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Avenia

Founded 2023 · 42 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

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281 people in our graph share verified history with the Avenia team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Ragnar Jongenunlockedknows Leandro Noel · together at AIESEC no Brasil (overlapped)
×7knows the team · via Alvarez & Marsal
×3knows the team · via AIESEC no Brasil
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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 YanesinCo-founder and Tech Manager
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Leandro NoelinCo-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

big_bets$300K – $2M
Quona CapitalWashington · $5M
Fluent VenturesreportedMill Valley · $250K – $2M
HeadlinereportedSan Francisco · $661K – $103M
Palm Drive CapitalreportedNew York · $500K – $5M

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

In the news

Week 7's Biggest Startup Funding Rounds in Latin America, Led by Avenia, as Fintech Drew the Biggest Checkstechloy.com · Feb 2026ICYMI fintech funding round-up: Avenia, Levl, InvestSky, and morefintechfutures.com · Feb 2026Avenia Raises $17 Million Series A | The SaaS Newsthesaasnews.com · Feb 2026Avenia Closes $17. | Signalbasetrysignalbase.com · Feb 2026Why We Invested in Avenia. By Michel Zaidler, Jonathan Whittle and… | by Quona Capital | Mediumquona-capital.medium.com · Feb 2026🇧🇷 Brazil Crypto Report on X: "💰BRLA rebrands as @aveniaio, raises US$2.2 million seed round BRLA Digital, issuer of the BRLA stablecoin, has rebranded as Avenia as it expands its operations to other Latin American countries and to the US. It also announced a R$12 million (US$2.2 million) seed roundx.com · Jun 2025

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.