Read More1 minute read VVC FundsSoftBank to add $1B to its $5B Innovation FundbyKatie TincelloFebruary 22, 2020 LatAm List – SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications giant, recently announced a further $1B to be added to the…
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Read More2 minute read SStartup NewsSoftBank-backed Oyo Rooms fires thousands of employees across China and IndiabyJosefina Domínguez IinoJanuary 22, 2020 LatAm List – Oyo Rooms, an Indian hotel network recently laid off thousands of employees and slashed other…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesRappi and Lime announce impending layoffsbyKatie TincelloJanuary 16, 2020 LatAm List – The Colombian delivery startup, Rappi, has announced a 6% reduction of its workforce in an…
Read More7 minute read IInsights2019: Latin America’s Inflection PointbySophia WoodJanuary 7, 2020 It has been two years since we founded LatAm List to share news about the Latin American ecosystem…
Read More1 minute read VVC FundsSoftBank’s largest deals in Latin America are still to comebyKatie TincelloJanuary 5, 2020 LatAm List – SoftBank recently confirmed its intentions to continue with its multibillion-dollar investment in the Latin American…
Read More1 minute read SStartup UpdatesRappi reaches 100K users in EcuadorbyKatie TincelloDecember 8, 2019 LatAm List – Rappi, the Colombian food delivery unicorn, is now reaching 100K users in Ecuador with 1.3K…
Read More2 minute read IInsightsValuation Inflation: The Softbank Effect in Latin AmericabyGuest ContributorDecember 7, 2019 This article is an excerpt from As SoftBank goes big in LatAm, VC funds cautious on valuation inflation,…
Read More1 minute read SStartup FundingSoftBank invests $100M in Mexico’s KonfiobyKatie TincelloDecember 3, 2019 LatAm List – The Japenese fund SoftBank recently invested $100M into the Mexican small-business lender Konfio. The investment…
Read More2 minute read SStartup FundingArgentine neobank Ualá raises $150M Series C from Tencent and SoftbankbySophia WoodNovember 25, 2019 LatAm List – Ualá‘s founder, Pierpaolo Barbieri, recently announced via his Twitter that the Argentine neobank raised a…