TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

Enter Nelo , a startup founded by former Uber international growth team leads, which is building buy now, pay later in Mexico. With the latest capital infusion, Nelo has raised a total of $5.6 But in markets like Mexico, the percentage of cash payments for trips was very high. Stori raises $32.5M Miller said. “By

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Planet42 , a South Africa-based car subscription company that buys used cars from dealerships and rents to customers via a subscription model, has raised $30 million in equity and debt. The company raised $2.4 The company raised $2.4 In Mexico, that number is 7 million. In South Africa, 1.1

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

The startup, which offers credit cards to underserved populations in Mexico, told TechCrunch it has raised an additional $50 million in equity at a $1.2 With this latest raise, Stori has raised more than $200 million in equity funding since its 2018 inception. . Enter Stori. billion valuation. Its new $1.2

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The two founders of Parrot Software , Roberto Cebrián and David Villarreal, first met in high school in Monterrey, Mexico. The company is already live in more than 500 restaurants in Mexico and is used by chains including Cinnabon, Dairy Queen, Grupo Costeño and Grupo Pangea. Together they’ve poured $2.1 Investors in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Many of the startups raising capital in Mexico are focused on financial inclusion, aiming to level the playing field in a country that is largely unbanked and has a burgeoning middle class. million in debt from Banco Sabadell Mexico — brings minu’s total raised since its 2019 inception to a total of $20 million. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Jüsto , an online supermarket based in Mexico City, announced Tuesday it has raised $65 million in a Series A round led by General Atlantic. In fact, according to PitchBook data cited by General Atlantic, the round represents the largest Series A raised in Latin America in the past decade.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Just six months after raising $3.3 million in seed funding , Mexico City-based Higo announced today it has raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Accel. In Mexico, small businesses mostly handle payables with nothing more than spreadsheets and email and legacy bank accounts,” CEO Corcuera said. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Mexico City-based Valoreo aims to invest in, operate and scale e-commerce brands as part of its self-described mission “to bring better products at more affordable prices” to the Latin American consumer. Tech in Mexico: A confluence of Latin America, the US and Asia. The company says its model differs from that of its U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

With nearly half a million customers across Mexico and a network of 30,000 retail locations where representatives can take deposits, the challenger bank albo is already on its way to becoming a dominant player in Mexico’s emerging fintech industry. Valued at $10B, Nubank launches it’s Nu credit card in Mexico.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

had raised a total $10 million in equity and $25 million in debt. Founded in July 2019, Mexico City-based Flat.mx Founded in July 2019, Mexico City-based Flat.mx That September, the proptech startup had raised one of Mexico’s largest pre-seed rounds to take the Opendoor real estate marketplace model across the Rio Grande.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Just five months after raising $90M, Brazil’s Nuvemshop announced today it has raised $500 million in a round co-led by Insight Partners and Tiger Global Management. That’s up from 20,000 merchants at the start of 2020 and 80,000 at the time of its last raise in March.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Flink , a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The financing comes just over six months after Flink raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Accel. Since its 2017 inception, the startup has raised nearly $70 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Kavak , the Mexican startup that’s disrupted the used car market in Mexico and Argentina, today announced its Series D of $485 million, which now values the company at $4 billion. The round was led by D1 Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Ribbit and BOND, and brings Kavak’s total capital raised to date to more than $900 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Ramp raises $30M as the battle to own corporate spend heats up. The co-founders want to bridge the gap in technology-enabled financial services that they found in Mexico. Colyer worked for G2 after a stint at Stanford, eventually moving back to Mexico and working on a micromobility startup called Uva Scooters.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Today, Tribal Credit announced it has raised $34.3 The raise follows “ 10x” year-over-year growth, according to CEO and co-founder Amr Shady. .” ” Tribal’s initial efforts are focused on Latin America, in particular Mexico, which is the startup’s biggest market. Tribal Credit previously raised $7.8

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Launched in 2021, the Mexico-based company works with over 70 producers to “rescue” food and delivers it to consumers. Andrade was a logistics advisor to the company since it started and previously led Walmart’s e-commerce logistics operations in Mexico. million in pre-seed funding to expand its program across Mexico City.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In countries such as Mexico, it’s a much more difficult and less common endeavor. We all come from middle class families here in Mexico. Image Credits: Vexi Mexico City-b ased Vexi describes itself as a neobank but doesn’t offer checking or savings accounts — yet. is considered extremely high. It secured $3.7

