This week’s Espresso covers updates from Marvin, Talently, Elevva, and more!


Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - The Brazilian fintech Marvin closed a $15M Series A round
[00:50] - The Mexican startup Paisa closed a $600K pre-seed round
[01:33] - The edtech Talently announced it raised a $3M seed round
[01:57] - Interview with Doménica Obando, Talently’s CEO and co-founder
[07:12] - Argentinian startup Elevva raised a $30M seed round
[07:42] - User authentication startup Truora acquired the Brazilian firm ZapSign
[07:59] - Interview with Maite Muñiz, co-founder at Truora
[10:25] - Alejandro Guízar’s featured article on the evolution of the startup ecosystem in Mexico
[10:43] -The second episode of Hacking Insurance was released

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Paisa, Talently, Elevva, Truora, ZapSign, Marvin, Simplee, MOVii.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Canaan, Magma Partners, Precursor Ventures, Latitud, Forum VC, Gaingels, 500 Startups Latam, Alaya Capital, Salkantay Ventures, Newtype Ventures, Potencia Ventures, Latin Leap, Asymmetric Capital, MatterScale Ventures, Canary, Redwood Ventures.
People: Doménica Obando, Maite Muñiz, Rodrigo Alfonso, Diego Fernández, Alejandro Guízar, Daniel Briceño.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Nowports, Pandas, Bornlogic, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] -Pandas raises $6.3M in pre-seed round
[00:57] -Nowports becomes a unicorn after a $150M Series C
[01:49] -Welbe raises its first pre-seed investment round of $3M
[02:31] -Experian acquires 51% stake of Brazilian fintech MOVA
[03:10] -Bornlogic raises $10M in a Series A round
[03:39] -New episode of How to be the difference with Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner at Magma Partners
[03:56] -New episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101 on the successes and failures of leading a startup.

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Pandas, Nowports, Welbe, Kavak, Jüsto, Ben & Frank, Experian, MOVA, Bornlogic
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Third Kind Venture Capital, Acequia Capital, Picus Capital, Tekton Ventures, Partech, SoftBank Latin America Fund, Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, Monashees, Soma Capital, Broadhaven Ventures, Mouro Capital, Tencent, Base10 Partners, Nazca, Astella Investimentos
People: Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Nathan Lustig, Doménica Obando, Courtney McColgan

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Mentum, Dock, WexChange, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Colombian fintech R5 announced it raised a $7M funding round
[01:10] - Mentum received $4.2M in a funding round led by Google’s Gradient Ventures
[01:45] - Argentinian tech academy HENRY announced it raised $10M in a Series A round
[02:17] - Dock raised a $110M funding round and gained unicorn status.
[02:50] - Mexican proptech Spot2 announced it raised a $4.2M seed round
[03:25] - WexChange announced the finalists of the Women STEMpreneurs Competition


Resources mentioned:

Companies & Startups: R5, Mentum, Plaid, Jeeves, HENRY, Dock, Spot2, Veloz, Jefa, Fitco, Talently.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Global Founders Capital. Magma Partners, Carao Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, Endeavor Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Soma Capital, Investo, Y Combinator, Kayyak Ventures, Seaya & Cathay, Lightrock, Silver Lake Waterman, Streamlined Ventures, HOF Capital, Acrew Capital, H20, WeXchange.

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Habi, Xepelin, Belo, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Habi gained unicorn status after raising a $200M Series C round
[01:08] - Xepelin raised a $111M Series B round
[01:50] -Village Capital and Moody’s partnered to create a new accelerator program
[02:13] -Belo raised $3M in a seed round
[02:35] -Interview with Manuel Beaudroit, CEO and co-founder of Belo
[06:17] -Grupo Central raised $3M in a seed round
[06:38] -Interview with Alejandro Iglesias, CEO and co-founder of Grupo Central
[10:13] -Second edition of the accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge
[10:38] -First episode of the Hacking Insurance podcast with Martin Ferrari, CEO of 123Seguro
[11:01] -New episode of Entrepreneurship 101 “Growth strategies for Latin American companies”
[11:17] - Talanta’s upcoming webinar “The competition for emerging talent is changing, who will win?”



Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Habi, Xepelin, Belo, Grupo Central, Sekure, 123Seguro, Talanta
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Kaszek, Softbank, Homebrew, Tiger Global, Inspired Capital, Avenir, Village Capital, Moody’s, CRV, The Venture City, Newtopia, Latitude, Moonvalley Capital, Global Founders Capital (GFC), Opera Ventures
People: Manuel Beaudroit, Alejandro Iglesias, Rodrigo Alfonso, Martin Ferrari, Andrea Campos, Gina Gotthilf, Manuela Sánchez

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Platzi, DeltaX, Simplee and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Colombian fintech Minka raises a $24M Series A funding round.
[00:59] - Edtech startup Platzi announced that it will launch a satellite into space.
[01:29] - Bolivian freight platform startup DeltaX raises $1M in a seed round.
[02:09] - Interview with Luis Fernando Ortiz, CEO and founder of DeltaX.
[03:45] - Argentinian startup Waterplan raises a $7M seed round.
[04:19] - Chilean insurtech Simplee raises its first seed round.
[04:51] - Interview with Diego Fernandez Leon, CEO and co-founder of Simplee.
[07:51] - Alejandro Guízar’s featured article “Unlocking your remote team’s creativity”
[08:04] - Impactus Ventures announced an open call for applications to the 2022 Childtech Challenge


Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Minka, Platzi, FOSSA Systems, DeltaX, Nowports, Nuvocargo, Waterplan, Simplee, Billpocket
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Magma Partners, Tiger Global Management, Kaszek, Duro Ventures, SC Angeles, 99 Startups, Cibersons, Transition Global, Giant Ventures, Impactus Ventures
People: Alfonso de los Ríos, Deepak Chhugani, Luis Fernando Ortiz, Diego Fernández Leon, Alejandro Guízar

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

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Truora, Influur, Zubale, Ualá and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Truora raises $15M in a Series A
[00:57] - Zubale raises $40M in a Series A
[01:11] - Interview with Allison Campbell, Zubale’s co-founder
[07:29] - Influur announces a $5M seed round
[08:16] - Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ualá’s founder, launches VC firm 17Sigma
[08:57] - Visa and Ontop sign a partnership agreement
[09:22] - Featured interview on Latamlist “3 female founders on the Edtech opportunities in Latin America”
[09:38] - Latest Crossing Borders episode with Izabel Gallera, partner at Canary Ventures.

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Truora, Zubale, Influur, Ontop, Clara, Jeeves, Platzi, Nowports , Frubana.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: 17Sigma, Accel, Propel, Kaszek, Y Combinator, Point72 Ventures, Magma Partners, H20 Capital, General Catalyst, Canary Ventures.
People: Nathan Lustig, Pierpaolo Barbieri, Izabel Gallera, Allison Campbell, Alan Howard, Marcelo Claure, Paulo Passoni, Sebastian Mejía, Kevin Ryan, Niall Ferguson, Vanessa Taiah, Marta Forero, María del Mar Vélez.

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Treinta, Crehana, Softbank and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:27] - Jüsto raises $152 million in a Series B.
[01:07] -Treinta raises $46 million in a Series A.
[01:41] -Crehana acquires the talent management startup Acsendo.
[02:14] -Softbank’s investment arm creates a new fund for Latin America called Upload Ventures.
[02:39] -Alejandro Guízar’s article on The future of work in the digital economy.
[02:52] -Latest episode of Crossing Borders where Nathan Lustig revisits Caterine Castillo’s interview.
[03:04] -New How to be the difference podcast episode with Jaime Bermúdez.
[03:19] -New episode of Entrepreneurship 101 on how to choose the right partners for your business.

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Jüsto, Treinta, Crehana, Acsendo, Softbank, Billpocket, Neivor.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Upload Ventures, Tarsadia Capital, Citius, Arago Capital, Foundation Capital, Quiet Capital, PayU, Prosus, Liontree, Ethos VC, Ten13, Soma Capital, FJ Labs, WeXchange.
People: Alejandro Guízar, Nathan Lustig, Caterine Castillo, Jaime Bermúdez, Amparo Nalvarte, Andrea Baba, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey.

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Simetrik, Casai, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Simetrik announced a $24M Series A funding round
[01:12] - Dock officially launched operations in Mexico this month
[01:46] - Casai acquired LoopKey
[02:07] - Interview with Nicolás Girard, Oxio’s CEO on their Series B round
[06:33] - Latest episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101: “The importance of Product Market Fit according to three female entrepreneurs”
[06:51] - Latest episode of How to be the Difference with Alessandra Angelini, Influur’s CEO: “The fundamental role of influencer marketing in today’s advertising”
[07:11] - Latest episode of Crossing Borders with Santiago Suarez, CEO and co-founder of Addi
[07:26] - Featured article “A Close Look at Bolivia’s Startup Ecosystem” by Kjell Vandevyvere

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Simetrik, Dock, Casai, LoopKey, Oxio, Influur, Addi
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Tiger Global, Moore Capital, Monashees, FinTech Collective.
People: Nicolás Girard, Ximena Aleman, Estefanía Hernández, Ingrid Briggiler, Santiago Suárez, Kjell Vandevyvere, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Alessandra Angelini

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Intuitivo, Neivor, Lemon Cash, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] – Kitchenita announced a $3M pre-series A round
[00:48] – Interview with Gaspard Hambückers-Jacquemin, COO at Kitchenita
[04:52] – Intuitivo announced its $7.8M seed round
[05:00] – Interview with Tomás Manzitti, Founder & COO at Intuitivo
[07:45] – Neivor announced a $3.5M funding round
[08:20] – Yuno announced a $10M seed funding round
[08:51] – Lemon Cash announced the launch of its cryptocurrency app in Brazil
[09:26] – New Entrepreneurship 101 podcast episode: How to raise capital in Latin America
[09:47] – New Crossing Borders Episode, revisiting a greatest hits episode ft. Gabriela Estrada, CFO and co-founder of Vexi.

Resources and people mentioned:

Companies: Vexi, Kitchenita, Intuitivo, Neivor, Yuno, Lemon Cash, Pix
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Meli Fund, SoftBank Latin America Fund. Magma Partners, Marathon VC, Two Culture Capital, Monashees, Kaszek
People: Gaspard Hambückers-Jacquemin, Tomás Manzitti, Karen Serfaty, Maricarmen Herrerias, Antonia Rojas, Gabriela Estrada