Alaya Capital invests in Guadalajara B2B risk-verification startup Efektiva

What's the deal? Argentine venture capital firm Alaya Capital has invested an undisclosed amount in EfektivaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Guadalajara startup that uses AI to verify businesses. Efektiva is at seed stage and has previously raised from angel investors and Techstars JPMorgan.

Context Efektiva was founded in 2024 by former bankers, lawyers and developers. Its software pulls data directly from official tax, credit and legal sources and turns it into an easy-to-read risk report. That cuts due-diligence work that used to take weeks down to hours. In its first year it verified more than 5,000 businesses in Mexico. Clients include equipment distributors, business lenders and large corporates. CEO Pablo Robles Watanabe says the plan is to expand verification across Latin America.

Source Contxto, 24 July 2025