Kr Space and Magma Partners launch Sino-Latin America Innovation Year
Earlier this year, seed-stage venture capital firm, Magma Partners, announced a partnership with Chinese coworking space, Kr Space…
Chile’s angel networks project strong growth for 2018
Chile’s development agency, CORFO, administers and backs four angel networks in Chile that have shown explosive growth across…
Mexican edtech startup, Yogome, raises US$26.9M Series B
Yogome calls itself the “Netflix for children’s learning,” developing educational games for mobile devices. In a story originally…
The secret to becoming a unicorn: focus on local users, says 99 founder
99 has been competing directly with Uber in Brazil since 2014. As a small ridesharing company in a…
Two municipalities in Chile launch programs with Mobike
Earlier this year, La Reina, a municipality of Santiago, Chile, launched the first pilot test of Mobike in…
Mexican.VC registers 8X returns for investors
In a story originally reported by Entrepreneur, venture capital firm Mexican.VC has sold 25% of their share in…
Dadneo launches US$18M fund focused on global technology projects
Dadneo, an investment firm in Chile, recently raised a US$18M fund, called the Vulcan (Volcano) Fund to support…
MercadoLibre plans to invest US$20M in Chile this year
According to El Mercurio, Argentina’s largest e-commerce company, MercadoLibre, plans on investing US$20M in the Chilean market this…
Argentine e-commerce for agriculture, Agrofy, raises US$6M
Agrofy is an e-commerce site that allows companies and small agriculturalists to sell their products online and reach…
Chinese investors looking to Latin America for tech
Chinese investment in Latin America grew from US$30M to US$1B between 2015 and 2017. Bloomberg reports that more…