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Bitso Launches Crypto Payments With QR Code in Argentina

Argentina is the first market in Latin America where Bitso launches crypto payments through QR codes. This payment method will...

September 26, 2022

Crecy Launches the First Cryptocurrency-Backed Credit Card in Mexico

Mexicans can put their cryptocurrencies to a new use: using them as collateral for a credit card. This is thanks...

September 24, 2022

Meet Mono VC, an Initiative That Connects Colombian Startups with Funds and Investors 

Mono, a Bogota-based company that offers bank accounts for startups – launched in January, backed by Y Combinator and with...

September 22, 2022

SoftBank and District Are Mapping Latin American Startups

SoftBank and Brazilian company Distrito (a SaaS platform that helps companies grow faster) announced a partnership to map startups in...

September 20, 2022

VC TheVentureCity Launches Platform To Help Startups Measure Their Growth

The venture capital fund TheVentureCity—headquartered in Miami and one of its offices in Sao Paulo— is launching a new free...

September 20, 2022

RappiPay, Rappi’s Fintech, Receives A US$112 Million Credit Facility

The banks Bancolombia, Banco de Bogotá, Davivienda and Itaú together granted a syndicated loan of US$100 million to RappiPay, the...

September 20, 2022

Mexico’s DolarApp Raises US$5 Million To Enable Banking With Digital Dollars

A year after its founding, DolarApp raised a US$5 million seed round led by Kaszek Ventures and accelerator Y Combinator,...

September 16, 2022

Google For Startups Opens Call to Promote Women Founders in LatAm

We hear more and more about women founding their own companies. However, in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Latin America, the...

September 12, 2022

Rogelio Rea, Former CEO of Atrato, Joins Platanus Ventures To Strengthen Its Team in Mexico

Rea arrives as a visiting partner to the accelerator and will be operating from Mexico, a country that is key...

September 6, 2022

Mexico’s MEDU Raises US$4 Million To Produce Sustainable Medical Apparel

MEDU Protection is a Mexican startup that develops sustainable medical apparel to reduce environmental impact, reducing up to 25 kg...

August 31, 2022