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Nuvemshop has seen the number of merchants on its platform surge to nearly 80,000 across Brazil, Argentina and Mexico compared to 20,000 at the start of 2020. Having just raised $30 million in a Series C round in October and achieving profitability in 2020, the Nuvemshop team was not looking for more capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Nowports , an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. 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. Nowports raises $5.3

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

So, Campos set out to conduct a bigger sample of experiments, and raised about $10,000 via a crowdfunding campaign. Then an earthquake hit Mexico City and that developer lost everything — including his home and computer — and had to relocate. The results from her small experiment were encouraging. Image Credits: Yana.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Luis Mario Garcia grew up in Mexico making deliveries for the grocery stores in his neighborhood. After honing his startup skills in San Francisco, he returned to Mexico with the idea of building a software company. Colombian on-demand delivery startup Rappi raises ‘over’ $500M at a $5.25B valuation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

Bitso , a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, announced today it has raised $250 million in a Series C round of funding that values the company at $2.2 For one, it comes just four months after the startup raised $62 million in a Series B round. The news caught our attention for several reasons. Image Credits: Bitso.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

And today, one such company, Play2Pay , has raised $13 million in a Series A round of funding. Play2Pay was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life, raising its first external capital in June of 2020 — a $7.5 The gamification of payments is not a new concept. million seed round from individual angel investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Less than six months after raising $8 million in seed funding, Chilean proptech startup Houm has raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Goodwater Capital. With the latest round, Houm has raised a total of $45 million since its inception.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

The raise follows a year of strong growth, according to the company, which saw its revenue increase by “well over 20x” in 2021. With this latest raise, Habi says it has become the second unicorn in Colombia and only LatAm unicorn with a female founder and CEO , according to Crunchbase.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

One San Francisco-based startup has emerged that wants to not only give travelers more options, but make traveling more affordable, and it’s just raised $15 million toward that goal. In return, she hosted over 80 nights in her Mexico City home while she was out. To date, the startup has raised a total of $26.75

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The startup has now released, for the first time, news that it raised a $15 million funding round back in May this year, with participation from Blackhorn Ventures and Transverse Insurance Group. To date, it has raised $20.5 Foresight now covers Nevada, Oklahoma, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Given the attention that TechCrunch pays to Y Combinator’s Demo Days , we also try to keep tabs on the same startups as they scale and raise more capital. Today we’re taking a look at Heru , a startup based in Mexico City that is announcing a $1.7 million raise after taking part in YC’s Summer 2019 session.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

And now, the early-stage VC firm is announcing its largest fund closures to date: Kaszek Ventures V, a $475 million early-stage fund, believed to be the largest vehicle of its kind ever raised in the region, and Kaszek Ventures Opportunity II, a $525 million for later-stage investments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

We first profiled Inventa, co-founded by Marcos Salama, Fernando Carrasco and Laura Camargo, in January when it raised $20 million in Series A financing , led by Andreessen Horowitz and Monashees. And, after establishing a footprint in Brazil, the company is accelerating its international expansion to Mexico and Colombia later this year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Kocomo is a Mexico City-based startup that wants to help make that dream a reality. We are focused initially on Americans and Canadians wanting to buy a vacation home in Mexico, the Caribbean and Costa Rica and then eventually we will be doing the same in Europe,” said Martin Schrimpff, co-founder and CEO of Kocomo.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Tuna is on a mission to “fine tune” the payments space in Latin America and has raised two seed rounds totaling $3 million, led by Canary and by Atlantico. He has identified Mexico, Colombia and Argentina as potential new markets. Current and upcoming trends in Latin America’s mobile growth.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Berkeley-based fintech Flourish has raised $1.5 Mexico and Brazil. -based investors backing Latin American startups. But it’s not every day that we hear of Latin American VCs investing in U.S.-based based startups. million in a funding round led by Brazilian venture capital firm Canary.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Mundi, a financial services platform for cross-border trade, announced today it has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Union Square Ventures. . While it is remote first, Mundi does have operations in Mexico City. The startup built its platform from scratch with the goal of underwriting SME exporters in Mexico.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Meanwhile, beverage giant Diageo expanded regenerative farming in Ireland for Guinnesss barley, Scotland for whisky grains, and Mexico for the agave used to produce its tequilas. In July 2024, Applied Carbon announced that it had raised$22 million in fundingto deploy its machines across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2021

Since January 9th, her family has been looking for her across Mexico. Considering the failed record that Mexico has in searching for the thousands of disappeared , Baruc and his family felt compelled to lead the search for Wendy. A mural of Wendy Sánchez outside El Gallo restaurant in San Francisco (San Pancho), Nayarit, Mexico. “We

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