For this week’s Espresso, we invited Pierpaolo Barbieri, founder of Uala, to talk about the fintech’s recent expansion into Mexico. We also have updates from Nubank, Credijusto, and Cornershop, as well as two unicorn announcements (Kavak and VTEX) in the region!
Outline of this episode:
- [0:26] – Unicorn boom: Kavak
- [1:17] – Unicorn boom: VTEX
- [1:40] – UberEats updates
- [2:07] – News from Nubank
- [2:30] – Pierpaolo Barbieri, Uala
- [5:03] – Featured articles of the week
Resources & people mentioned:
- Pierpaolo Barbieri
- Uala
- Startups: Credijusto, Cornershop, Nubank, VTEX, Kavak
- Featured articles:
- “EU Adds Cayman to its “Blacklist”. Has the Cayman/LLC Sandwich Gone Stale?” by Juan Pablo Cappello and Peter Eccles
- “Latin America’s Tech Tailwinds Will Remain Strong” by Nathan Lustig
