Avenia is a financial-technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil that provides money-movement infrastructure connecting Latin America to global financial systems. The company offers a unified interface to embed cross-border payments, treasury operations, foreign exchange, and stablecoin rails, positioning itself as “borderless liquidity” and “the backbone for money in motion — from, to and across LATAM.” Avenia’s platform is stablecoin‑native and is powered by BRLA, a Brazilian real–denominated stablecoin that the company describes as fully collateralized and designed for instant, low‑cost settlement in Brazil. ^{[1] [2]}​

Overview

Avenia’s core proposition is a single, programmable interface for cross‑border flows into and across Latin America, with particular emphasis on Brazil. The company markets three primary product pillars: Avenia API, Avenia Pay, and Avenia Assets. The API is framed as a single integration to send, receive, convert, and embed cross‑border payments; Avenia Pay is a web platform for treasury operations, including moving capital between international entities and converting BRL to USD (and vice versa); and Avenia Assets is associated with the firm’s stablecoin ecosystem. The platform integrates both local payment rails—such as Brazil’s Pix and Mexico’s SPEI—and on‑chain stablecoin rails to provide local access with global reach. ^[1]​

The company describes itself as “compliant by design,” emphasizing that its infrastructure is built with treasury, tax, and regulatory complexity in mind. It highlights support for use cases including embedding Pix for international users in Brazil, enabling U.S. consumer apps to accept payments from BRL balances, supporting Brazilian fintechs offering dollar accounts with Pix access, and simplifying international treasury operations such as monthly operating expenditures (OPEX) to Brazil and moving venture capital funds between entities. Avenia states that its rails can also be used to hedge FX exposure by converting BRL revenues into U.S. Treasury‑linked yield products through its treasury workflows. ^[1]​

Avenia reports traction metrics on its site, including processing over US$1 billion in total payment volume (TPV) since inception, more than 5 million transactions, and a base of 50+ customers. ^[1]​

History

Avenia’s public materials indicate an operational association with BRLA Digital LTDA, a Brazilian entity referenced in legal notices related to the BRLA stablecoin. According to the company’s disclosures, BRLA Digital LTDA is identified as a foreign exchange banking correspondent of Ouribank, with services conducted under CMN Resolution 4,935 (July 29, 2021). The same notices specify that Ouribank does not maintain an ownership or corporate affiliation with BRLA Digital LTDA.

Funding activity has been documented through third-party data platforms and media reports. Tracxn records a seed funding round dated May 22, 2025, followed by a Series A round on February 10, 2026. LatamList reports that Avenia raised a total of US19.1 million across two rounds and identifies big_bets as a lead investor in the seed stage.

Tracxn also references a partnership announcement with Fipto dated February 13, 2026. The announcement concerns the development of a real-time EUR/BRL transaction corridor using stablecoins. ^{[1] [2] [4] [5]}

Products and Technology

Avenia API

Avenia frames its API as a single integration point to program and manage cross‑border payment flows, including sending, receiving, converting currencies, and embedding payment capabilities directly into partner applications. The company highlights real‑time payment capabilities, giving examples such as local Pix transactions in Brazil combined with global stablecoin settlement, all orchestrated via one API endpoint for global reach and local access. ^[1]​

Avenia Pay

Avenia Pay is presented as a web interface for managing international treasury operations. It supports moving capital between international entities, converting between BRL and USD, and accessing U.S. yield (referenced as U.S. Treasuries) through curated treasury workflows. The company outlines particular operational scenarios, including sending monthly OPEX to Brazil, moving venture capital to Brazil, simplifying international treasury and compliance processes, and hedging FX exposure by converting BRL revenue into U.S. Treasury‑linked instruments. ^[1]​

Avenia Assets

Avenia lists “Avenia Assets” under its product navigation and associates it with a stablecoin ecosystem. The cited page does not provide detailed user flows or specifications for this product line, beyond positioning it within the platform’s broader stablecoin‑native architecture. ^[1]​

Rails and Integrations

The platform’s rails combine native stablecoin infrastructure—centered on the BRLA digital real—with local payment systems, including Brazil’s Pix and Mexico’s SPEI. Avenia markets the premise that a single API can offer both the speed and transparency of on‑chain settlement and the ubiquity of local bank‑grade payment rails, aiming to reduce fragmentation and operational friction common in cross‑border payment stacks. ^[1]​

BRLA Stablecoin

BRLA is a BRL‑denominated stablecoin described as “a fully transparent, fully collateralized digital real,” intended for instant, low‑cost settlement in Brazil. Avenia positions its platform as “powered by BRLA,” and frames BRLA as the core token for on‑chain BRL liquidity across payments, treasury operations, and programmable finance use cases. The company indicates that additional stablecoins may join the ecosystem over time. ^[1]​

