This week’s Espresso covers updates from Covalto, Menta, Pulpo, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Aplazo acquires Sensai Metrics
[00:52] - Pulpo closes an $8M funding round
[01:24] - Nelo secures a $100M credit facility
[01:36] - Interview with Kyle Miller, cofounder and CEO of Nelo
[03:18] - Skandia and Accial Capital Management launch Impacto
[03:44] - Fidu announces a $5M round
[04:12] - Covalto secures a $10M line from the International Development Finance Corporation
[04:39] - Menta closes a $6M seed round
[05:13] - New episode of Crossing Borders
[05:40] - New episode of How to be the Difference

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Aplazo, Pulpo, Nelo, Skandia, Accial Capital Management, Fidu, Covalto, Menta, Sensai Metrics.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Impacto, International Development Finance Corporation, Nazca Ventures, Victory Park Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NFX, Imaginable Futures, Broom Ventures, Base10 Partners, Wollef.
People: Nathan Lustig, Kyle Miller, David Poritz, Cristobal Perdomo, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Hector de Jesus Cortes.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Vozy, Plerk, Foodology, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Colombian Foodology raises $50M in funding round
[01:04] - Vozy raises a $5M Pre-Series A round
[01:31] - Lulo Bank receives a $200M investment from International Holding Company
[02:02] - Arch closes a $5M seed round
[02:28] - Plerk announces a partnership with WeWork
[02:52] - Elenas raises $20M in a Series B round
[03:17] - HoyTrabajas and Zulu close $5M seed rounds
[03:58] - New episode of Crossing Borders
[04:17] - Latamlist’s featured article


Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Arch, HoyTrabajas, Foodology, Vozy, International Holding Company, Plerk, Lulo Bank, WeWork, Elenas, Zulu, R5.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Chimera, Andreessen Horowitz, Wollef, Kayyak Ventures, TriplePoint Venture Capital, GoHub Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Upload Ventures, Ripio Ventures, TechStars, Soma Capital, Genesis Block Ventures, Dila Capital, Newtype Ventures, Cadenza Ventures.
People: Arash Ferdowsi, Fernando Sucre, Nathan Lustig.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Ualá, Cortex, Solvento and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Ali closes a $25 million Series A round
[00:46] -Tax reform discussion in Colombia introduces change on wealth tax calculation for private companies
[01:19] - Interview with Solvento’s CPO and cofounder Pedro Bosch on their seed round
[03:50] - Greenenergy raises a $5 million common equity investment
[04:15] - Cortex secures $48 million in a Series C round
[04:39] - Ualá announces a $150 million investment in Latin America
[05:01] - clicOH lands in Colombia via the acquisition of Logysto
[05:22] - New episodes of Crossing Borders and How to be the Difference
[05:51] - Latamlist’s selection of 14 Paraguayan startups


Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Ali, Solvento, Greenenergy, Cortex, Ualá, clicOH, Logysto, Vexi
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: BTG Pactual, Deetken Impact Sustainable Energy, Lightrock, Softbank, Riverwood.
People: Pedro Bosch, Nathan Lustig, Cinthia Merlos, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Stela Barcelos, Alejandra Cruz.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Nubank, Bitso, Mono, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Minteo secures a $4.3 million seed funding round
[01:03] - Interview with Humberto Pacheco, Naya Homes’ cofounder, on their seed round
[07:51] - Colombian fintech Mono launches Mono VC
[08:20] - Interview with Stiven Rodríguez, Heru’s cofounder, on their seed round
[11:14] - Nubank leaves Brazil’s stock market
[11:42] - Bitso launches in Argentina the first crypto payments with QR codes in LatAm
[12:04] - Global66 launches new Mastercard prepaid card
[12:31] - Latamlist’s featured articles
[12:57] - New Crossing Borders episode

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Heru, Minteo, Naya Homes, Mono, Nubank, Bitso, Global66, Oxio.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Gradient Ventures, Magma Partners, QED, ALLVP.
People: Humberto Pacheco, Stiven Rodríguez, Alejandra Cruz, Greg Mitchell, Meghan Stevenson-Krauz, Nathan Lustig, Nicolas Girard.

