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This Week in Startups: Ualá Secures Approval for ABC Capital’s Acquisition, While 500 Global Introduces Its Latest Batch

Additionally, a new fund for Central American startups was announced, and healthcare startup Huli closes a Pre-Series A. The Argentine...

May 26, 2023

This Week in Startups: SoftBank Opens New Fund for Latinos and Perfekto Closes Due to Lack of Capital

This has been a week of stark contrasts. Among the positive developments, the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank announced a new fund....

May 19, 2023

Platanus Ventures Unveils its Sixth Cohort of Startups, Each Garnering a $100,000 Investment

For the selection process, the accelerator used artificial intelligence to examine the business models still popular in the region.  ...

May 18, 2023

Over 40 and Want To Launch a Startup? It Could Be the Perfect Time

Startups and youth walk hand in hand. Or so we’ve been told. There’s a reason why there are no movies...

May 11, 2023

This Week in Startups: Mimo Live Sales and Pluria Receive Capital, While Merama Sues Chilean Company

Brazilian live shopping startup Mimo Lives Sales received funding from Cencosud Ventures, the corporate venture capital unit of Chilean retailer...

May 5, 2023

This Week in Startups: Clara and Fairplay Raise Million-Dollar Rounds, and Unicorns Make Alliances

In 2022, financing through venture debt and credit lines for startups increased by 94%, according to Endeavor and Glisco Partners...

April 28, 2023

Clara Raises US$60 Million in a Round Led by GGV Capital

Clara, the Mexican corporate expense management unicorn in Latin America, today announced the closing of a US$60 million investment round...

April 26, 2023

These LatAm Startups Acquired Others Companies and It Didn’t Work Out as Expected

Colombian unicorn Rappi made its biggest acquisition so far by buying Box Delivery, a Brazilian startup that was its competitor....

April 14, 2023

Mexico’s Pacto, a Platform for Restaurants and Bars To Manage Their Payments, Raised US$4 Million

Mexican startup Pacto, a point-of-sale (POS) platform with integrated payments for restaurants and bars, announced a US$4 million seed round...

March 29, 2023

Check Out the Latin American Startups on the Global Foodtech 500 List

Forward Fooding, a collaborative platform for the food and beverage industry based in Barcelona, recently published the fourth edition of...

March 20, 2023