In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Uber Eats, Nana Delivery, Tul and more!

Outline of this episode:

[0:27] - Uber Eats restaurant delivery service in Brazil will end in March.
[1:03] - The Live Green Co announces a $7M pre-Series A funding round
[1:32] - Alán Jaime Misrahi announces the launch of his new company Draftea
[2:03] - Tul raises 181 Million in a Series B funding round
[2:38] - Nana Delivery raises $3.6M in a pre-seed funding
[3:05] - Featured article on women leading the healthtech and biotech industries
[3:25] - Ep.25 Holidays Special of How to be the Difference – Part 2


Resources & people mentioned:
Companies & Startups:Uber, Rappi, iFood, Cornershop, The Live Green Co, Draftea, Tul, Nana Delivery, Yana, Theia, EOLO Pharma , The Intern Group
VCs, Funds, Accelerators: DRADS Capital, Kaszek Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Bullpen Capital,8VC, Canary Ventures, Maya Capital
People: Alán Jaime Misrahi, Nigel Eccles, Andrea Campos, Flavia Deutsch, Pia Garat, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Shopper, Nowports, Olist and more!


Outline of this episode:

[0:27] - Shopper announces a $30M Series C funding round
[1:02] - Nowports announced a $60M funding round
[1:33] - ALLVP Managing Director Fernando Lelo de Larrea leaves the VC fund he co-founded.
[2:13] - Abstra raises a $2.3M funding round
[2:59] - Olist secured $186M in a Series E in a funding round
[3:40] - Ambar raises $36M in a Series C round
[4:19] - LatamList’s top picks for the best impact startups in LatAm
[8:36] - Ep.24 How to be the difference Holidays Special

Resources & people mentioned:
Companies, Institutions & Startups: Shopper, Nowports, ALLVP, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Abstra, Olist, Ambar, The Intern Group, MIT’s Refugee Action Hub
VCs and Funds: GIC, Minerva Foods, Quartz, Oikos, Floating-Point, Tiger Global, SoftBank Latin America Fund, Mouro Capital, DST, Monashees, Wellington Management, Echo Capital, Oria Capital, TPG Capital, Argonautic Ventures
People: Fernando Lelo de Larrea, Federico Antoni, Bruno Vieira Costa, Bruno Balbinot, Johanna Molina. María del Mar Vélez, Crack the Code,

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Nuvocargo, Clara, Incode and more!

The LatamList Espresso podcast team will take a holiday break but make sure to tune in starting January 2022 to find out what’s going on in Latin America’s ecosystem.


Outline of this episode:

[0:27] - Brazilian fintech Azos raises $10M in a Series A
[0:59] - Nuvocargo raises $20.5M to bolster US-Mexico trade
[1:31] - Interview with Deepak Chhugani, Nuvocargo’s founder and CEO
[5:12] - Clara becomes a unicorn after a Series B financing round of $70 million
[5:32] - Incode becomes a unicorn after raising 220 million in a Series B funding round
[5:55] - InEvent raises 2 million in seed funding from Storm Ventures
[6:22] - Bancolombia and Gemini announce partnership for bitcoin trading
[6:51] - Ep.159, Crossing Borders Greatest Hits ft. Mariana Castillo

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Azos, Nuvocargo, Clara, Incode, InEvent, Bancolombia,Gemini, Ben & Frank
VCs and funds: Prosus Ventures. Kaszek Ventures, Maya Capital, Propel, Tiger Global Management, Coatue, General Atlantic, Softbank, Storm Ventures
People: Deepak Chhugani, Mariana Castillo.

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Merama, Crack the Code, Kavak, and more!

Outline of this episode:
[0:27] - Crack the Code raises $2.7M from Kaszek Ventures
[4:06] - Nubank begins trading its shares at the NYSE
[4:35] - Merama becomes a unicorn with a $1.2B valuation
[4:56] - Kavak acquires Garaj Sepeti to begin operations in Asia
[5:15] - Mastercard launches partnership with Jeeves
[5:43] - Kueski secures 202 million in debt and equity funding
[6:12] - Blockchain.com acquires the Argentinian company SeSocio.com
[6:39] - Platzi raised 62 million in a series B round

Resources & people mentioned:
Startups & Companies: Crack the Code, Nubank, Merama, Garaj Sepeti, Kavak, Kueski, Mastercard, Jeeves, Blockchain.com, SeSocio.com, Platzi
VC Funds: Advent International, Softbank, StepStone Group, Victory Park Capital, One Prime Capital, Glisco, Prosus, Foundation Capital, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, FJ Labs, FundersClub, Kaszek Ventures
People: María del Mar Vélez, David Vélez, Guido Quaranta, Gaston Krasny

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Aptuno, Jefa, Nubank, and more!

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Aplazo, Cubbo, Mercado Pago, and more!

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Stori, Fintual, Fanatiz, La Haus, and more!

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Skydrop, Ualá, Frete, Houm, and more!

Ben & Frank announce new investment for regional expansion, Ep 70

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Ben & Frank, Atomchat, Yummy, and more!

Outline of this episode:
[0:27] - Ben & Frank’s expansion
[1:00] - Mundi’s debt financing
[1:29] - Foodology’s Series A
[2:07] - Asynchronous customer messaging
[2:54] - Yummy’s acquisition
[3:40] - NEW How to be the Difference episode

Resources & people mentioned:
Startups: Ben & Frank, Mundi, Foodology, Atomchat, Yummy
An introduction to fintech with Sempli’s Esteban Velasco, Ep 20

Fintech Pomelo raises $35M for Latam’s payments infrastructure, Ep 69

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Pomelo, The Intern Group, Justos, and more!

Outline of this episode:
[0:27] - BNPL in Latam
[1:13] - Pomelo’s expansion
[2:19] - Higo’s Series A
[3:19] - Solving for safer cities
[3:43] - Data based car insurance
[4:38] - NEW How to be the Difference episode
[5:15] - 9th edition of the WeXchange forum

Resources & people mentioned:
Startups: Pomelo, Justos, Nelo, Higo, Gabriel
[Repost] How to break into NGOs with Catalina Escobar, President of Juanfe Foundation, Ep 19
WeXchange forum