Kaszek Ventures raises $600M as Latin American investment heats up
LatAm List – The Argentine early-stage VC, Kaszek Ventures, just became the first local Latin American fund to…
SoftBank leads $231M investment round for Creditas
LatAm List – Creditas, a Brazilian lending platform, is now valued at $750M after a new $231M investment…
Creditas receives 800,000 credit loan applications in 6 months
LatAm List – Brazilian startup Creditas, a fintech for facilitating secure loans, received 800,000 loan applications in the…
SoftBank invests $200M in Brazilian fintech Creditas
LatAm List – In May 2019, we reported that Japanese investor SoftBank was considering a $230M investment in…
Softbank considers $230M investment for Brazil’s Creditas
LatAm List – Japanese investor, Softbank, is reportedly in conversations with Brazilian fintech, Creditas, regarding a potential $230M…
Five Elms Capital invests US$7M in Playvox
LatAm List – PlayVox, an omnichannel quality assurance software for call centres and customer support teams, raised US$7M…
2018: The Year Latin American Startups Hit the Gas – And Didn’t Let Up
It’s been a year since we founded LatAm List to share Latin American tech news with the English-speaking…
Scotiabank invests in second fintech fund alongside QED Investors
LatAm List – Scotiabank recently deepened its partnership with QED Investors, a US-based venture capital firm that backs…
Brazilian lending platform, Creditas, raises US$55M Series C
Creditas is a Brazilian secured lending platform that is working to reduce consumer debt and lending interest rates…