Stealth

• A startup de paytech transfronteiriça relevante para os EUA, Latitude, saiu do modo stealth esta semana com um financiamento semente de US$ 8 milhões liderado pela NEA para enfrentar transferências monetárias empresariais lentas e caras. • O financiamento apoia a missão da Latitude de simplificar pagamentos internacionais, posicionando-a como uma desafiante no espaço das fintechs em meio à crescente demanda por transferências B2B eficientes. • O lançamento coincide com a ascensão das fintechs em abril de 2026, destacando a confiança dos investidores em inovações de paytech, apesar das incertezas econômicas decorrentes dos preços de energia e da política do Fed.

• Tel Aviv-based Capsule Security exited stealth on April 14, 2026, securing a $7 million Seed round led by Lama Partners with participation from Forgepoint Capital International to develop runtime security for enterprise AI agents. • The company positions itself as a "trust layer for agentic AI" designed to block manipulation, misbehavior, and silent data exfiltration during agent execution. • Capsule was selected as 1 of 6 finalists from nearly 1,000 startups in the CrowdStrike, AWS, and NVIDIA Startup Accelerator at RSA Conference, indicating strong industry recognition.

• Artemis, a San Francisco-based AI-native cybersecurity platform, emerged from stealth on April 17, 2026, with $70 million in combined seed and Series A funding just six months after founding. • The Series A round was led by Felicis Ventures, with participation from First Round Capital, Brightmind Ventures, Theory VC, Two Sigma, Lockstep, and leaders from Demisto, Abnormal AI, Splunk, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, and Okta. • The platform provides real-time detection and automated response to AI-powered threats, addressing gaps in traditional security tools amid rising agentic attacks.