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Latam Startups Get Into the Soccer Sponsorship Craze

It’s been a busy week for soccer jersey collectors. On Monday, Colombian edtech Platzi announced it will be Granada CF’s...

January 13, 2022

Colombian Startup Tul Raises US$181 Million To Digitize Hardware Stores

Tul is a startup dedicated to optimizing the construction materials supply chain. It focuses specifically on digitizing hardware stores. Yesterday,...

January 13, 2022

Laika Pet E-commerce Raises US$48 Million

If the name sounds familiar to you, it’s because the Colombian company Laika adopted the name of one of the...

January 13, 2022

Parrot Raises US$9.5 Million; Seeks To Digitize Restaurants in Mexico

The global experience over the last two years has shown us that one necessity is the digitalization of the restaurant...

January 12, 2022

Delivery Hero Sells Most of Its Rappi Shares

Delivery Hero announced that they have sold US$150 million of their stake in Rappi. This represents most of the capital...

January 11, 2022

Tribal Includes Stablecoins in Its New Debt Round

The fintech company Tribal has raised a funding round of US$40 million. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) and the risk...

January 11, 2022

Uber Eats Exits Brazil; Cornershop Takes Center Stage

Uber, which launched its Uber Eats home delivery platform in August 2014, recently announced that they will discontinue this service...

January 11, 2022

While Some Currencies Depreciate in LatAm, Cryptocurrencies Gain Popularity

You may not want to hear another word about the pandemic caused by Covid, but it is impossible not to...

January 11, 2022

Three Steps Towards More Female Entrepreneurship in Latam

By Daniela Izquierdo* Latin America is home to the second-highest rate of women’s entrepreneurship in the world, and the existence...

January 7, 2022

MetaMap, Formerly Mati, Raises US$70M In A Series B

In 2020 we told you about Mati, a cybersecurity startup originally from California; but based in Mexico City. That year,...

January 5, 2022