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Marlene Garayzar: I Co-founded Stori Because I Wanted to Work on Something With Social Impact

A new Mexican unicorn emerged a few days ago after raising US$150 million in a Series C and valuing itself...

July 25, 2022

Arrenda Raises US$26.5 Million To Offer Credit to Landlords in Mexico

Fintech Arrenda raised US$26.5 million in a pre-seed round that combined equity and debt. The round was led by Fasanara...

July 20, 2022

Stori, a Mexican Fintech Known for Its Digital Credit Card, Is Latin America’s Newest Unicorn

As reported today by TechCrunch, Stori became the new Mexican unicorn after surpassing the US$1 billion valuation barrier in a...

July 15, 2022

Swvl Acquires Transportation Startup Urbvan for US$82 Million

Nasdaq-listed transportation startup Swvl Holdings Corp. acquired Mexico’s Urbvan for US$82 million. With this transaction, the company expands its presence...

July 13, 2022

Addressing the Startup Layoffs in Latin America

Startups Alumni One of the first initiatives to appear on social media was Startups Alumni, a platform that allows former...

July 11, 2022

Betterfly Arrives in Spain After Acquiring Flexoh

After arriving in Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador, now the Chilean unicorn Betterfly starts operations in Spain. All this after the...

July 11, 2022

Creditas Raises US$50 Million and Buys Banking License From Andbank in Brazil

The Brazilian company, dedicated to secured lending and other financial services, announced in a press release a partnership with Andbank,...

July 8, 2022

Prosperia, a Startup That Seeks To Prevent Chronic Diseases With Artificial Intelligence, Raises US$2 Million

Prosperia, the Mexican startup that offers B2B services for pre-diagnosis through artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent illnesses caused by chronic...

July 7, 2022

Sequoia Opens Applications to Its Arc Program for North American and Latin American Companies

In March of this year, Sequoia Capital—a pioneer venture capital fund that backed Apple, Google and other giants—announced its first...

June 28, 2022

Sequoia abre postulaciones a su programa Arc para compañías de Norteamérica y LatAm

En marzo de este año, Sequoia Capital —fondo pionero del venture capital, que apostó por Apple, Google y otros gigantes—...

June 27, 2022