About
Minteo is a Latin American startup building a stablecoin-based settlement layer for the region. It issues COPM, the first stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Colombian peso, fully reserved via cash deposits in regulated Colombian banks with monthly BDO attestations. COPM is used by over 100,000 Colombians (notably through the Littio app) for remittances and e-commerce, and the company is expanding into Mexico, Chile and Peru. Minteo raised a $4.3M round in 2022 and is unrelated to the identity firm IDEMIA.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2022
- HQ
- Colombia
- Stage
- Seed
- Funding
- $4.3M (2022)
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