HCS Capital leads US$3M investment in Chilean connected-car platform, Jooycar
LatAm List – Jooycar leverages the power of the IoT to constantly monitor your car’s usage metrics, which…
Chilean sports-streaming startup, Fanatiz, receives investment from Magma Partners
LatAm List – Fanatiz enables Latin American football (soccer) fans to watch games from anywhere in the world.…
Colombian fintech Portal Finance closes US$200M lending deal with BTG Pactual
Portal Finance is an invoice-backed finance company that streamlines access to capital for small- and medium-sized businesses in Latin…
Cryptocurrency Exchange CryptoMarket Raises $600K from ConsenSys Ventures and Magma Partners
The Chilean Fintech company CryptoMarket announced that it had closed its first round of funding for US$600,000 led by…
BrainHi Becomes First Puerto Rican Startup in Y Combinator
BrainHi, a Puerto Rico and San Francisco based startup and Parallel 18 alumni company, became the first Puerto…
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…
Webprendedor celebrates 10 years of supporting tech entrepreneurship
Webprendedor is a yearly event that brings together dozens of web entrepreneurs from Latin America to create a…
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…
Magma Partners launches first China-Latin America accelerator in partnership with Kr Space
The distance between China and Latin America has just gotten a little smaller. Magma Partners, an early-stage venture…
Magma Partners raises US$15M fund to support startups in Latin America
Magma Partners‘ co-founder and Managing Partner, Nathan Lustig, believes “talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity isn’t.” Lustig, alongside…