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…
Point72 Ventures invests US$20M in Contabilizei
LatAm List – Contabilizei, an online tax filing and accounting service for Brazilian small businesses received a US$20M…
Prisma Medios de Pago is now valued above US$1B
LatAm List – Private equity firm, Advent International, recently announced that they had purchased a 51% stake in…
Update: iFood’s latest round beats all Latin American startup fundraising for 2016
LatAm List – We originally reported that iFood, Brazil’s largest delivery app, had raised US$400M from Naspers and…
ALL VP closes US$73M commitment for next fund
LatAm List – ALL VP is a Mexico City-based early-stage VC fund founded by Federico Antoni and Fernando…
Brex: A Brazilian unicorn built by 22-year-olds
LatAm List – In a story originally reported on TechCrunch, Brex, a Brazilian fintech startup, recently closed a…
Facebook launches new Dating feature in Colombia
LatAm List – In a story brought to our attention by TechCrunch, Facebook will launch an online dating…
Brazil’s scooter startup, Yellow, raises US$63M Series A
Electric scooters have been taking over the roads in the US, Europe, China, Mexico, and now, Brazil. The…
Rappi raises US$200M investment
Rappi, a Colombian delivery startup, first made headlines when it reached the Y Combinator accelerator in 2016, and…
Chilean foodtech NotCo receives US$3M investment
Chile is the third-largest market in the world for mayonnaise – with a population of just 17 million…