In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Betterfly, Ualá, the IFC, and more!


Outline of this episode:

[00:27] - IFC and We-FI launched a new call for applications for IFC ScaleX
[00:53] - Betterfly became the third Chilean unicorn
[01:21] - Sooper raised a $5.7M seed funding round
[01:51] - Ualá announced it would begin its operations in Colombia
[02:18] - Interview with Natalia Ríos, Country Manager of Ualá in Colombia
[06:12] - Creditas announced a $260M Series F funding round
[06:42] - Inspectorio raised $50 Million in a Series B round
[07:16] - Melonn announced a $20M Series C funding round
[08:06] - Featured article “The low hanging fruit of Mexico’s financial system”
[08:25] - New Crossing Borders episode with Sophia Wood

Resources and people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Betterfly, Cornershop, NotCo , Sooper, Ualá, Creditas, Inspectorio, Melonn,
VCs, Funds, Programs and Institutions: IFC ScaleX, IFC, We-Fi, Glade Brook Capital. Greycroft, Mundi Ventures. Lightrock, QED Investors , DST Global Partners, Canary VC, Kaszek Ventures, Fidelity Management & Research LLC, Insight Partners, Techstars, Flexport, Ecolab ,Matchstick Ventures, QED Investors. Global Founders Capital , NFX, Pear and Wollef
People: Natalia Ríos, Alejandro Guízar, Nathan Lustig, Sophia Wood.