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