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

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Long before SoftBank launched its $2 billion Innovation Fund in Latin America, and before Andreessen Horowitz began actively investing in the region , Sao Paulo-based Kaszek has been putting money into promising startups since 2011, helping spawn nine unicorns along the way.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

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Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. For many project teams I’ve worked with, having an endorsement actually took them further than having a chunk of change.

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NotCo gets its horn following $235M round to expand plant-based food products

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NotCo , a food technology company making plant-based milk and meat replacements, wrapped up another funding round this year, a $235 million Series D round that gives it a $1.5 This funding round follows an undisclosed investment in June from Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer through his firm EHI. Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.

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Armed with $160M in funding, LatAm’s Merama enters the e-commerce land grab

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Merama, a five-month old e-commerce startup focused on Latin America, announced today that it has raised $60 million in seed and Series A funding and $100 million in debt. We will work with very few brands over time, and only the best, and work with our entire team to scale and expand these few businesses,” Tyle told TechCrunch.

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

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Kaszek Ventures , one of Latin America’s first venture firms, has raised $975 million across two funds. Specifically, the São Paulo-based firm has closed on Kaszek Ventures VI, a $540 million early-stage fund and Kaszek Ventures Opportunity-III (KVO-III), a $435 million vehicle for later stage investments. billion in capital.

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Kaszek Ventures leads a $15 million round in Chilean asset management startup, Fintual

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One of those startups is Chilean-based Fintual, which today announced a $15 million round led by Kaszek Ventures, the largest fund in Latin America. While traditional mutual funds in Chile and Mexico charge up to 6.45% and 5% annually, Fintual charges 1% annually of assets managed. To date, the company has raised about $15.2

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H Twenty Capital aims to be ‘go-to fund for pre-seed investments’ in Latin America

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Brazil and Mexico continue to lead as regions where many startups are getting funding, but as LAVCA’s statistics show, some of that investor love is being spread around to other countries like Colombia, Argentina and Chile. We were not the biggest or the most seasoned fund, but were emerging managers.

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