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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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Currently, Rebill has clients in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay and collects payments in 15 currencies. We plan to double our team by next year and expand more in Mexico and Colombia.”. It is also integrating with customer relationship management, enterprise resource management and lending platforms.

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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. The Henry team. Internally, Henry’s remote team is 20% women, 64% men. That’s where one seed-stage Buenos Aires startup wants to help.

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Kaszek earmarks nearly $1B in new funds for Latin American startups

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We seek out exceptional founding teams whose business plan is centered on the strategic utilization of technology to gain a competitive advantage. Geographically, Kaszek has been most active in Brazil and Mexico, and has also invested in teams based in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay.

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The LatAm funding boom continues as Kaszek raises $1B across a duo of funds

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Rounding out the team are Nicolas Berman, former VP at MercadoLibre, Santiago Fossatti, Andy Young and Mariana Donangelo. Also, Connecticut-based Wesleyan University is an LP with Chief Investment Officer Anne Martin describing the founding team as “internet pioneers.”.

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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. To create this in Latin America, foreign investors need to dedicate a team and money to their regional commitments.

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