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From Founders To Investors: How Entrepreneurs Are Now Financing The Ecosystem

It is no secret that the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Latin America has grown considerably during the year 2021. Just in...

December 21, 2021

New Brazilian Unicorn: Olist Joins The Club With A Valuation of US$1.5 billion

Olist, an E-commerce solutions platform, managed to enter the unicorn category after receiving a US$186 million Series E financing. It...

December 21, 2021

Gympass Acquires Seattle Personal Training Startup Trainiac

Born in Brazil almost a decade ago, Gympass now has a global presence with headquarters in New York. Add to...

December 16, 2021

Tiendanube Creates An E-commerce Investment Fund

In 2021, the startup received two investment rounds that led it to become an ecommerce unicorn in Latin America

December 16, 2021

BHub, A Back-office for SMEs, Raises US$20 Million

Three months after receiving a US$4.4 million investment in a pre-seed round, BHub – a company that promises to deal...

December 16, 2021

Foodtech Shopper Raises US$30 Million To Start Operations in Rio de Janeiro

Shopping without going to the supermarket and a 15-minute delivery is the core business of Shopper, a Brazilian foodtech that...

December 14, 2021

Nubank Goes Public As the Most Traded Bank in LatAm

In October, Nubank announced its Initial Public Offering (IPO), and today it already rang the bells of the New York...

December 10, 2021

Kavak Makes Two Strategic Decisions Before The Year Ends

Kavak kicks off the week with a strategic series of news. The first is that they completed the acquisition of...

December 2, 2021

Brazilian Crypto Firm 2TM Raises US$50 Million To Expand in LatAm

Not even half a year has passed since 2TM Participacoes SA raised US$200 million from Softbank. This brought them to...

December 2, 2021

Mercado Libre Gets US$275 million To Give Out Loans to SMEs in Mexico and Brazil

Brazil and Mexico are the countries chosen to allocate funds from Mercado Libre resources for SMEs and companies

November 30, 2021