This week’s Espresso covers updates from Kavak, Kushki, Heru, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Heru raises a $6M seed round.
[01:03] - Kavak signs structured financing agreements worth $810M.
[01:44] - RappiPay obtained a $112M financing.
[02:15] - Kushki is officially launching operations in Peru.
[02:35] - Ebanx announces expansion to Africa.
[02:57] - Colombia approaches Brazilian authorities to import Pix.
[03:24] - Leoparda Electric closes an $8.5M seed round.
[04:02] - New episode of Crossing Borders.


Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Heru, Kavak, RappiPay, Rappi, Kushki, Niubiz, MC Procesos, Ebanx, Leoparda Electric, Divibank.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Gradient Ventures, SOMA Capital, GFC, Moving Capital, Magma Partners, Flourish Ventures, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander, Banco Davivienda, Bancolombia, Banco de Bogotá, Itaú, Colombian Fintech Association, Pix, Monashees, Construct Capital.
People: Mike Shoemaker, Nathan Lustig, Rebecca Fischer.