Founders to Funders
Fintech pioneers. Now backing the next generation.
Obelisco, Buenos AiresA venture firm built around one opportunity: fintech in Latin America.
Founded by one of the region's leading fintech entrepreneurs, we bring the Technisys playbook to every founder we back: hands-on, tactical and side by side, until they become pan-regional leaders.
USD 1.1B+ exit
Our founder, Germán Pugliese Bassi, co-founded Technisys, the Latin American digital-banking platform that served 100M+ customers across 17 countries and was acquired by SoFi for USD 1.1B+.
Read morePre-Seed to Series A
We write first checks into the companies expanding access to financial services in Latin America, starting with the infrastructure that banks, SMEs and enterprises run on.
Same builders, next wave
Operator experience in multi-country expansion, bank partnerships and regulatory navigation, applied to the founders coming up behind us.
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“What I bring a founder is simple: expertise. I have been in fintech since before it was called fintech. I know their pain points before they feel them.”
Germán Pugliese BassiManaging Partner, PERSEAOur builders
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Lemon launches its Visa card in Colombia
El Tiempo on the international card that gives back the equivalent of the 4×1000 tax in digital dollars, as Lemon builds its Colombian operation.
BullGround launches WiMA, a financial AI for Spanish-speaking investors
A conversational copilot that answers questions 24/7, analyzes portfolios across stocks, crypto and real estate, and teaches as it goes.
Lemon closes USD 20M Series B
PERSEA participated alongside F-Prime and ParaFi as Lemon expands across Argentina and Peru.
Propaga sets out to digitize and supply Monterrey's 18,000 corner stores
El Financiero on the fintech already serving 15,000 tienditas across Mexico with instant credit at restock.
N5 completes USD 20M Series A, invests in AI agents for banks
Alexia Ventures and Endeavor's Scale-Up Ventures join the round as N5 reaches 18 countries.
After selling his first startup, Diego Cibils is building Neuratek
Forbes Uruguay on the founder's pre-seed round and his plan to take AI workflow automation for banks to Chile, Argentina and Mexico.