Habi becomes a unicorn after a $200M Series C round. Xepelin raises a $111M Series B round, Ep 94

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Habi, Xepelin, Belo, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:28] – Habi gained unicorn status after raising a $200M Series C round
• [01:08] – Xepelin raised a $111M Series B round
• [01:50] -Village Capital and Moody’s partnered to create a new accelerator program
• [02:13] -Belo raised $3M in a seed round
• [02:35] -Interview with Manuel Beaudroit, CEO and co-founder of Belo
• [06:17] -Grupo Central raised $3M in a seed round
• [06:38] -Interview with Alejandro Iglesias, CEO and co-founder of Grupo Central
• [10:13] -Second edition of the accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge
• [10:38] –First episode of the Hacking Insurance podcast with Martin Ferrari, CEO of 123Seguro
• [11:01] -New episode of Entrepreneurship 101 “Growth strategies for Latin American companies”
• [11:17] – Talanta’s upcoming webinar “The competition for emerging talent is changing, who will win?”

Resources & people mentioned:

• Companies & Startups:  Habi, Xepelin, Belo, Grupo Central, Sekure, 123Seguro, Talanta
• VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Kaszek, Softbank, Homebrew, Tiger Global, Inspired Capital, Avenir, Village Capital, Moody’s, CRV, The Venture City, Newtopia, Latitude, Moonvalley Capital, Global Founders Capital (GFC), Opera Ventures
• People: Manuel Beaudroit, Alejandro Iglesias, Rodrigo Alfonso, Martin Ferrari, Andrea Campos, Gina Gotthilf, Manuela Sánchez