In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Strike, Kambio, Picus Capital and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Cybersecurity startup Strike raises $5.4M in a seed round.
[01:02] - Proptech Kambio closes a $1M pre-seed round.
[01:34] - Colombian startup Ayenda reaches 500 establishments in its low-cost hotel chain.
[02:15] -VC firm Picus Capital will open offices in São Paulo.
[02:43] -PayU acquired Colombian startup Ding and led a $46M investment for the Colombian fintech Treinta.
[03:08] - Latest Crossing Borders episode revisiting Deepak Chhugani’s interview. [03:21] - New episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101 on scaling a business to other countries.


Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Strike, Kambio, Ayenda, Clara, Xepelin, Kamino, PayU, Ding, Treinta, Nuvocargo
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Picus Capital. Magma Partners, Greyhound Capital, FJ Labs, Canary, NXTP, VentureFriends, Latitud, Orok Ventures, First Check Ventures, PlugAndPlay, WeWork Alumni Fund, Bluebox Ventures, Assymetry Ventures, Prosus
People: Santiago Dañino Beck, Nathan Lustig, Deepak Chhugani, Madeleine Clavijo, Mafalda Barros, Mariana Costa