# 99 Startups

> 99 Startups is a VC fund in Mexico City backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last fund: Apr 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/99-startups-latam
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/99startups_vc
- Website: https://www.99startups.mx

99 Startups is a VC fund in Mexico City focused on Financial Services and FinTech. 99 Startups is Venture Capital Firm looking to fund Fintech, Healthcare and Logistics startups in Latin America

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$2.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 13 | 30% |
| FinTech | 11 | 25% |
| Health Care | 5 | 11% |
| Apps | 4 | 9% |
| Payments | 4 | 9% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 48% |
| Pre-Seed | 18 | 41% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 12 | 27% |
| Colombia | 6 | 14% |
| United States | 5 | 11% |
| Chile | 3 | 7% |
| Peru | 2 | 5% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leracom AI | Leracom AI provides an AI-powered customer service SaaS platform combining automation and human input. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 23, 2026 |  |
| Soyio | We simplify identity and consent management. Properly manage personal data, generate evidence and reduce the risk of fraud. Comply with the strictest privacy standards. | $1M | Angel | Nov 15, 2024 |  |
| Saptiva AI | Saptiva is building the AI infrastructure and orchestration layer for Latin America, empowering enterprises, developers, and governments with secure, scalable, and flexible AI solutions. Through its core platform, FrIDA, Saptiva enables organizations to deploy, manage, and run large language models across private cloud, on-premise, and air-gappedenvironments — while maintaining full control over data and model selection. Backed by founders with a prior exit to Twilio, Saptiva operates its own GPU cloud across multiple datacenters in Mexico and is driving the future of AI adoption in the region by fostering an open, sovereign AI ecosystem. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Ximple | Ximple breaks the cycle of perpetual financial exclusion that million of families in Latin America experience through innovative underwriting. We partner up with Direct Sellers to enhance their business through software and working capital solutions | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Jun 18, 2024 |  |
| Qurable | Qurable is an AI-powered platform that helps brands turn every customer interaction into measurable revenue. We unify engagement, loyalty, and payments—so brands can personalize experiences, boost retention, and monetize users in real time. Our blockchain infrastructure enables secure, interoperable, and portable loyalty programs, while our nativeCDP powers smarter, faster campaign automation. Profitable since 2024 and founded by second-time entrepreneurs with a successful exit to Mercado Libre, Qurable is scaling across the Americas to capture a $35–40B market opportunity at the intersection of AI, fintech, and customer engagement | $165K | Seed | Aug 10, 2023 |  |
| Kala | We turn any lender into a fintech lender. Kala is building the fintech infrastructure for lending in LatAm. We work with any lender, from banks to credit unions to any company that sells through a credit program. Kala increases financial inclusion by providing a seamless and fully digital credit process for both people and companies in LatAm. | $4M | Seed | Apr 12, 2023 |  |
| Palomma | Palomma is a tech company that saves merchants in the community money on card fees by allowing customers to pay directly from their bank at checkout. It enables users to make secure payments with their bank account with a single click and earn rewards in affiliated businesses. With secure, one-click bank payments, merchants can reduce processingcosts while increasing conversion. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Palomma | Palomma is a tech company that saves merchants in the community money on card fees by allowing customers to pay directly from their bank at checkout. It enables users to make secure payments with their bank account with a single click and earn rewards in affiliated businesses. With secure, one-click bank payments, merchants can reduce processingcosts while increasing conversion. | $500K | Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| MEDU Protection | We produce sustainable medical equipment, innovating and saving costs while protecting healthcare professionals. |  | Seed | Feb 21, 2023 |  |
| Koywe | Koywe provides payment APIs and SDKs so that any company can start leveraging crypto to offer remittances, wallets, and investment services. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Unpopular Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unpopular-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lotux](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lotux) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Magma Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magma-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Newtopia VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newtopia-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 99 Startups invest in?

99 Startups invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 44 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 99 Startups's check size?

99 Startups typically joins rounds of $500k–$4M at Seed and $300k–$2.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 99 Startups participates in.

### When did 99 Startups last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for 99 Startups closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 44 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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