Max Werner

Recruiter @chambasai

[Arnaud T @sceniuslatam]

🇲🇽 Palenca raises a US$4 million funding round

Mexican fintech Palenca has raised a US$4 million round to expand its income verification infrastructure for financial institutions, addressing one of the core bottlenecks in credit expansion in Mexico and across Latin America.

The platform functions as an income bureau, aggregating and validating earnings data from multiple sources including informal employment, allowing banks and lenders to evaluate creditworthiness for segments previously invisible to the financial system.

The startup processed approximately 5 million income verifications in 2025 and projects reaching 20 million in 2026.

The capital will be used to develop new data products, expand validation across diverse income sources and strengthen AI-powered predictive models.

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@Pablo_Velasco_ You should buy it out of administration. I've heard these guys are focused on distressed deals:

https://t.co/4aH71GqB1U

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@pabloantonio Padrote Drogado @japalac

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@Pablo_Velasco_ Column equivalent exists, just not sexy. Incredible no VC has gotten a slice..

https://t.co/gngkZBY1BB

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@forrestheath3 Que capo!!!!!

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@pabloantonio The due diligence process

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@britishtradermx En realidad los salarios son aún más bajos. El promedio de CDMX está muy alto porque hay más gente de altos ingresos. La mayoría de las personas están ganando de $8.4k (mínimo) a $12k.

[Mexico Tech Week @MexicoTechWeek]

Con #ChambasAI, +977,000 personas ya han interactuado en WhatsApp, se han creado +360,000 CVs con IA y cada día +20 personas encuentran empleo.

Ve la entrevista completa aqui: https://t.co/Gmak7nddX6

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@WillManidis War Dog, on PMC's

https://t.co/D3eLIt2CHg

[Daniel Tenreiro @TenreiroDaniel]

sun valley doesn't hit like it used to

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@gregisenberg It’s being built by @enrique_goudet

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@Pablo_Velasco_ Big opportunity to bring back telenovelas

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@johncoogan Rafael Stark of Stark Bank in Brazil @starkbank.

Raised $60m so far. Great name. They are like Ramp, for Brazil.

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@MiguelArmaza @GilgameshVC @A_Endo Enormes!!

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@patrick_oshag Michael Milken
David Martinez
Pablo Legorreta

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@japalac Soy yo

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@pedrosorren Can't go wrong with a RM Rafael Nadal watch. Elegant and understated.

Here's one on @getbezel for just $259k:

https://t.co/SouKX74D40

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@JoshBromberg1 Great point, more come to mind -> Indeed (search for jobs) , glassdoor (search for job reviews).

Rich Barton played this well he built Zillow, Glassdoor and Expedia (search for flights).

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

@LandseerEnga There was a big announcement

https://t.co/qzOxjxHmwc

[Max Werner @maxwerrod]

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