Betterfly becomes a unicorn. Ualá begins its operations in Colombia, Ep 81

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Betterfly, Ualá, the IFC, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:27] – IFC and We-FI launched a new call for applications for IFC ScaleX
• [00:53] – Betterfly became the third Chilean unicorn
• [01:21] – Sooper raised a $5.7M seed funding round
• [01:51] – Ualá announced it would begin its operations in Colombia
• [02:18] – Interview with Natalia Ríos, Country Manager of Ualá in Colombia
• [06:12] – Creditas announced a $260M Series F funding round
• [06:42] – Inspectorio raised $50 Million in a Series B round
• [07:16] – Melonn announced a $20M Series C funding round
• [08:06] – Featured article “The low hanging fruit of Mexico’s financial system” 
• [08:25] – New Crossing Borders episode with Sophia Wood

Resources and people mentioned:

• Companies & Startups: Betterfly, Cornershop, NotCo , Sooper, Ualá, Creditas, Inspectorio, Melonn, 
• VCs, Funds, Programs and Institutions: IFC ScaleX, IFC, We-Fi, Glade Brook Capital. Greycroft, Mundi Ventures. Lightrock, QED Investors , DST Global Partners, Canary VC, Kaszek Ventures,  Fidelity Management & Research LLC, Insight Partners, Techstars, Flexport, Ecolab ,Matchstick Ventures,  QED Investors. Global Founders Capital , NFX,  Pear and Wollef
• People: Natalia Ríos, Alejandro Guízar, Nathan Lustig, Sophia Wood.