Mercado Pago and Bancolombia close e-commerce partnership
LatAm List – Mercado Pago, Mercado Libre’s digital payment platform, and Bancolombia, a Colombian bank, have signed a…
Endeavor Catalyst supports Merqueo in its US$14M investment round
LatAm List – Merqueo, the Colombian online supermarket, closed a new investment round worth US$14M from venture capital…
Platzi will expand into Brazil and Spain in 2019
LatAm List – The Colombian online education platform will expand into the Brazilian and Spanish markets this year.…
How Liftit raised US$14.3M
LatAm List – Liftit, a platform that connects businesses with delivery-people in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, faced countless…
Mexican startup GoTrendier raises US$3.5M to target Chilean market
LatAm List – GoTrendier is an online second-hand clothing store founded by Spanish entrepreneurs, David Garzón, Belén Cabido, Dani…
Colombian government to allow financial institutions to invest in fintechs
LatAm List – In late December 2017, Decree 2443 came into force in Colombia, allowing banks and other…
Grin and Yellow merge, raise US$150M to expand across Latin America
LatAm List – Latin America’s two biggest e-scooter startups recently announced a merger deal that will make them…
Izea Worldwide to acquire Colombian counterpart, Fluvip
LatAm List – During the annual Consumer Technology Association (CES) meeting in Los Vegas last week, US-based influencer…
Kriptos to launch Santiago office in February
LatAm List – Ecuadorian cybersecurity startup, Kriptos, recently announced that they would open a new office in Santiago,…
Spanish laundry startup Mr Jeff acquires Brazil’s Lava e Leva
LatAm List – After receiving a US$12M Series A from the All Iron Ventures Fund, Spanish laundry startup…