Kushki becomes Ecuador’s first payment aggregator. Bia raises $6M in a pre-seed round, Ep 105

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Kushki, Cargo Produce, Talanta, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:28] – SINAI Technologies announces a partnership to reduce the impact of climate change.
• [00:47] – Kushki becomes Ecuador’s first payment aggregator.
• [01:14] – Bia raises $6M in a pre-seed round.
• [01:39] – Talanta announces the beginning of the Global Apprenticeship Program.
• [02:08] – Cargo Produce will expand to Mexico after a $1.1M seed round.
• [02:41] – New episode of Crossing Borders with Daniel Otero, CEO and Co-founder of Ozon.
• [02:58] – Alejandro Guízar’s article on How to maintain liquidity in uncertain times.
• [03:20] – New episode of Hacking Insurance with Hilario Itriago and Pablo Tiscornia.

Resources & people mentioned:

• Companies & Startups: SINAI Technologies, Future Carbon Group, Kushki, Bia, Talanta, Cargo Produce, Topsort, Migrante, Ozon.
• VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Canary, Nazca, 8VC, Global Founders Capital, Marathon Ventures, MatterScale Ventures, Opera Ventures, MIT Open Learning.
• People: Francisco Larraín, Diego Fleischmann, Nathan Lustig, Daniel Otero, Alejandro Guízar, Rodrigo Alfonso, Hilario Itriago, Pablo Tiscornia.