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…
LAVCA releases early numbers for 2018 VC investment in Latin America
LatAm List – The Latin American Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (LAVCA) frequently compiles and shares the…
Update: Latin American startup deals for October outstripped all of 2016
LatAm List – We reported earlier this month that Latin American startups raised more funding in September and…
Mexican startup Rever raises US$2.25M from Sequoia Capital
LatAm List – Sequoia Capital, the firm that invested in Apple, Google, YouTube, PayPal, and Whatsapp, has only…
Brazilian fintech StoneCo raises US$1.5B in IPO
LatAm List – StoneCo just became Brazil’s fourth unicorn of the year, raising US$1.5B in their IPO in…
Las startups en Latinoamérica han levantado US$853M+ en las últimas 6 semanas, más del total del año 2016
LatAm List – El ecosistema latinoamericano está en su punto de inflexión. Los deals de Septiembre batieron todos los…
Latin American startups have raised US$853M+ in the past 6 weeks. That’s more than all of 2016
LatAm List – The Latin American ecosystem has hit an inflection point. The record-breaking deals that made headlines in…
Nubank receives US$180M investment from Tencent, achieves US$4B valuation
LatAm List – Nubank is now one of the most valuable privately-owned startups in Latin America, after a…
Salesforce Ventures invests in Y Combinator graduate, RunaHR
In a story brought to our attention by LAVCA, Salesforce Ventures has made its first ever investment in…
Morgan Stanley makes inaugural investment in Latin American fintech
Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs invested in Nubank, Brazil’s mobile credit card that recently became one of this…