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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

Plerk Closes US$12 Million Series A Led by Softbank's Upload Ventures

Plerk, a Mexican startup that offers companies a set of benefits for their workers, closed a Series A led by...

August 30, 2022

Latú, Doc-doc, Belvo, Fudo and Other Startups That Have Recently Raised Capital in LatAm

Moises, an app that allows you to remove vocals and separate tracks from songs, founded by Brazilians, raised US$8.6 million...

August 27, 2022

More Latin American Startups Make Y Combinator's Newest Top Companies List

Renowned Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator has updated its list of top companies that have gone through its program. The...

August 24, 2022