Bain & Company acquires Chilean startup Spike. H20 Capital Innovation announces $50M fund, Ep 82

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Flexio, R2, Bain & Company, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:27] – Flexio announces a $3M seed funding round 
• [00:44] – Interview with Nathan Schorr, Flexio’s CEO and co-founder
• [03:25] – R2 raises $5.9M in a seed round
• [03:52] – VC firm H20 Capital Innovation announces a second fund for $50M
• [04:19] – Respira Labs announces they raised $2.8M in pre-seed and grant funding
• [04:47] – Bain & Company acquires the Chilean startup Spike
• [05:10] – Featured article “Why the Mexican Fintech industry is booming”
• [05:21] – New “How to be the difference” episode with Aisha Williams, CEO of ImpactVest.

Resources and people mentioned:

• Companies & Startups:Flexio, R2, Rappi, Clip,  Respira Labs, Bain & Company, Spike 
• VC Funds, Accelerators, Institutions:Costanoa Ventures, Soma Capital, GeneralCatalyst, Y Combinator, 166 2nd family office,  H20 Capital Innovation
• People: Nathan Schorr, Jan Mozer, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Aisha Williams