Nuvia raises $1.8M seed to push AI sales agents across Latin America
What's the deal? Nuvia, a Brazilian startup building AI agents for sales, has raised $1.8 million in a seed round led by Latin America-focused funds Amador CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and NascentDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. NXTP VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an existing backer, also joined, alongside Crivo VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Delusional Capital, and a club deal from Spectra Investimentos.
What's the endgame? Founded in 2024, Nuvia integrates channels including WhatsApp, Instagram, voice, web, and email, and connects to CRMs and other corporate tools. It is led by chief executive officer John Paz, former Brazil general manager at fintech Pomelo, with Antero Silva as chief technology officer and Arthur Sorelli as chief revenue officer.
Where does the money go? The company plans to keep developing the platform and expand its sales and marketing teams. It also aims to accelerate its go-to-market in Brazil and other Latin American markets with similar needs.
Why now? Nuvia last raised roughly $1.7 million in April 2025, led by NXTPDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and US fund Gilgamesh VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Paz says that round validated the company's thesis of centralising the sales and support journey on a single platform.
About 90% of Nuvia's clients are in Brazil, though it already serves customers in Iberia, Mexico, and Colombia. "Our Latin American investors were chosen for that purpose," Paz says, pointing to markets where WhatsApp plays a central role between businesses and consumers.
Its pitch is high-volume operations: during Easter, chocolate maker Chocolat Du JourDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → handled about 25,000 conversations in under eight days, with 91% managed by the AI, according to the company. "It's not a bot. It's an AI that understands all of the company's processes and creates simple to complex flows" (translated from Portuguese), Paz says.
The signal: The round sits in the 92nd percentile among all-time seed deals for Brazilian marketing startups, a sign of investor appetite for AI agents that automate customer-facing work in high-volume, WhatsApp-driven markets.
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