LatamList Espresso – Details, episodes & analysis

This week’s Espresso covers news from Bold, Apoia, Bia Energy, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:33] – R2 secures $9M equity round and $50M debt facility
• [00:42] – ZeBrands secures $53M syndicated loan from HSBC and Sabadell
• [00:52] – Bia Energy secures $8.5M with climate-focused investors
• [01:01] – Apoia raises $800K to expand in Brazil
• [01:06] – Imobia raises $100K in a round led by SC Ventures
• [01:12] – Clinia raises $344K in pre-seed round
• [01:18] – iBUILD raises $550K to expand franchise network in Brazil
• [01:24] – Sinatra raises $800K pre-seed round for AI e-commerce copilot
• [01:29] –Teachy raises a $6.7M series A round led by Goodwater and Reach Capital
• [01:45] –Nubank partners with Puntored to enable cash deposits across Colombia
• [01:53] – Bold expands its product offering to SMEs
• [02:02] – Interview with Juan Manuel Gironella, CEO of Guros, the platform transforming insurance distribution in Latin America

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups: Bold, Apoia, Imobia, Clinia, Bia Energy, Kratos Gaming Network (KGeN), Sinatra, iBUILD, Nu Colombia, Puntored, R2, Zebrands, Guros
• VCs: Big Bets, Reach Capital, Blustone Capital, SC Ventures, ABSeed Ventures,  RA Capital Planetary Health, IDB Lab, Aptos Lab, Grupo Quality Digital, Hi Ventures, Cometa
• People: Juan Manuel Gironella

This week’s Espresso covers news from Hoopers, Outsmart Education, Solvento, and more!


Outline of this episode:

• [00:27] – Hoopers raises $2.3M to expand in Brazil
• [00:46] – Ex-Duolingo execs raise $13M seed round led by Khosla Ventures
• [01:04] – Solvento lands $12.5M Series A led by Cometa
• [01:23] – Minu raises $30M series B round led by QED Investors
• [01:41] – Celcoin acquires CobranSaas
• [01:57] – Addi secures $100M credit line from Victory Park Capital
• [02:16] – OurCrowd launches the first government-backed accelerator in Uruguay
• [02:37] –Rhino raises $3.2M seed round
• [02:47] – Interview with Santiago Rosenblatt, founder of Strike

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups: Hoopers, Outsmart Education, Solvento, Minu, Strike, Celcoin, CobranSaas, Addi, OurCrowd, Rhino, Bold
• VCs: Buenavista Equity Partners, Khosla Ventures, Cometa, QED Investors, OurCrowd, OurCrowd LATAM Labs, Victory Park Capital
• People: Santiago Rosenblatt

This week’s Espresso covers news from Beep Saúde, Atomic Kitchens, Ualá, and more!

Outline of this episode:

• [00:28] – Beep Saúde raises $18M in a round led by Lightsmith
• [00:44] – Ualá launches a secured credit card
• [01:01] – Atomic Kitchens raises $750K from Manutara Ventures
• [01:14] – Finkargo raises a $95M Series A extension round
• [01:30] – Yolo Bank raises a $500K pre-seed round
• [01:43] – Koggi raises $3M from Second Century Ventures
• [01:56] – Koltin raises $7.3M Series A led by Left Lane Capital
• [02:11] – Mevo raises a $20M Series B round
• [02:24] – Cayena raises a $55M Series B round led by Bicycle Capital
• [02:37] – Mercado Libre secures $250M credit line from JPMorgan
• [02:53] – MeetRox raises a $460K seed round
• [03:08] – Interview with Facundo Turconi, CEO of Moonflow

Resources & people mentioned:

• Startups: Beep Saúde, Ualá, Atomic Kitchens, Finkargo, Yolo Bank, Koggi, Koltin, Mevo, Cayena, MeetRox,  Mercado Libre, Moonflow, 
• VCs: Lightsmith, Manutara Ventures, Marathon Ventures, Second Century Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Matrix, Bicycle Capital, Stamina VC, JPMorgan 
• People: Facundo Turconi

