Takenos raises $7M seed extension to take its stablecoin platform across Latin America

Takenos has raised a $7 million seed extension led by North Island Ventures and Road Capital Management, with Variant, Lattice and Reverie participating. The round brings total funding to $12 million.

Founded in 2022 by CEO Lucas Posada, Joaquín Herrera, Francisco Goulu and Simón Bouché, Takenos runs a stablecoin-based financial platform for Latin America. Its stack includes licences, its own stablecoin, a consumer app, an SME platform, corporate APIs and a trading desk.

The company processes more than $5 billion a year across six countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay and Guatemala. Customers include LATAM Airlines, and in Bolivia it is the first company incorporated and regulated by ASFI under the country's new fintech framework.

The funds go to licences and local rails in more than 15 countries in 2027, the enterprise API business, new products and hiring in engineering, compliance and go-to-market.