Crypto was big at YC this batch. Y Combinator Demo Days returned yet again with another ballooning heap of startups. In the old days, a gaggle of TechCrunch reporters would […]
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Back to news homea16z, NFX back Latitud’s effort to become ‘the operating system for every venture-backed company in LatAm’
Serial entrepreneur Brian Requarth learned his lesson the hard way. When he sold Brazilian online real estate marketplace VivaReal for $550 million several years ago, he had to pay more […]
Daily Crunch: B2B marketplace Sokowatch raises $125M Series B, rebrands as ‘Wasoko’
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Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt, equity to provide auto loans to LatAm ride-hailing drivers
Leasy, a startup that offers automobile financing to ride-hailing drivers in Latin America via a subscription model, has secured $2 million in equity and $15 million in debt. Italian-born Gregorio […]
Changing how we approach data privacy to unlock economic opportunities
Vivek Narayanadas Contributor Vivek Narayanadas serves as General Counsel for MetaMap, which helps online services become borderless through user-centric, privacy-forward trust and safety workflows. From securing a loan to renting […]
2022 crypto predictions from Prime Trust CFO Rodrigo Vicuna
Rodrigo Vicuna Contributor Cryptocurrency and blockchain had a breakout year in 2021. ust look at the numbers: 80 million unique crypto wallets; Bitcoin and Ether grew 60% and 407%, respectively; […]
Calii bags $22.5M to build Latin America’s grocery shopping future
Grocery delivery startup Calii is carving out a piece of Latin America’s $1 trillion groceries and food delivery market with its approach to cut inefficiencies in the food supply chain […]
UBITS snags $25M to create ‘the Netflix for corporate training’ in LatAm
UBITS, a B2B online learning platform for upskilling employees in Latin America, has raised $25 million in funding led by Riverwood Capital. Julián Melo and Marta Forero founded UBITS in […]
FanDuel founder and Sequoia bet on Spanish-language fantasy sports app Draftea
Founder Alán Jaime Misrahi grew up devoted to soccer, eventually playing in Mexico’s third division. While he didn’t necessarily make it to the “big leagues” playing the sport, his new […]
E-commerce aggregator Merama gets its horn after just 12 months in business
When it comes to investment in e-commerce aggregators in Latin America lately, when it rains, it pours. Merama, which acquires or launches Latin American digital brands, hit a $1.2 billion […]