Insider Brief
- Kira, a global payments infrastructure platform, closed a $6.7M seed round led by Blockchange Ventures, Vamos Ventures, Stellar Blockchain, Grit Capital Partners, Credibly Neutral Ventures, Michael Seibel, and Oso Trava to accelerate expansion across Latin America.
- Founded by Edrizio De La Cruz, Beto, and Camilo, Kira combines stablecoins, AI, and enterprise APIs to let enterprises and startups quickly launch fintech products like payments, remittances, and savings, targeting the 1B underbanked globally.
- Backed by strategic investors including Stellar Development Foundation and Vamos Ventures, Kira is positioning its AI-powered payments and compliance infrastructure as the backbone of Latin America’s digital financial transformation.
PRESS RELEASE — Kira, the global payments infrastructure platform, announced the closing of a $6.7 million seed funding round led by Blockchange Ventures, Vamos Ventures, Stellar Blockchain, Grit Capital Partners, Credibly Neutral Ventures, Michael Seibel, and Oso Trava.
Strategic Investment for Regional Expansion
The funding will accelerate Kira’s expansion across Latin America, with initial focus on South America. Kira provides the underlying infrastructure that allows companies to quickly launch fintech products in emerging markets. The capital will also finance the technical team’s growth and development of new fintech products.
Kira, founded by Edrizio De La Cruz (former founder of Arcus, acquired by Mastercard), Beto (payments and blockchain expert), and Camilo (fintech specialist), has operated in stealth mode for over a year, developing its payments infrastructure that combines stablecoins, artificial intelligence, and enterprise APIs.
Revolutionizing Global Fintech Access
Kira enables big enterprises or small startups to offer their customers blockchain powered financial services through an all-in-one API. Kira opens up a wide variety of financial products, including payments, remittances, savings, and more
“This funding allows us to accelerate building the infrastructure, starting in Latin America needs to compete in the global digital economy,” said Edrizio De La Cruz, CEO and co-founder of Kira. “Our vision is to leverage stablecoins and AI to provide modern financial services to the 1 billion underbanked.”
Strategic Investor Backing
The round includes participation from Blockchange Ventures, a venture fund focused on blockchain-enabled businesses that will define new categories and dominate their markets.
“Bringing blockchain powered financial services to any enterprise is a potentially massive new category of business,” commented Rob Schmults, General Partner at Blockchange Ventures. “The team at Kira was not only well positioned to have seen this, but bring an ideal combination of experience, expertise, and connections to actually make it happen”
Stellar Development Foundation’s participation reinforces Kira’s technical strategy, leveraging Stellar’s blockchain for fast, low-cost payments. Vamos Ventures brings Latin American market expertise, while Oso Trava adds his experience as an entrepreneur and reach within the region’s tech ecosystem.
Post-Funding Roadmap
The company will accelerate strategic partnerships with regional banks and payment processors to expand its reach, positioning Kira’s AI agent infrastructure as the backbone for Latin America’s digital financial transformation.
About Kira
Kira is a next-generation fintech infrastructure platform enabling any businesses — enterprises or startups — to launch embedded financial products — seamlessly powered by stablecoins and Vertical AI Agents. With $3 million in revenue in its first year, Kira provides a unified stack that includes AI-driven payments, treasury automation, compliance workflows, and global payouts. Its infrastructure removes technical friction, allowing clients to build compliant, scalable fintech solutions across use cases like remittances, global payroll, and treasury management. Founded by veteran fintech leaders from Arcus, Clip, Stori, and Littio, Kira is backed by proven execution and trusted by large enterprises and startups.
Learn more: kirafin.ai
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About the Investors
Blockchange Venture Capital is a venture capital fund focused on blockchain infrastructure and enterprise fintech, with a portfolio including startups that have democratized financial services globally.
Stellar Development Foundation is a non-profit organization supporting the development and growth of the Stellar network, an open blockchain platform for payments and digital assets.
Vamos Ventures invests in Latin American technology startups, focusing on fintechs and platforms that drive regional financial inclusion.
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