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Avenia

Founded 2023 · 42 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

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Avenia provides cross-border money movement infrastructure connecting Latin America to global markets, offering a single API and web platform to send, receive, convert, and embed payments using local rails like PIX and SPEI. It serves fintechs, consumer apps, and companies needing treasury operations, FX conversion, and U.S. yield access, and settles transactions via stablecoins such as BRLA (a collateralized digital real).

Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS

Founders & leadership

Avenia was founded in 2023 by Caio El Yanes and Leandro Noel.

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Caio El YanesCo-founder and Tech Manager
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Leandro NoelCo-FounderLeandro Noel is a founder and COO of Avenia, which builds cross-border money movement infrastructure connecting Latin America to global markets. An engineering graduate of Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), he previously co-founded Athon Energia, working on M&A, business development, and finance for five years, and was a partner at crypto investment firm Ada Capital, with expertise spanning business development, regulatory compliance, and corporate strategy.

Investors · 5

Quona Capitallisted by Quona CapitalWashington · $5M

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Fluent VenturesreportedMill Valley · $250K – $2M

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HeadlinereportedSan Francisco · $661K – $103M

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Palm Drive CapitalreportedNew York · $500K – $5M

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Funding

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In the news

Avenia Raises $17 Million Series A | The SaaS Newsthesaasnews.com · Feb 2026

Frequently asked questions

What does Avenia do?
Avenia provides cross-border money movement infrastructure connecting Latin America to global markets, offering a single API and web platform to send, receive, convert, and embed payments using local rails like PIX and SPEI. It serves fintechs, consumer apps, and companies needing treasury operations, FX conversion, and U.S. yield access, and settles transactions via stablecoins such as BRLA (a collateralized digital real).
Who founded Avenia?
Avenia was founded by Caio El Yanes, Leandro Noel in 2023.
Who are Avenia's investors?
Avenia's investors include big_bets, Quona Capital, Fluent Ventures, Headline, Palm Drive Capital.