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Nuvemshop Is Building the Operating System Behind Latin America’s Online Stores
The São Paulo-based commerce company is betting that Latin America’s merchants need more than a website. They need payments, parcels, marketing and WhatsApp sales to behave like one system.
Bikry App (Bizrise Technologies YC W20)
Bikry, built by Bizrise Technologies (Y Combinator W20), is a no-code direct-to-consumer platform that lets Indian retailers and small business owners launch an online store in minutes at 0% commission. It bundles a shareable catalog, 40+ digital payment options, and 35+ pan-India delivery partners so shop owners can sell through WhatsApp and social media without building a website or paying marketplace fees.
Pideaky
Pideaky is a Monterrey-based fintech that helps offline Latin American small businesses - mostly Mexico's corner shops (tienditas) and their suppliers - manage and accelerate cash flow. It uses AI and computer vision to turn photos and videos of a shop's inventory into a credit score, then extends inventory-based financing alongside automated collection, payment and reconciliation tools. The company was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch.
Vendy
Vendy is a Lagos-founded payment infrastructure company that lets businesses accept payments inside the places people already chat - WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram and AI assistants. Sellers spin up a shop in minutes with a catalog, cart, automated invoicing and checkout, and buyers pay without downloading an app or signing up. Started in Y Combinator's W22 batch, Vendy now positions itself as 'agentic payments infrastructure,' offering a single API across cards, bank transfers, mobile money and USSD, and reports more than 20 million transactions processed for around 2,000 merchants.
Yezza
Yezza is a Malaysian SaaS company (YC W22) that helps small businesses in Southeast Asia sell and operate through WhatsApp. It started as a tool to spin up storefronts inside the messaging app and has grown into an operating system for SMBs - with online stores, WhatsApp forms, broadcasting, invoicing, and industry-specific systems for clinics, dental and other service businesses.
Zbooni
Zbooni is a Dubai-based conversational commerce platform that lets businesses capture orders, send invoices, and accept payments directly inside messaging and social apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger. Founded in 2016 by Ramy Assaf and Ashraf Atia, the company champions what it calls cCommerce - selling through the chat window customers already use - and provides merchants a mobile business dashboard, payment links, and its own payment gateway across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt.