This week’s Espresso covers updates from Treggo, treble.ai, Frete.com, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Mexican fintech Arrenda raises $26.5M in pre-seed round
[00:42] - Interview with Joe Merullo, Arrenda’s CEO
[06:06] - Argentinian startup Treggo receives $1.7M in additional funding
[06:44] - Colombian startup treble.ai closes $15M Series A round
[06:55] - Interview with Felipe Otálora, treble.ai’s CEO
[08:58] - HR Tech startup Hitch raises $1.5M in pre-seed round
[09:28] - Brazilian freight marketplace Frete.com acquires InterSite
[09:59] - Key Insights of TTR’s Latin American Transaction Market Quarterly Report
[10:21] -Latamlist featured article: What the U.S. Economic Downturn Means for U.S. Firms Hiring in LatAm
[10:40] - New Crossing Borders episode
[10:59] - New How to be the Difference episode

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Arrenda, Treggo, treble.ai, Hitch, Frete.com, InterSite, Tecla, Houm, Liftit, Cubbo.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Fasanara Capital, Newtown Partners, Verve Capital, Latin Leap, Bluewatch Ventures, Kube VC, Tiger Global, Evergreen Mountain Equity Partners, StartFast Ventures.
People: Joe Merullo, Felipe Otálora, Federico Vega, Gino Ferrand, Benjamin Labra, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Brian York.