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…
The desperate search for unicorns
This article was originally written in Spanish by Pablo Fernandez, General Manager of Chilean VC Fondo Alerce, for…
Chile’s PasajeBus concludes Series A with Kaufmann, MakeMyTrip
LatAm List – Chile’s first intercity bus ticketing OTA, PasajeBus.com recently announced the successful closure of undisclosed Series…
China’s Didi Chuxing launches Global Digital Innovators Initiative
LatAm List – Didi Chuxing, a leading Chinese multi-modal transportation platform, recently launched DiDi Engine, a Digital Innovators…
InvestChile announces Evernote’s expansion to Chile
LatAm List – InvestChile’s Director, Cristián Rodríguez, recently announced that Evernote will open its first software development center…