Softbank creates another Brazilian unicorn: QuintoAndar
LatAm List – Japanese investor Softbank has led yet another unicorn-producing round in Brazil, this time in real…
Nubank values at $10B+ after Series F
LatAm List – Brazilian neobank Nubank completed a $400M Series F led by TCV. This investment amounts to…
Brazilian Brex reaches valuation above $2B
LatAm List – Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi, Brazilian co-founders of startup Brex Inc., provide corporate credit cards…
Loggi tops $1B valuation after latest Softbank investment
LatAm List – Less than 24 hours after announcing a $200M investment in Brazil’s Creditas, Softbank took the…
Auth0 becomes Argentina’s fifth unicorn
LatAm List – Auth0, an Argentine startup that provides an Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platform for web, mobile, and legal…
Cabify raises 160M and achieves unicorn valuation
LatAm List – Cabify closed its most recent investment round at $160M, which places the Spanish ride-sharing company…
Prisma Medios de Pago is now valued above US$1B
LatAm List – Private equity firm, Advent International, recently announced that they had purchased a 51% stake in…
Update: StoneCo valuation hits US$9B after IPO
LatAm List – This week’s IPO by Brazilian credit card processor StoneCo attracted international attention from Jack Ma’s…
Brex: A Brazilian unicorn built by 22-year-olds
LatAm List – In a story originally reported on TechCrunch, Brex, a Brazilian fintech startup, recently closed a…
The secret to becoming a unicorn: focus on local users, says 99 founder
99 has been competing directly with Uber in Brazil since 2014. As a small ridesharing company in a…