Tapi
Founded 2022 · 157 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
Tapi is a payment network and API platform for Latin America that enables bill payments, cash deposits/withdrawals, mobile top-ups, and gift card purchases. It serves fintechs, banks, and neobanks across Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
Also known as tapi · tapi.la
Founders & leadership
Tapi was founded in 2022 by Kevin Litvin.
Investors · 8
Also in the syndicate · 1
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries BFeb 2026 · 3 sources
Kaszek Ventures (lead), Endeavor Catalyst, Latitud
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries AJul 2024Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026tapi is a Latin American payments and collections network that supplies payment infrastructure through APIs. Its product set covers bill and utility payments (including taxes, with intelligent reminders and automatic payments), cash deposits and withdrawals through a network of more than 15,000 active points at regional retailers, electronic mobile airtime and data top-ups (recargas TAE), and digital gift card pins and subscription services.
The company sells a single regional integration to fintechs, banks, neobanks and digital platforms, which use it to add transactional services to their own apps. Customers and partners referenced publicly include Naranja X, Lemon (which uses tapi to offer bill payment with cryptocurrencies), DolarApp and Mercado Pago. tapi also offers developer tooling at tapila.dev, including API references and an installable skill for AI-assisted code editors such as Cursor, Claude Code and Windsurf.
Founded in Buenos Aires in 2022, tapi operates in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. It is led by co-founders Tomás Mindlin (CEO), Nicolás Andriano (CTO) and Kevin Litvin.
Founding story
The company was founded in 2022 with the aim of changing how payments are made in Latin America, beginning by building payments technology infrastructure for an industry the founders saw as lacking innovation and scalability. Its co-founders are Kevin Litvin, Tomás Mindlin and Nicolás Andriano.
Business model
tapi operates a B2B model: it sells API-based access to its regional payments and collections network to fintechs, banks, neobanks and other digital platforms, which embed bill payment, top-up, gift card and cash in/out functionality into their own consumer products through a single regional integration.
Revenue derives from B2B usage of its payment APIs; the company markets its services as creating a new revenue stream and higher transactionality for client platforms. Third-party profiling characterizes its customer profile as usage-based and subscription SaaS.
Traction
tapi reports operations in five countries, a cash in/out network of more than 15,000 active points, and use by leading regional fintechs, banks and neobanks. Press cited by the company reports the company raised US$31 million in its first two years and bought a company in Mexico; Bloomberg reported total capital raised above $60 million as of February 2026. One third-party profile lists roughly 150 employees.
Latest developments
On 3 February 2026 tapi announced a $27 million Series B led by Kaszek Ventures with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Latitud, taking total capital raised since 2022 above $60 million. Proceeds are earmarked mainly for Mexico, including hiring, new payment and collection services, and possible acquisitions. The company has also acquired Arcus's bill payment and cash handling operations from Mastercard in Mexico and released an AI editor integration skill for its API.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
tapi describes itself as the largest payments and collections network in Latin America and is used by leading regional fintechs, banks and neobanks. Comparable companies in the region's payments infrastructure segment include Pomelo, Prometeo and Belvo.
tapi positions itself around a single regional integration that gives client platforms access to bill payment, cash in/out, airtime top-up and gift card products across multiple Latin American countries, together with breadth of biller coverage, speed in connecting requested billers and hands-on technical support during integration, as described by client executives at Naranja X, Lemon and DolarApp.
Technology
The company provides REST APIs (api.tapila.cloud) with token-based authentication for service payments, recargas and subscriptions/gift cards, documented at tapila.dev with an API reference, code examples and an installable skill for AI code editors. Product features include payment reminders, due-date agendas, automatic payments and re-payment notifications.
Go-to-market
tapi sells directly to enterprise clients in financial services — fintechs, banks, neobanks and digital wallets — supported by developer-facing documentation and integration tooling at tapila.dev, client case studies and testimonials, and visibility through regional media appearances and fintech industry events.
Fintechs, banks, neobanks, digital wallets and retailers in Latin America that want to embed bill payments, cash handling, mobile top-ups and gift cards into their platforms; named clients and partners include Naranja X, Lemon, DolarApp and Mercado Pago.
Geography
Headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with operations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Mexico is the stated priority market for post-Series B investment, following the acquisition of Arcus's Mexican bill payment and cash handling operations.
History
The company was founded in 2022 in Buenos Aires and built payments infrastructure aimed at an industry the founders describe as needing innovation and scalability. It expanded across five Latin American markets, acquired the bill payment and cash handling operations of Mastercard's Arcus business in Mexico, and in February 2026 announced a $27 million Series B led by Kaszek with Endeavor Catalyst and Latitud, bringing total capital raised since 2022 to more than $60 million.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 3
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsFollowing the Series B, the company said it would invest primarily in Mexico by hiring staff, launching new payment and collection services, and potentially pursuing acquisitions.
tapi raised $27 million in a Series B led by Kaszek Ventures, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Latitud, bringing total capital raised since 2022 to more than $60 million.
$27M source ↗
The company's site reports that tapi acquired the bill payment and cash management operations of Mastercard's Arcus business in Mexico.
tapi's developer site offers an installable skill (npx @tapi.la/skills) for AI code editors including Cursor, Claude Code and Windsurf to assist with API integration.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
Where Argentina And Spain Are Scoring Startup Goalsnews.crunchbase.com · Jul 2026▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Tapitapi.la · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Tapi do?
- tapi is a Buenos Aires-based payments network offering APIs for bill payments, cash in/out, top-ups and gift cards across Latin America.
- Who founded Tapi?
- Tapi was founded by Kevin Litvin in 2022.
- Who are Tapi's investors?
- Tapi's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, HTwenty, Kaszek Ventures, Latitud Ventures, Norte Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, Newtopia VC.