On its dedicated page, BRLA is presented as a 1:1 BRL‑pegged token with reserves held in regulated custody and backed by regulated assets, including Brazilian government bonds. The company references monthly collateral reporting and attestations, states that reserves and issuance data are fully audited, and indicates that reserves are auditable “24/7,” pointing readers to a proof‑of‑reserves resource. The page also emphasizes that BRLA is natively deployed on major chains without the need for wrapping, is designed to move across platforms and borders, and supports programmable liquidity for use in payments, treasury, and DeFi. ^[2]​

The company also presents practical uses for BRLA, such as maintaining BRL exposure in digital form while mitigating local banking frictions, accessing yield through staking on partner platforms, and enabling traders, investors, and builders to use BRLA on wallets, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and financial platforms where they already operate. ^[2]​

Use Cases

Avenia highlights a range of use cases that combine on‑chain settlement with local payment access:

• Embedding Pix for international users visiting Brazil, enabling instant local payments.
• Supporting U.S. consumer apps launching in Brazil to let users pay U.S. credit cards in USD via Pix from BRL balances.
• Enabling Brazilian fintechs to offer dollar accounts with Pix access, allowing users to hold USD, invest in U.S. Treasuries, and pay in BRL.
• Allowing Singapore‑based wallets to enable travel payments in Brazil using Pix.
• Helping international merchants accept Pix from Brazilian tourists with instant local settlement, in BRL or USD.
• Powering global treasury operations, including moving OPEX to Brazil, funding entities, migrating venture capital, and hedging BRL exposure by converting revenues into U.S. Treasury‑linked assets through the platform’s treasury workflows.

These scenarios reflect the firm’s emphasis on combining stablecoin rails with local instant‑payment systems to reduce cost and latency for cross‑border and cross‑currency flows. ^[1]​

Funding

Press and industry databases report multiple rounds of financing. LatamList reported on February 10, 2026 that Avenia raised US$17 million in a Series A round, with investors including Quona Capital, Fluent Ventures, Tomorrow Capital, and Scale Up by Endeavor; the article also mentions angel investors from firms such as Revolut, Santander, HSBC, and PagSeguro, and indicates that the company planned to use the funds for product development and expansion across Latin America and into the United States. Tracxn records total funding of US$19.1 million across two rounds, a seed round dated May 22, 2025 reportedly led by big_bets with participation from Fluent Ventures, and the Series A dated February 10, 2026 with multiple institutional investors including Quona. The differing totals suggest additional capital beyond the Series A and should be reconciled against primary investor and company announcements for precision. ^{[5] [4]}

Team and Leadership

Available sources identify Matheus Moura as co‑founder and CEO. The company’s LinkedIn profile lists São Paulo, SP, as headquarters, reports a headcount in the 11–50 range, and lists a 2023 founding year. ^{[4] [3]}​

Partnerships and Ecosystem

Avenia integrates with local payment rails such as Pix (Brazil) and SPEI (Mexico), enabling embedded local experiences for international platforms. In addition, the platform’s stablecoin‑native design aims to interoperate with global on‑chain ecosystems. Tracxn reports a partnership with Fipto announced on February 13, 2026, focused on a real‑time EUR/BRL corridor using stablecoins, highlighting the company’s efforts to link European and Brazilian currency flows through tokenized settlement. The company’s legal notices also reference the correspondent relationship of BRLA Digital LTDA with Ouribank for foreign exchange services under Brazilian regulation. ^{[1] [4]}

Notable Statements

• “Borderless liquidity.” This tagline encapsulates Avenia’s stated mission to connect LATAM money movement to global networks through a single interface combining local payment rails and stablecoin settlement. ^[1]

• “The backbone for money in motion — from, to and across LATAM.” The phrase reflects the platform’s positioning as core infrastructure for cross‑border and cross‑currency flows in the region. ^[1]

• BRLA is described as “a fully transparent, fully collateralized digital real.” This characterization underpins the company’s approach to on‑chain BRL liquidity and its claims about collateralization and transparency. ^[2]

Technology Details and Design Considerations

Avenia states that its rails combine local instant‑payment systems and on‑chain stablecoin settlement through a single API, allowing programmable flows such as instant disbursements, FX conversion, and cross‑border treasury movements. The explicit examples include facilitating Pix payments from BRL balances into USD obligations (such as credit card bills) and enabling wallets and consumer apps to offer local Brazilian payment experiences while holding non‑BRL assets like USD or U.S. Treasury‑linked balances. The approach aims to reduce reconciliation and counterparty complexity while providing speed and cost advantages typical of stablecoin settlement. ^[1]​

For BRLA, the company’s page highlights native deployments on “major chains” and a bridge‑free design, suggesting direct issuance on multiple networks to avoid wrapped representations. It also emphasizes programmability for integration into wallets, exchanges, and DeFi platforms. However, the pages referenced do not specify which chains are supported, nor do they provide smart contract addresses or a technical whitepaper. The claims of monthly attestations and fully audited reserves are presented without naming the auditor(s) or providing links to attestation documents in the cited excerpt, indicating areas where additional public documentation would enhance technical transparency. ^[2]​