Pomelo
Pomelo is a company based in Argentina. Builders in Fintech has recorded 4 equity rounds for Pomelo, most recently a series c round of $55M on 20 January 2026.
Added ·
- BCB · Payment institution · Authorised
- $119M
- Series C · $55M · 20 January 2026 · led by Kaszek, Software Defined Automation
Timeline
Series C · $55M · Kaszek (lead), Software Defined Automation (lead), Adams Street Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, Index Ventures, Monashees, S32, TQ Ventures
Series B · $40M · Kaszek (lead), Index Ventures, Monashees, S32, Software Defined Automation
Series A · $15M
Seed · $9M
All funding rounds in the database
Product
Card issuing and processing infrastructure for fintechs and banks in LatAm
Payments
Markets: Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico
Pomelo provides infrastructure for companies that want to launch credit, debit and prepaid card programmes in Latin America. It offers issuer processing for companies that already hold a Visa or Mastercard licence, and BIN sponsorship for those that do not, letting them issue and manage cards under Pomelo's licences. The cloud-native platform exposes APIs for virtual and physical card integration and includes tools to run a full credit card business. Customers include banks, fintechs, retailers and crypto companies across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Agent access
Description from the company website
Agent-Ready 1/5
- Discoverable — Can an agent find and read it?Found
- Documented — Can it understand the API without a login?Not found on 3 November 2026
- Testable — Can it try the API without a sales call?Not found on 3 November 2026
- Connectable — Can it connect directly (MCP)?Not found on 3 November 2026
- Trusted — Can it see who runs it securely?Not found on 3 November 2026
Description from the company website · Source
Licences & registrations
POMELO INSTITUICAO DE PAGAMENTO LTDA.
Payment institution · BCB · Brazil
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In the news
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Pomelo, founded in 2021, handles regulatory and card network licences itself so customers can issue and process cards across eight Latin American markets with one integration.
Pomelo raised a $55 million Series C co-led by Kaszek and Insight Partners, taking total funding to $160 million; the round took three months from kickoff to close.
Pomelo's customers include BBVA, BCI, Bancolombia, Binance, Bybit, ARQ, Lemon and PayJoy.
Pomelo launched a global card programme that can issue and process in more than 150 markets and hired a former Mastercard, Santander and SoFi executive to lead it.
Pomelo's treasury and settlement are fully mirrored in fiat and stablecoins, and about 20–25% of its customers now use stablecoins.
The first ChatGPT e-commerce purchase in Latin America was made with a Pomelo-issued card tokenised for an agent.
Pomelo is expanding beyond cards into real-time payments and stablecoins.
Carlos has worked in payments for about 15 years, including about ten at Mastercard and as an early Pomelo employee who launched its operations in Colombia, Peru and the Andean markets.