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

Frete achieves unicorn status. Proptech Houm raises $35M Series A

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Skydrop, Ualá, Frete, Houm, and more!

Timestamps:
[0:27]– Skydrop's Series A
[1:18] – Ualá acquires Mexican bank
[1:53] – Frete achieves unicorn status
[4:03] – Cheaf raised $3M
[4:54] – UK-based startup, raised seed round led by Latin America's CV firm
[5:20] – Houm raises $35M Series A

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Torre, Trybe, Neta, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [0:27] - Torre Access
• [1:01] - Trybe's Series B
• [1:34] - $18M for Chilean insurtech
• [2:12] - Favo's Series A
• [2:57] - Kaszek leads seed round in Neta

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups: Torre, Trybe, AVLA, Favo, Neta

IDB Lab and Google announce the first batch of the LAC Women Founders Accelerator, Ep 67

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Ontop, Nowports, IDB Lab, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [0:27] - Ontop
• [1:10] - Nowports
• [1:56] - LAC Women Founders Accelerator
• [2:47] - Featured article of the week
• [3:20] - NEW episode of How to be the Difference

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups: Ontop, Nowports,
• WeXchange
• An introduction to venture capital with Enzo Cavalie from Reach Capital, Ep 18
• Featured article:
• • 5 Myths and Facts about being a Digital Nomad

Merama closes $225M Series B funding round, Ep 66

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Sempli, Merama, Wheel the World, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [0:27] - September VC Recap
• [0:49] - $10M for SME loans
• [1:31] - Merama's Series B
• [2:08] - Cargamos' Seed follow-on
• [2:57] - Wheel the World's Seed funding
• [3:34] - Featured article of the week

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups: Sempli, Cargamos, Merama, Wheel the World
• Featured articles:
• • What 22 years of investing in LatAm and the Global South has taught me
  • Latam's September Venture Capital Recap

SoftBank pledges a further $3B for Latin American tech companies, Ep 65

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Kavak, SoftBank, Angel Ventures, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [0:27] - SoftBank doubles down on Latam
• [1:09] - GetCourse's expansion in Latam
• [1:55] - Angel Ventures' acquisition
• [2:26] - Bitso in El Salvador
• [3:02] - Kayak's Series E
• [3:50] - NEW episode of How to be the Difference

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups: GetCourse, Bitso, Kavak, Wallet Factory, Nu Mexico
• SoftBank, Angel Ventures
• Empowering global Black development with Esi Kagale Agyeman Gillo, Ep 17