Kira, an innovative fintech infrastructure platform, has announced the closing of a $6.7 million seed funding round, led by Blockchange Ventures, Vamos Ventures, Stellar Blockchain, Grit Ventures, Credibly Neutral Ventures, Michael Seibel, and Oso Trava. This significant investment marks a pivotal moment for Kira as it sets out to reshape the financial landscape in Latin America.
The newly raised capital will empower Kira to expand its operations across the region, with a focus on launching robust digital solutions in South America. Kira’s platform, designed by seasoned leaders from Arcus, Clip, Stori, and Littio, enables both large enterprises and startups to seamlessly introduce embedded financial products powered by stablecoins and vertical AI agents. With $3 million in revenue generated during its first year, Kira has demonstrated remarkable traction, providing AI-driven payments, treasury automation, compliance workflows, and streamlined global payouts.
Backed by a team of fintech veterans, Kira has spent over a year in stealth mode, perfecting its unified payments infrastructure and establishing strategic partnerships with regional banks and payment processors. The company’s unique approach leverages blockchain technology—particularly Stellar’s fast, low-cost network—to eliminate technical friction and foster compliant, scalable financial solutions.
The involvement of influential investors, such as the Stellar Development Foundation and Oso Trava, underscores confidence in Kira’s mission to deliver modern financial tools to the underbanked. As Kira accelerates the rollout of its next-generation platform, this funding will drive technical innovation and increase its impact, positioning Kira as a catalyst for digital transformation in Latin America’s rapidly evolving fintech ecosystem.
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“This funding allows us to accelerate building the infrastructure, starting in Latin America needs to compete in the global digital economy. Our vision is to leverage stablecoins and AI to provide modern financial services to the 1 billion underbanked.”
Edrizio De La Cruz, CEO and co-founder of Kira
“Bringing blockchain powered financial services to any enterprise is a potentially massive new category of business. 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.”
Rob Schmults, General Partner at Blockchange Ventures
