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Jefa Raises US$2M and Partners with Visa to Prepare Financial Products for Women

The gender gap goes beyond salaries or executive jobs; it also reaches financial products. Only about 49% of women have...

November 29, 2021

Cybersecurity Company Hackmetrix Raises US$1.5M in a Seed Round Led by Cometa Ventures

Chilean cybersecurity company Hackmetrix announced a new seed round of US$1.5 million led by Cometa Ventures. Amador Holding, Hero Capital,...

November 29, 2021

How To Grant Stock Option Plans: A Quick Guide

In the world of startups, a standard and recommended option to compensate employees is to grant stock options. However, founders...

November 29, 2021

Tribal Will Begin Operating in Peru, Colombia, and Chile

The financial tech services company Tribal announced that they will begin their expansion into Peru, Colombia, and Chile. This is...

November 26, 2021

Nubank Ventures into E-commerce with Global Partners

While we have heard of e-commerce companies incorporating payment systems or creating their own ones, such as Mercado Libre, the...

November 25, 2021

El Salvador-based VC firm Innogen Capital Ventures Announces New US$20M Fund

It is the first VC fund in El Salvador and with this new fund it will seek to invest in...

November 25, 2021

Q&A | Supermarkets Had Not Evolved in More Than 40 Years: Alejandro Sisniega, Co-founder of Jüsto

After raising US$65 million last February, according to Crunchbase, Jüsto announced that they would begin to expand throughout Mexico into...

November 24, 2021

Bitso joins other crypto exchanges and begins sponsoring sports

Mexican crypto exchange platform Bitso announced today that it will sponsor the Club Tigres soccer team, which is based in...

November 23, 2021

Homely Acquires Aliada and Consolidates as a Cleaning Services Marketplace

Homely, a cleaning services platform, announced it has recently acquired Aliada, a startup in the same sector. The details of...

November 23, 2021

Finaktiva Acquires Libera to Build a Challenger Bank for SMEs in LatAm

Four months ago, Finaktiva said it would seek to become a Neobank (or challenger bank) focused on providing various financial...

November 23, 2021