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.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from uDocz, Impacta VC, DolarApp and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Finaktiva raises $25M in debt
[00:54] - Interview with Gustavo Ribas, K Fund’s Venture Partner
[03:00] - Alima closes a $1.5M seed round
[03:28] - Ubii closes its first investment round at $4.5M
[03:47] - uDocz secures a $2M seed round
[04:16] - Salkantay Ventures closes its first VC fund at $26M
[04:40] - Impacta VC launches Impact Fundraising Strategy Program
[05:04] - IDB Lab approves a $2M loan for Prestamype
[05:25] - DolarApp announces a $5M seed round
[05:47] - New Crossing Borders and Hacking Insurance episodes


Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Finaktiva, Alima, Ubii, uDocz, Prestamype, DolarApp, Belo, Lizit, Efinti.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Bancolombia, responsAbility, K Fund, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, The Dorm Room Fund, Seed9, Pareto, Salkantay VC, GSV Ventures, Impacta VC, IDB Lab, Kaszek Ventures.
People: Gustavo Ribas, Nathan Lustig, Manuel Beaudroit, Rodrigo Alfonso, Daniel Botero, Andres Tobon.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Ualá, Xepelin, Clip, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Clip lands a $50M credit facility with Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, and HSBC
[00:58] - Cuéntame closes a $1.1M pre-seed round
[01:27] - Pagaleve closes a $25M Series A round
[01:55] - Credix raises $11.25M in a Series A round
[02:27] - Ualá acquires Ceibo Créditos
[02:52] - Xepelin secures a $140M credit line from Goldman Sachs
[03:16] - Belo partners with Airtm
[03:46] - New episode of Crossing Borders and Latamlist’s featured article

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Clip, Cuéntame, Pagaleve, Ualá, Ceibo Créditos, Xepelin, Belo, Airtm, Wilobank, Empretienda.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Magma Partners, Impacta VC, Salesforce Ventures, Motive Partners, ParaFi Capital,
People: Nathan Lustig, Laura Martínez, Alejandro Guízar.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from R2, Auronix, Efinti, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - R2 closes $15M Series A round
[00:58] - Auronix receives $14.5M investment from Alloy Capital
[01:26] - MEDU closes $4M seed round
[01:53] - Plurall receives $20M in debt capital from Fasanara Capital
[02:21] - Qanlex closes $3M seed round
[02:50] - Efinti raises $1M in an investment round
[03:12] - This week’s new How to be the difference and Crossing Borders episodes
[03:33] - Featured article on How to Recruit the Best LATAM Software Engineers by Gino Ferrand

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: R2, PayU, Auronix, MEDU, Plurall, Qanlex, Efinti, Ontop, Leasy.

VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Gradient Ventures, General Catalyst, 166 2nd, Magma Partners, Femsa Ventures, Alloy Capital, MaC Venture Capital, Fasanara Capital, Carao Ventures, The LegalTech Fund, Preface Ventures, FJ Labs, J Ventures, Inversiones Andamas.

People: Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Julian Torres, Nathan Lustig, Gregorio Gilardini, Gino Ferrand.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Plerk, Prometeo, Koibanx, and more!


Outline of this episode:

[00:27] - Plerk closes $12M Series A round
[00:57] - Prometeo is Latin America’s first company to offer A2A payments
[01:19] - Covalto is the first Mexican fintech to list on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange
[01:48] - Koibanx raises $22M in its first investment round
[02:15] - Fudo receives $7.5M in seed round
[02:38] - Latú Seguros raises largest pre-seed round in LatAm at $6.7M
[03:05] - New episode of Crossing Borders with Alessandra Angelini, CEO, and co-founder of Influur
[03:29] - Featured article by Alejandro Guízar: How to create value for your customers through technology and innovation
[03:42] - New episode of Hacking Insurance with Denario and Teaté

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Plerk, Prometeo, Covalto, Koibanx, Fudo, Latú Seguros, Rappi, Addi, Tul, Influur, Denario, Teaté, Gympass.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Upload Ventures, Magma Partners, 500 Startups, MGV Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantico, MAYA Capital, CRV, monashees, ONEVC, Latitud, SVAngel.
People: Nathan Lustig, Alessandra Angelini, Alejandro Guízar, Rodrigo Alfonso, Juan Carlos Durán, Andrés Delgado, Victor Rosa.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Billpocket, Rebill, Pomelo, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Kushki acquires Billpocket
[00:54] - Interview with Alejandro Guízar, CEO and founder of Billpocket
[04:25] - Argentina-based startup Rebill raises $3.6M
[05:01] - Pomelo extends its Series A to $50M
[05:30] - New hybrid startup studio and human capital agency RYZ Labs is launched
[05:51] - Interview with Jordan Metzner, founder of RYZ Labs
[08:33] - Casai and Nomah announce a merger agreement
[09:06] - New episode of Crossing Borders with Juan José Leaño, founder of Parco
[09:30] - New episode of How to be the Difference with Jamie Turner

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Kushki, Billpocket, Rebill, Pomelo, Casai, Nomah, RYZ Labs, HipTrain, Offsiteio, Parco.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Loft, monashees.
People: Jordan Metzner, Sam Nadler, Alejandro Guízar, Nathan Lustig, Juan José Leaño, Jamie Turner, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey.