by reducing their cost of capital. It achieves this by connecting suppliers within multinational groups' supply chains with investors, creating a competitive environment that benefits both parties. Suppliers gain access to financing at lower costs, while investors secure better returns.
Finkargo
Series A in 2023
Finkargo is a financial services company offering a trade financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. The platform combines capital access with logistics and technology to accelerate international trade, featuring automated credit scoring and integrated logistics and financing processes. By simplifying import operations, it helps SMEs grow sales and gain better control over supply chains in Latin America. Founded in 2021 and based in Bogota, Colombia, Finkargo emphasizes fair pricing and logistics guarantees tailored to SME realities.
Nocnoc
Series A in 2023
Nocnoc is a cross-border e-commerce platform that connects global sellers with Latin American marketplaces and serves merchants and final customers. The company provides integrated logistics, marketing services, and technology to help international brands reach Latin American consumers through a single platform. It supports Latin American marketplaces entering cross-border commerce and enables sellers to increase volumes by delivering a domestic-feeling shopping experience, regardless of product origin. Nocnoc combines its software with a team of local experts to analyze supply and market demand, optimize pricing and conversions, and streamline listings across multiple marketplaces, reaching millions of consumers each month. Founded in 2017, Nocnoc is based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Franq
Venture Round in 2022
Franq is a Brazilian fintech that aggregates 50 financial institutions to distribute over 100 financial products and services through a network of 7,000 independent brokers, known as Personal Bankers. It operates as a multi-sided marketplace that enables banking professionals to offer a wide range of products to individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises, serving as a free, one-stop shop. The platform emphasizes the independence and autonomy of the independent professionals and provides clients with access to products from banks, fintechs and insurers so they can choose the options that best fit their needs.
Finkargo
Seed Round in 2022
Finkargo is a financial services company offering a trade financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. The platform combines capital access with logistics and technology to accelerate international trade, featuring automated credit scoring and integrated logistics and financing processes. By simplifying import operations, it helps SMEs grow sales and gain better control over supply chains in Latin America. Founded in 2021 and based in Bogota, Colombia, Finkargo emphasizes fair pricing and logistics guarantees tailored to SME realities.
Nocnoc
Seed Round in 2022
Nocnoc is a cross-border e-commerce platform that connects global sellers with Latin American marketplaces and serves merchants and final customers. The company provides integrated logistics, marketing services, and technology to help international brands reach Latin American consumers through a single platform. It supports Latin American marketplaces entering cross-border commerce and enables sellers to increase volumes by delivering a domestic-feeling shopping experience, regardless of product origin. Nocnoc combines its software with a team of local experts to analyze supply and market demand, optimize pricing and conversions, and streamline listings across multiple marketplaces, reaching millions of consumers each month. Founded in 2017, Nocnoc is based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Guru
Series A in 2022
Guru is a financial application aimed at young Brazilian investors, dedicated to simplifying the investment process. The platform provides a range of financial tools, including real-time profitability monitoring, market quotes, graphs, news, and various indicators. By offering these resources, Guru enables users to easily navigate and invest in different financial instruments, making investing more accessible and intuitive for its audience.
Kovi
Series B in 2021
Kovi is a digital car rental platform operating in Latin America, enabling mobility for ride-hailing and delivery drivers through an online on-demand service. It employs an asset-light model by partnering with automakers and traditional rental companies to offer flexible, affordable vehicle access. Founded in 2018 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, Kovi serves markets in Brazil and Mexico, advancing safer, more accessible transportation for millions of users.
Monkey Exchange
Series A in 2021
Monkey Exchange, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, operates an online platform designed to facilitate the exchange of receivables. The company focuses on providing financial solutions to medium and small businesses in Brazil by reducing their cost of capital. It achieves this by connecting suppliers within multinational groups' supply chains with investors, creating a competitive environment that benefits both parties. Suppliers gain access to financing at lower costs, while investors secure better returns.
Contabilizei
Series C in 2021
Founded in 2014, Contabilizei provides an online accounting service tailored for small and micro enterprises. Its platform automates tax reporting and replaces manual computation practices, enabling businesses to manage their accounting and tax obligations efficiently.
Neon
Series B in 2019
Founded in Brazil in 2016, Neon is a leading fintech offering digital banking services. It provides debit and credit cards with no annual fees, personal loans, payroll loans, investments, cashback on debit transactions, and various payment methods. Neon also supports micro-entrepreneurs through MEI Fácil. With over 15 million customers and 1600 employees, Neon has seen significant revenue growth.
Kovi
Series A in 2019
Kovi is a digital car rental platform operating in Latin America, enabling mobility for ride-hailing and delivery drivers through an online on-demand service. It employs an asset-light model by partnering with automakers and traditional rental companies to offer flexible, affordable vehicle access. Founded in 2018 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, Kovi serves markets in Brazil and Mexico, advancing safer, more accessible transportation for millions of users.
Contabilizei
Series B in 2019
Founded in 2014, Contabilizei provides an online accounting service tailored for small and micro enterprises. Its platform automates tax reporting and replaces manual computation practices, enabling businesses to manage their accounting and tax obligations efficiently.
Neon
Series A in 2018
Founded in Brazil in 2016, Neon is a leading fintech offering digital banking services. It provides debit and credit cards with no annual fees, personal loans, payroll loans, investments, cashback on debit transactions, and various payment methods. Neon also supports micro-entrepreneurs through MEI Fácil. With over 15 million customers and 1600 employees, Neon has seen significant revenue growth.
InvoiNet
Venture Round in 2016
InvoiNet S.A. is a financial technology company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 2008. It operates an online platform that facilitates the connection between financial suppliers and customers, enabling them to send, receive, manage, and finance invoices. The platform serves as an interactive portal for sellers, buyers, and financial institutions, promoting collaboration and enhancing the efficiency of invoice management and working capital financing. By providing a comprehensive marketplace, InvoiNet allows various stakeholders, including banks and professional investors, to engage effectively in the invoicing process.
InvoiNet
Venture Round in 2015
InvoiNet S.A. is a financial technology company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 2008. It operates an online platform that facilitates the connection between financial suppliers and customers, enabling them to send, receive, manage, and finance invoices. The platform serves as an interactive portal for sellers, buyers, and financial institutions, promoting collaboration and enhancing the efficiency of invoice management and working capital financing. By providing a comprehensive marketplace, InvoiNet allows various stakeholders, including banks and professional investors, to engage effectively in the invoicing process.
Tiaxa
Series F in 2012
Tiaxa is a company that specializes in providing innovative financial services aimed at enhancing financial inclusion through mobile technology. It offers a unique solution by delivering over 2 million Nano-Credits daily in 14 countries, including Argentina, Bangladesh, and Mexico. These Nano-Credits serve as small loans, allowing prepaid mobile subscribers to access airtime or cash via mobile money, enabling them to complete calls, send messages, or engage in data transactions even when their prepaid balance is depleted. In addition to its lending services, Tiaxa supports the mobile telecommunications sector by offering infrastructure and revenue enhancement services, which improve the management of prepaid user bases and boost revenues for operators such as China Telecom and Telefónica Movistar.
GKN - GloboKasNet
Venture Round in 2010
GloboKasNet is a multibank payment network based in Peru. The company offers transaction, processing, and settlement services to low income urban and rural clients of banks, microfinance institutions and commercial wholesalers.
GloboKasNet was launched in 2007.
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