Nubank acquires Olivia. Provu raises US$256M in Goldman Sachs-led round, Ep 74

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Aptuno, Jefa, Nubank, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [0:27] - Aptuno announces US$5M seed round
• [2:17] - Jefa raises US$2M in seed round
• [2:56] - Provu raises US$256M in Goldman Sachs-led round
• [3:26] - Chiper raises US$53M in a Series B round
• [3:57] - Retrypay receives investment from Kamay Ventures
• [4:30] - Omie announces acquisition of Linker for US$21.9M
• [5:10] - Nubank's purchase of AI startup Olivia
• [5:43] - Partnership between Carïcaco, Newtopia VC, and Carao Ventures
• [6:16] - Ep158, Crossing Borders ft. Santiago Aparicio.

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups,VC Funds & Companies: Aptuno, Hackmetrix, Jefa, Provu, Chiper, Retrypay, Omie, Nubank, Olivia, Linker, Kamay Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Carïcaco, Newtopia VC, Carao Ventures, Ontop

• Alejandro Gómez de Greiff
• Santiago Aparicio

Cubbo closes $4M Seed Round. Aplazo raised $27M in a Series A, Ep 73

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Aplazo, Cubbo, Mercado Pago, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [0:27] - Cubbo closes $4M seed round
• [1:00] - Interview Brian York, CEO at Cubbo
• [3:06] - 9th edition WeXchange Forum
• [3:44] - Facily increased its valuation to $850M
• [4:24] - Finaktiva acquired Libera
• [4:56] - Aplazo, raised $27M in a Series A
• [5:34] - Mercado Pago granted licences in Chile
• [6:02] - Ep 157, Crossing Borders ft Maricel Saenz
• [6:17] - Balancing founderhood with parenthood

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups: Cubbo, WeXchange, Facily, Finaktiva, Aplazo, Mercado Pago
• Brian York
• Maricel Saenz
• Emma Sánchez Andrade Smith
• Carlos Anaya
• Nur Malek Pascha

Fintual raises $39M from Sequoia. Stori raises $200M Series C, Ep 72

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Stori, Fintual, Fanatiz, La Haus, and more!

OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE:

• 0:27] – Interview with Stella Melaragno from Fintual
• [2:38] – Lemon announced the launch of its new credit card
• [3:03] – Plug raised a $2.7 Million Seed Round
• [3:30] – La Haus, Bitcoin for real estate transactions
• [3:57] – Canary VC announced its new venture fund of $100M
• [4:18] – Fanatiz new partnership with LaLiga North America
• [4:33] – Stori, raised $200M Series C
• [4:59] – 9th edition of the WeXchange forum
• [5:17) – NEW How to be the Difference episode
• [5:38] – Juanma Gironella, Crossing Borders' new guest

RESOURCES & PEOPLE MENTIONED:

• Startups: Fintual, Lemon, Plug, La Haus, Fanatiz, Stori
• VC firm: Canary VC
• WeXchange forum
• Getting out of your comfort zone with Cesar Salazar, Ep 21
• Juanma Gironella, Guros: Reshaping The Latin American Insurance Industry, Ep 156