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Strike, Kambio, Picus Capital and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Cybersecurity startup Strike raises $5.4M in a seed round.
[01:02] - Proptech Kambio closes a $1M pre-seed round.
[01:34] - Colombian startup Ayenda reaches 500 establishments in its low-cost hotel chain.
[02:15] -VC firm Picus Capital will open offices in São Paulo.
[02:43] -PayU acquired Colombian startup Ding and led a $46M investment for the Colombian fintech Treinta.
[03:08] - Latest Crossing Borders episode revisiting Deepak Chhugani’s interview. [03:21] - New episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101 on scaling a business to other countries.


Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Strike, Kambio, Ayenda, Clara, Xepelin, Kamino, PayU, Ding, Treinta, Nuvocargo
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Picus Capital. Magma Partners, Greyhound Capital, FJ Labs, Canary, NXTP, VentureFriends, Latitud, Orok Ventures, First Check Ventures, PlugAndPlay, WeWork Alumni Fund, Bluebox Ventures, Assymetry Ventures, Prosus
People: Santiago Dañino Beck, Nathan Lustig, Deepak Chhugani, Madeleine Clavijo, Mafalda Barros, Mariana Costa

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Truora, Influur, Zubale, Ualá and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Truora raises $15M in a Series A
[00:57] - Zubale raises $40M in a Series A
[01:11] - Interview with Allison Campbell, Zubale’s co-founder
[07:29] - Influur announces a $5M seed round
[08:16] - Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ualá’s founder, launches VC firm 17Sigma
[08:57] - Visa and Ontop sign a partnership agreement
[09:22] - Featured interview on Latamlist “3 female founders on the Edtech opportunities in Latin America”
[09:38] - Latest Crossing Borders episode with Izabel Gallera, partner at Canary Ventures.

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Truora, Zubale, Influur, Ontop, Clara, Jeeves, Platzi, Nowports , Frubana.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: 17Sigma, Accel, Propel, Kaszek, Y Combinator, Point72 Ventures, Magma Partners, H20 Capital, General Catalyst, Canary Ventures.
People: Nathan Lustig, Pierpaolo Barbieri, Izabel Gallera, Allison Campbell, Alan Howard, Marcelo Claure, Paulo Passoni, Sebastian Mejía, Kevin Ryan, Niall Ferguson, Vanessa Taiah, Marta Forero, María del Mar Vélez.

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Treinta, Crehana, Softbank and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:27] - Jüsto raises $152 million in a Series B.
[01:07] -Treinta raises $46 million in a Series A.
[01:41] -Crehana acquires the talent management startup Acsendo.
[02:14] -Softbank’s investment arm creates a new fund for Latin America called Upload Ventures.
[02:39] -Alejandro Guízar’s article on The future of work in the digital economy.
[02:52] -Latest episode of Crossing Borders where Nathan Lustig revisits Caterine Castillo’s interview.
[03:04] -New How to be the difference podcast episode with Jaime Bermúdez.
[03:19] -New episode of Entrepreneurship 101 on how to choose the right partners for your business.

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Jüsto, Treinta, Crehana, Acsendo, Softbank, Billpocket, Neivor.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Upload Ventures, Tarsadia Capital, Citius, Arago Capital, Foundation Capital, Quiet Capital, PayU, Prosus, Liontree, Ethos VC, Ten13, Soma Capital, FJ Labs, WeXchange.
People: Alejandro Guízar, Nathan Lustig, Caterine Castillo, Jaime Bermúdez, Amparo Nalvarte, Andrea Baba, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey.

