Latin American startups raised a combined $22.66 million in disclosed Week 36 funding, according to a September 4 tally from technology publication Techloy, with healthcare artificial intelligence, diagnostic deeptech and financial infrastructure accounting for the largest reported rounds. The biggest financing in the roundup was a $6 million investment in Konko AI, an AI healthcare company with operations spanning New York and Costa Rica.

Techloy said the $22.66 million figure was based on disclosed funding rounds it tracked during the week, meaning the number should be read as a documented funding snapshot rather than a complete measure of venture investment across the region. The publication said healthtech led the week’s activity, while investors also deployed capital into deeptech, fintech, cybersecurity, travel technology and business automation.

Konko AI’s $6 million financing was led by Hi Ventures, with participation from LifeX Ventures, SquareOne Capital, GroundUp Ventures, Phoenix Fund and angel investors. A company announcement published earlier in the week described Konko as operating from New York and San José, Costa Rica, giving the largest deal in the regional roundup a direct connection to the U.S. startup ecosystem.

Konko builds artificial-intelligence software designed to automate administrative portions of the patient journey for clinics and hospitals. The system handles functions including patient messaging, triage, scheduling and follow-up while connecting information across healthcare workflows. The company said it has managed more than two million patient interactions across 90 healthcare institutions and 60 medical specialties in Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica.

Konko said the newly raised capital will support product development and further expansion in Latin America. Its model reflects a wider startup trend attracting U.S. venture attention: applying generative and agentic AI to industry-specific workflows rather than building general-purpose consumer tools. Healthcare has become an especially active field because providers face large administrative workloads and fragmented legacy software, although deploying AI in clinical environments also creates significant requirements around reliability, interoperability, privacy and human oversight.

The second-largest round identified by Techloy went to Brazil-based Doroth, which raised approximately $4.5 million, or 23 million Brazilian reais. Doroth is developing lab-on-a-chip technology for molecular diagnostics, combining microfluidics with molecular biology, automation, electronics, optics and software.

According to the funding roundup, Doroth plans to use the financing for research and development as well as construction of a microfluidic-chip manufacturing facility. The round was led by Loccus, with support from Brazil’s Finep and São Paulo research funding agency Fapesp. Techloy reported that the planned facility is intended to reach capacity of as many as four million chips annually.

The Doroth investment adds a hardware and manufacturing dimension to a funding week otherwise shaped heavily by software. Microfluidic devices can miniaturize laboratory processes onto small chips, potentially allowing some diagnostic testing to be performed more quickly or outside conventional centralized laboratories. For U.S. investors and life-sciences companies, Latin American efforts to localize diagnostic manufacturing are relevant as technology supply chains increasingly span software, biotech tools and specialized hardware.

Brazilian fintech Bull accounted for another major financing. The credit-as-a-service company raised 20 million reais, reported by Techloy at approximately $3.9 million, in a seed round led by Maya and Caravela with participation from Canary. Brazilian business publications also reported the financing earlier in the week.

Bull provides infrastructure that allows other companies to launch and operate credit products without building every underlying capability internally. Its platform covers functions such as credit decisioning, customer support, collections, reconciliation and connections to funding sources.

The company plans to put part of the new capital into artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, cybersecurity and process automation. That spending pattern highlights how AI is becoming embedded in fintech infrastructure rather than existing as a standalone product category. Credit providers increasingly use software to automate underwriting processes, monitor portfolios and reduce operating costs, while cybersecurity investment remains essential as financial platforms handle sensitive customer and transaction data.

Taken together, the three largest disclosed rounds in Techloy’s list account for $14.4 million of the $22.66 million weekly total. The balance came from smaller investments across other technology categories tracked by the publication. The overall mix suggests that early-stage capital remains available for companies addressing specific operational problems even when large venture rounds are not dominating the week.

The U.S. connection is clearest in Konko AI. Its financing brings together Latin American market expansion with a New York corporate presence and participation from investors connected to U.S. venture networks. That structure has become increasingly common among Latin American technology companies seeking access to U.S. capital, customers and talent while building products for large Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking markets.

Latin America is also strategically important to Silicon Valley because the region offers large populations with growing digital adoption alongside industries that still rely on fragmented or manual processes. Startups targeting healthcare administration, credit infrastructure and diagnostics can therefore pursue modernization opportunities that resemble earlier software transitions in the United States but require products adapted to local payment systems, regulation, healthcare practices and business structures.

The Week 36 numbers remain modest compared with the very large individual venture rounds frequently announced in the United States, and a single week cannot establish a durable investment trend. The $22.66 million total also includes only disclosed deals captured by Techloy. But the composition of the financing is notable: investors were backing AI-enabled healthcare, laboratory technology and fintech infrastructure rather than a single fashionable consumer category.

For U.S. technology investors watching Latin America, the more important signal may therefore be the type of companies receiving capital. Konko AI, Doroth and Bull are all building technologies intended to become embedded in institutional workflows. If those companies scale, their growth could deepen links among U.S. venture capital, Latin American engineering talent and regional markets that increasingly serve as testing grounds for AI-driven services and new digital infrastructure.