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Takenos is a technology company.
Takenos provides a digital wallet platform enabling seamless cross-border payments and financial management. The company facilitates the reception of international funds, offers digital dollar savings with daily yields, and issues both international and local debit cards for spending. Users can convert global earnings into local currency efficiently, utilizing features like QR code payments in various Latin American markets and personal payment links for clients worldwide.
Lucas Posada, Joaquín Herrera, Simón Bouché, and Francisco Goulu co-founded Takenos in 2022. Their foundational insight centered on the critical need for a more accessible and transparent financial infrastructure for Latin American freelancers and businesses. They recognized the challenge of effectively managing global income and sought to create a solution that connects international earnings with local economies.
Takenos primarily serves individuals and businesses, particularly independent professionals and remote workers across Latin America. The platform aims to empower its users by offering a robust system for handling global transactions. Its long-term vision involves building essential financial rails that allow for fluid capital movement, connecting users to the global economy and fostering greater financial flexibility.
Takenos has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round.
Takenos has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Takenos is a digital wallet platform designed for freelancers, contractors, and cross-border workers in Latin America, enabling them to receive payments from global clients in local currencies or stablecoins via methods like SEPA, ACH, WIRE, and SWIFT.[1][2][3] It eliminates intermediary platforms to cut fees, provide instant access to funds, and support multi-currency management (USD, EUR, BRL), virtual US/Europe accounts, spending via virtual dollar cards, saving, investing, and 24/7 WhatsApp support.[1][2][4] Targeting underserved markets like Bolivia and Peru, Takenos has achieved $500M+ in transaction volume, top app rankings in Bolivia, and lean growth with a recent $5M seed round co-led by Variant and Lattice.[2][4]
The platform solves high fees, delays, and complexity in cross-border payments, powering a "stablecoin revolution" for the unbanked Global South with partnerships like Mastercard, Visa, and Fireblocks.[2]
Takenos was founded in 2022 by Lucas Posada, Francisco Goulu, Joaquín Herrera, and Simón Bouché, all based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who identified pain points in Latin America's freelance economy where workers lost earnings to inefficient financial systems and intermediaries.[2][3] The idea emerged from real-world frustrations with cross-border payments, aiming to create frictionless money movement across currencies and borders as simple as local transactions.[2] Early traction included a $500K pre-seed raise, organic growth to become Bolivia's most downloaded wallet, and low-burn scaling before the $5M seed in 2025, proving resilience amid regional challenges.[2][4]
Takenos rides the stablecoin and onchain finance wave in LATAM, a region with high unbanked populations and volatile local currencies, where crypto enables dollar access without traditional banks.[2][4] Timing aligns with freelance globalization and neglected markets' demand for fintech, countering inflation and remittance barriers while traditional players ignore smaller countries.[1][4] It influences the ecosystem by proving crypto PMF in real-world adoption, bridging Global South finance gaps, and scaling stablecoin use for everyday payments/investments.[2][4]
Takenos is poised to dominate LATAM's stablecoin wallet space with its $5M seed fueling team growth, new features, tech upgrades, and expansion from Argentina/Bolivia into broader Latin America.[2] Trends like rising remote work, crypto infrastructure maturation, and partnerships will accelerate this, potentially evolving it into a full financial ecosystem for the unbanked. As digital dollars redefine access, Takenos' direct, low-friction model positions it to capture the freelance payment revolution it ignited.[2][4]
Takenos has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Seed in October 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2025 | $5M Seed | Lattice, Variant | 6TH MAN Ventures, Framework Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Multicoin Capital, North Island Ventures, Polygon Labs, Portal Ventures, Chuk Okpalugo, Ivan Soto Wright | Announced |
Takenos has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Takenos's investors include Lattice, Variant, 6th Man Ventures, Framework Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Multicoin Capital, North Island Ventures, Polygon, Portal Ventures, Chuk Okpalugo, Ivan Soto-Wright.