Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesAfter US$500M investment, iFood reaches 12.3M monthly ordersbySophia WoodDecember 30, 2018 LatAm List – Latin America’s food delivery leader, iFood, has been growing fast since raising what may have…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesHow CatMyPet turned a US$4K loan into a US$500K businessbySophia WoodDecember 20, 2018 LatAm List – Starting a business with a high-interest bank loan in Brazil is a risky bet. However,…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesUpdate: iFood’s latest round beats all Latin American startup fundraising for 2016bySophia WoodNovember 16, 2018 LatAm List – We originally reported that iFood, Brazil’s largest delivery app, had raised US$400M from Naspers and…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesAirbnb generates over US$380M in revenue to Brazilian hostsbySophia WoodSeptember 21, 2018 Airbnb entered the Brazilian market prior to the World Cup in 2014. The room and apartment sharing platform…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesMercadoLibre emits US$800M worth of bondsbySophia WoodSeptember 8, 2018 MercadoLibre, Argentina’s e-commerce giant, recently announced a US$800M round of debt financing that will be open to regular…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesViajala to invest US$3M into the Mexican marketbyAngel AndracaAugust 29, 2018 Viajala is Latin America’s largest travel metasearch website, with more than 3.5 million monthly searches completed in 2018.…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesPedidosYa builds logistics hub in Buenos Aires to optimize deliverybySophia WoodMay 18, 2018 PedidosYa is the market leader in last-mile delivery in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay, with a presence…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesPlatzi recognized as the best edtech platform in the worldbySophia WoodMay 1, 2018 Platzi is a Colombian edtech platform that provides online technology and entrepreneurship courses, taught in real-time by top…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesRecorrido.cl reaches US$32M in sales and looks for international expansionbySophia WoodApril 24, 2018 In a story originally reported by El Mercurio, Chilean bus ticket vendor Recorrido.cl sold over 2 million bus…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesArgentine startup, Increase, wins Google Demo DaybyAngel AndracaApril 16, 2018 Increase is an Argentinian fintech startup that helps businesses integrate various income sources so they can track and…