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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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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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Understanding Income Inequality

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I asked her what kind of insights could be gleaned by an anti-poverty group, say in Uruguay (to pick one country out of 50), accessing the LIS. She suggested: In Uruguay: What is the poverty rate among individuals and households (using any of a number of poverty lines – absolute or relative, national or regional)? Which are widespread?

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clicOH’s shipping technology provides Amazon-like logistics to e-commerce companies in LatAm

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Argentina-based clicOH is the latest shipping technology company attracting venture capital funding, raising $25 million in Series A funding in a round led by Tiger Global. Joining them is JAM Fund and existing investors Flexport, FundersClub and Vast VC. A year ago, the company had 40 employees, and that has now grown to 175.

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

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The funding announcement includes $600,000 from a pre-seed tranche. Currently, Rebill has clients in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay and collects payments in 15 currencies. The new funding enables Rebill to continue expanding its presence into the rest of Latin America.

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

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To make the school more affordable, Henry looks to take on the same strategy used by Lambda School, a YC-graduate that has raised over $122 million in known funding: income-share agreements. Currently, Henry has graduated 200 students and is working with 600 students across Colombia, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina.

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