AmFi and Helix Forge Strategic Partnership to Open Latin America’s Private Credit Market to Asian Investors

Brazil’s leading tokenisation platform AmFi Finance has entered a strategic partnership with Helix, an award-winning real-world asset tokenisation platform incubated by Singapore-based fintech pioneer Helicap, to launch the first-ever tokenised private-credit initiative connecting Latin America and Asia. The partnership, facilitated by Onigiri Capital, a venture capital firm focused on blockchain and finance, aims to link Asia’s institutional capital with Brazil’s rapidly expanding private-credit market through compliant, blockchain-enabled infrastructure.

With real interest rates in Brazil at an all-time high, the collaboration marks a milestone in uniting two of the world’s most dynamic regions for financial innovation — Latin America and Southeast Asia. Structured by AmFi and enabled by Helix’s institutional network and infrastructure across Asia, the initiative opens new, compliant pathways for cross-border credit participation.

“This collaboration marks a defining moment for Brazil’s credit markets,” said Paulo David, CEO of AmFi Finance. “By combining Helix’s institutional reach across Asia with AmFi’s proven structuring expertise and track record exceeding US$300 million, we are creating institutional-grade access to one of the world’s highest real-yield markets — safely, transparently, and on-chain.”

Brazil: The Next Frontier for Tokenised Private Credit

This partnership follows the release of Project Aurora: Brazil’s Asset Tokenisation Opportunity — a landmark report launched by AmFi, Credit Saison Brazil, Onigiri Capital, Coruja Capital, and Pinheiro Neto Advogados. Sponsored by Nuclea, the study highlights how Brazil’s private credit market represents a US$2 trillion opportunity, underpinned by one of the world’s most advanced financial infrastructures and a progressive regulatory framework that has embraced tokenisation as a catalyst for inclusion and efficiency.

Despite Brazil’s highly digitised financial system, access to credit remains concentrated among a few large banks, leaving small and medium-sized enterprises underserved. Tokenisation offers a technological leap to address these structural frictions. By converting receivables and structured loans into blockchain-based tokens, platforms like AmFi reduce issuance and distribution costs by up to 38%, improve transparency through real-time auditability, and enable fractional ownership for a wider class of investors.

The report highlights that Brazil’s regulatory foundations, collectively position the country as a global leader in regulated tokenisation. With more than US$300M of private credit already structured on AmFi’s platform and an ecosystem now supported by established institutions, Brazil is evolving from pilot projects to fully institutional adoption.

“Brazil’s transformation mirrors what we’ve seen across Asia, where regulation, technology, and capital are converging to unlock new financial pathways,” said Qin En Looi, Managing Partner at Onigiri Capital and Partner at Saison Capital (co-authors of Project Aurora). “This partnership demonstrates how global collaboration can accelerate tokenisation from theory to scale.”

A Shared Vision: Connecting Capital and Impact

For AmFi, the partnership with Helix extends its mission to bridge local credit origination with global capital. The platform already works with a network of qualified originators across Brazil to tokenise receivables-backed assets, providing liquidity to fintechs and private credit managers in Brazil while creating diversified exposure opportunities for investors. Helix’s participation brings Asian capital into this ecosystem through a compliant and transparent framework that advances financial inclusion.

“The future of finance is about building bridges between regions that share the same challenges and opportunities,” said Jitendra Singh Jaitawat, CEO of Helix. “Through this collaboration, AmFi and Helix are creating a new chapter in global private credit, demonstrating how tokenisation can expand access, transparency, and inclusion across emerging markets.”

The initiative underscores Brazil’s emergence as a global benchmark for real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation. Through compliant frameworks and proven platforms like AmFi, international investors can now gain direct exposure to Brazil’s productive economy while supporting the financial inclusion of its business sector.