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Founded by ex-dLocal and AstroPay execs, Datanomik is bringing open banking to LatAm

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Cross-border payments platform dLocal is one of the most notable Latin American startups in recent history — the company became Uruguay’s first unicorn in 2020 and went public on the Nasdaq in 2021. The financing marks a16z’s first investment in Uruguay, and one of its biggest seed rounds in Latin America.

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Nowports raises $16M to build the OS for LatAm’s shipping industry

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Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses that is backed by Banco Santander — led the round for the Monterrey, Mexico-based startup. The company currently has offices in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay. Our 2021 goal is 400% to 600%,” de los Rios told TechCrunch.

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Tiger Global, YC back Rebill’s subscription payment platform for Latin America

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A look at all 35 international fintech startups at YC’s winter 2022 Demo Day. Currently, Rebill has clients in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay and collects payments in 15 currencies. Rebill was part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort.

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Henry picks up cash to be a Lambda School for Latin America

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Latin America’s startup scene has attracted troves of venture investment, lifting highly-valued companies such as Rappi and NuBank into behemoth businesses. Internally, Henry’s remote team is 20% women, 64% men. Now that the spotlight has arrived, those same startups need more talent than ever before to meet demand.

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Marco Financial raises $82M in debt, equity seed round to support small Latin American exporters

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Small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America can find it difficult to get the funds they need to export their goods to the United States. For small and medium businesses in trade, this is important for companies creating a high level of job growth and lowering the poverty rate,” Shoihet told TechCrunch. “By

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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

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In fact, the evolution of business shares far more similarities across countries than we might expect. This is not very different from the timeline of businesses in other markets such as the United States. Latin America’s market has evolved over a very long time — as long as Silicon Valley and any other hub. investors remain shy.

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Identity security platform Oort bags new cash to grow its product

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The tech evidently won over the business of Collibra and Avid Technology, who are among Oort’s 10 enterprise customers. Israel and Uruguay. . Israel and Uruguay. ” Oort currently employs 18 people across the U.S., ” Oort currently employs 18 people across the U.S.,

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