Finkargo closes $75M funding round. MacKenzie Scott donates $4M to Laboratoria, Ep 121

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Billpocket, Laboratoria, Tienda Pago, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:28] – Ping raises $15M in seed round 
• [00:54] – Tribal Credit acquires Paykii
• [01:22] – Billpocket signs agreement with Mastercard and the Ministry of Economy of Nuevo Leon
• [01:53] – MacKenzie Scott donates $4M to Laboratoria
• [02:17] – Trully closes $4.1M seed round
• [02:43] – Tienda Pago announces $12M Series B round
• [03:13] – Finkargo announces new round for $75M
• [03:37] – Brazil’s Central Bank to release Pix’ protocols
• [04:03] – 20 startups (co) founded by Latin American Women
• [04:21] – New Crossing Borders Episode
• [04:51] – New How to be the difference Episode

Resources & people mentioned:

• Companies & Startups: Laboratoria, Talanta, Ping, Tribal Credit, Paykii, Billpocket, Mastercard, Tienda Pago, Trully, Finkargo, Pix.
• VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Y Combinator, Costanoa Ventures, Women’s World Banking Asset Management, IDC Ventures, FEMSA Ventures.
• People: MacKenzie Scott, Roberto Campos Neto, Javier García, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, José Caparroso, Nathan Lustig.