Cybersecurity startup Strike raises $5.4M in a seed round. Picus Capital opens offices in São Paulo, Ep 92

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Strike, Kambio, Picus Capital and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:28] – Cybersecurity startup Strike raises $5.4M in a seed round.
• [01:02] – Proptech Kambio closes a $1M pre-seed round.
• [01:34] – Colombian startup Ayenda reaches 500 establishments in its low-cost hotel chain.
• [02:15] -VC firm Picus Capital will open offices in São Paulo.
• [02:43] -PayU acquired Colombian startup Ding and led a $46M investment for the Colombian fintech Treinta. 
• [03:08] – Latest Crossing Borders episode revisiting Deepak Chhugani’s interview.
• [03:21] – New episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101 on scaling a business to other countries.

Resources & people mentioned:

• Companies & Startups:  Strike, Kambio, Ayenda, Clara, Xepelin, Kamino, PayU, Ding, Treinta, Nuvocargo
• VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Picus Capital. Magma Partners, Greyhound Capital, FJ Labs, Canary, NXTP, VentureFriends, Latitud, Orok Ventures, First Check Ventures, PlugAndPlay, WeWork Alumni Fund, Bluebox Ventures, Assymetry Ventures, Prosus
• People: Santiago Dañino Beck, Nathan Lustig, Deepak Chhugani, Madeleine Clavijo, Mafalda Barros, Mariana Costa