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Simetrik, Casai, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] - Simetrik announced a $24M Series A funding round
[01:12] - Dock officially launched operations in Mexico this month
[01:46] - Casai acquired LoopKey
[02:07] - Interview with Nicolás Girard, Oxio’s CEO on their Series B round
[06:33] - Latest episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101: “The importance of Product Market Fit according to three female entrepreneurs”
[06:51] - Latest episode of How to be the Difference with Alessandra Angelini, Influur’s CEO: “The fundamental role of influencer marketing in today’s advertising”
[07:11] - Latest episode of Crossing Borders with Santiago Suarez, CEO and co-founder of Addi
[07:26] - Featured article “A Close Look at Bolivia’s Startup Ecosystem” by Kjell Vandevyvere

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies & Startups: Simetrik, Dock, Casai, LoopKey, Oxio, Influur, Addi
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Tiger Global, Moore Capital, Monashees, FinTech Collective.
People: Nicolás Girard, Ximena Aleman, Estefanía Hernández, Ingrid Briggiler, Santiago Suárez, Kjell Vandevyvere, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Alessandra Angelini

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Intuitivo, Neivor, Lemon Cash, and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:28] – Kitchenita announced a $3M pre-series A round
[00:48] – Interview with Gaspard Hambückers-Jacquemin, COO at Kitchenita
[04:52] – Intuitivo announced its $7.8M seed round
[05:00] – Interview with Tomás Manzitti, Founder & COO at Intuitivo
[07:45] – Neivor announced a $3.5M funding round
[08:20] – Yuno announced a $10M seed funding round
[08:51] – Lemon Cash announced the launch of its cryptocurrency app in Brazil
[09:26] – New Entrepreneurship 101 podcast episode: How to raise capital in Latin America
[09:47] – New Crossing Borders Episode, revisiting a greatest hits episode ft. Gabriela Estrada, CFO and co-founder of Vexi.

Resources and people mentioned:

Companies: Vexi, Kitchenita, Intuitivo, Neivor, Yuno, Lemon Cash, Pix
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Meli Fund, SoftBank Latin America Fund. Magma Partners, Marathon VC, Two Culture Capital, Monashees, Kaszek
People: Gaspard Hambückers-Jacquemin, Tomás Manzitti, Karen Serfaty, Maricarmen Herrerias, Antonia Rojas, Gabriela Estrada

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Vexi, Cubbo, Oxio and more!

Outline of this episode:

[00:27] - Vexi announces its $24M round
[00:41] - Interview with Gustavo Rojo Blasquez, Vexi’s CEO
[03:45] - The fintech Tribal announces a new partnership with Visa
[04:08] - Oxio announces a $40 million Series B round
[04:22] - Cubbo acquires DedaLog
[04:40] - Mara announces its first $6M round
[04:59] - Latamlist featured articles and podcast episodes

Resources & people mentioned:

Companies: Vexi, Tribal, Visa, Oxio, Cubbo, DedaLog, Mara, Klar.
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: ParaFi Capital, Canary Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Y Combinator.
People: Gustavo Rojo Blasquez, Stefan Moller.

In this week’s Espresso, we cover updates from Leasy, Avista, 99minutos, FreteBras, and more!

OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE:
[00:27] – Interview with Javier Ruiz Galindo, co-founder, and co-CEO at Cura Deuda
[02:40] – Leasy secures $17M to offer automobile financing
[03:02] – Colombian fintech Avista raises $6M via bonds on the Colombian Stock Exchange
[03:20] – Cayena announces a $17.5M Series A funding round
[03:44] – 99minutos raises $82M Series C funding round
[04:05] – FreteBras plans to make 230 new hires in remote work positions
[04:30] – Latamlist’s articles
[04:48] – Entrepreneurship101: How to launch a company


RESOURCES & PEOPLE MENTIONED:
Companies: Cura Deuda, Leasy, Avista, Cayena, 99minutos, FreteBras
VCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Magma Partners, Anteris, Vine Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Kaszek, Prosus Ventures, WeXchange
People: Javier Ruiz Galindo, Maricel Saenz, Mariana Castillo, Paulina Aguilar