Digital Currency Group (DCG) led a USD50m Series B for Ripio, an Argentine crypto trading platform with participation from Marcos Galperin (Mercado Libre), Martin Migoya (Globant) and Tim Draper (Draper…
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Blockchain technology investor Medici Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Argentinian bitcoin platform Ripio, which has over seventy thousand users across Argentina and Brazil and is in the process of…
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(TechCrunch) Ripio (formerly BitPagos) closed a US$1.9m Series A round to expand its services in its native South America. The round was led by China-based Huiyin Blockchain Venture with participation…
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Algo Capital closed a US$200m VC fund to invest in accelerating adoption of the Algo, the digital currency of the open source public blockchain Algorand. The fund will look at…
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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.
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There were 24 global investors making debut investments in LatAm in 2017, including notable deals by Softbank and Didi Chuxing, as well as new funds TheVentureCity and ONEVC.
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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.
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Invermaster Ventures and ARG Capital partnered with Ripio co-founder David Garcia to launch Crypto Assets Fund, a US$50m crypto-currency fund. (Press Release) Crypto Assets Fund (“CAF”) is the new initiative…