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Tiger Global and Coatue led a USD250m Series C for Mexican crypto exchange Bitso, with participation from Valor Capital Group, BOND and Paradigm, and follow-on from KASZEK, QED Investors and…

KaszeK Ventures and QED Investors led a US$62m Series B in Bitso, a Mexican crypto exchange, with follow-on from Coinbase Ventures and Pantera Capital. Ripple made an undisclosed investment in…

Bitso, a currency exchange platform for trading cryptocurrencies with the Mexican Peso, raised an undisclosed investment led by Ripple, with participation from Pantera Capital, Jump Capital, Coinbase, and previous investor…

(Coin Desk) Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has received US$2.5m from foreign exchange company, Monex Group,  and others including Mexican venture capital investors Variv Capital and Xochi Ventures. Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has raised…

(El Economista) Reworth, a Mexico-based cashback and customer engagement platform for financial institutions, raised a USD6.6m seed extension with participation from JAM Fund and Actyus, and angels Daniel Vogel (Bitso),…

US-based Activant Capital led a USD30m round for DEUNA, a US-based e-commerce checkout platform launching operations in Latin America, with participation from Valor Capital Group, Upload Ventures, Abstract Ventures and…

Stark Bank, a Brazilian cash management platform and corporate card issuer, raised a USD45m round from Ribbit Capital, Lachy Groom and Bezos Expeditions. Stark Bank raised a USD14.8m Series A…

Andreessen Horowitz and NFX led a USD11.5m seed round for Latitud, a US and Brazil-based enterprise platform for Latin American startups’ company formation, cap table and cross-border capital management, with…

Tencent led a USD180m Series C for Jeeves, a US-based expense management platform for startups with operations in Latin America, at a reported USD2.1b valuation, with participation from Silicon Valley…

KASZEK led a USD2.7m seed round for Crack the Code, a Peruvian coding platform for K-12 students. (Press Release) – Crack the Code, the coding platformstartup revolutionizing K-12 education in…

MELI Kaszek Pioneer Corp (MEKA), a SPAC formed by Mercado Libre and KASZEK, raised USD287m in an IPO. MEKA will target a Latin America tech company in e-commerce, financial services, logistics,…

Jeeves, a US-based expense management platform for startups with operations in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile, raised a USD57m Series B led by CRV, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank,…

LAVCA’s sixth annual Latin American Startup Directory profiles 299 startups that raised USD1m+ in venture funding in 2020 and 1H 2021., during a time of record venture investment.

KASZEK led USD3m round for Exactly, an Argentine decentralized finance platform building a credit protocol on Ethereum, with participation from NXTP, Sur Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, Maker Growth, Baires DAO,…

monashees led a USD13.5m Series A for Coderhouse, an Argentine data science and app development education platform, with participation from YC and angels David Velez (Nubank) and Guillermo Rauch (Vercel).…

QED Investors led a USD15m Series B for Hash, a Brazilian payment services provider for companies and SMEs, with follow-on from KASZEK and Canary. KASZEK and Canary invested BRL13m in…

KaszeK Ventures led a R$20m Series A in OmniChat, a Brazilian chat-based customer service platforms that uses WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and SMS, with follow-on from Honey Island Capital, a seed…

This directory profiles the core group of LAVCA Member venture investors, corporates, and tech organizations dedicated to supporting startups and the tech ecosystem.

LAVCA’s sixth annual Latin American Startup Directory profiles 299 startups that raised USD1m+ in venture funding in 2020 and 1H 2021, during a time of record venture investment in the region.

Propel Ventures led a US$13m investment in Conekta, a Mexican fintech enabling cash payments for over 1,000 online merchants, with participation from Variv Capital and FEMSA Comercio. Jaguar Ventures invested…

When it comes to international players investing in Latin American startups, US investors dominate the list, representing 67% of all global investors into LatAm startups since 2013.

Asian investors are playing an increasingly important role in financing LatAm startups, co-investing alongside local and global investors across a range of sectors and stages.

September/October 2016 was a busy time for LatAm VCs in terms of new fundraising and deals (we recorded 20+ deals in October alone). At the same time, investors were active…