5 Trends We Saw in Latin American Insurtech in 2019
Latin America was the world’s second-fastest-growing insurance market in 2019, according to McKinsey. The local market grew by…
Why is it so hard to pay online in Chile?
Per capita, Chile has the most online transactions in all of Latin America. In fact, Chileans make more…
An Alternative Ranking of Latin America’s Startup Ecosystems
LatAm List – A few weeks ago, StartupBlink released their Startup Ecosystems Rankings Report for 2019, which ranks…
OLX to invest $400M in Frontier Car Group
LatAm List – OLX Group, the Argentine online marketplace, recently announced a $400M investment in an online used-car…
CORFO and ERA Global launch new soft landing program for Chilean tech companies
LatAm List – CORFO, the Chilean economic development agency, launched a new soft landing program with ERA Global…
Doble Impacto and Quest Capital partner to launch a $10M Chilean social impact fund
LatAm List – Doble Impacto, a Chilean crowdfunding platform which invests in social impact projects, partnered with Quest…
Chilean platforms experience a spike in bitcoin transactions due to social unrest
LatAm List – Chilean platforms have seen a spike in Bitcoin transactions due to the country’s current social…
Online supermarket Jüsto raises $10M from Foundation Capital
LatAm List – Jüsto, an online supermarket based in Mexico City, raised a $10M seed round led by…
Argentine VC firm Alaya invests in startups from Argentina, Chile, and US
LatAm List – Despite the recession and recent elections in Argentina, Alaya Capital Partners, an Argentine venture capital…
Uber to pay $450M for 51% of Cornershop
LatAm List – This acquisition represents 4X growth in Chilean-Mexican startup, Cornershop’s, valuation in the past four months…