Vozy raises $5M in a Pre-Series A round. Plerk announces a partnership with WeWork, Ep 116

This week’s Espresso covers updates from Vozy, Plerk, Foodology, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:28] – Foodology raises $50M in funding round
• [01:04] – Vozy raises a $5M Pre-Series A round
• [01:31] – Lulo Bank receives a $200M investment from International Holding Company
• [02:02] – Arch closes a $5M seed round 
• [02:28] – Plerk announces a partnership with WeWork
• [02:52] – Elenas raises $20M in a Series B round
• [03:17] – HoyTrabajas and Zulu close $5M seed rounds 
• [03:58] – New episode of Crossing Borders
• [04:17] – Latamlist’s featured article

Resources & people mentioned:

• Companies & Startups: Arch, HoyTrabajas, Foodology, Vozy, International Holding Company, Plerk, Lulo Bank, WeWork, Elenas, Zulu, R5.
• VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Chimera, Andreessen Horowitz, Wollef, Kayyak Ventures, TriplePoint Venture Capital, GoHub Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Upload Ventures, Ripio Ventures, TechStars, Soma Capital, Genesis Block Ventures, Dila Capital, Newtype Ventures, Cadenza Ventures.
• People: Arash Ferdowsi, Fernando Sucre, Nathan Lustig.