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A look at Latin America’s emerging fintech trends

A look at Latin America’s emerging fintech trends

Thiago is a fintech entrepreneur, investor, and columnist. He is currently a product leader at Oyster, a neobank for SMEs in Latin America. More posts by this contributor The battle to become the Mexican Nubank just started Although the 2008 global financial crisis sparked the fintech movement, in Latin America, Read more…

By Aakash Kothari, ago
Brazilian mobile phone insurance technology startup Pitzi is now worth over $100 million

Brazilian mobile phone insurance technology startup Pitzi is now worth over $100 million

With roughly one million customers across Brazil and a new round of financing, the mobile phone insurance provider Pitzi now finds itself with a $100 million valuation. The size of its latest round, which was led by QED Investors and included commitments from existing investors like Thrive Capital and Valiant Read more…

By Aakash Kothari, ago
Latin America Roundup: Uber acquires Cornershop, Softbank invests in Buser, Olist

Latin America Roundup: Uber acquires Cornershop, Softbank invests in Buser, Olist

Sophia Wood is a principal at Magma Partners, a Latin America-focused seed-stage VC firm with offices in Latin America, Asia and the U.S. Sophia is also the co-founder of LatAm List, an English-language Latin American tech news source. Brazil continued to churn out unicorns this month, with Curitiba-based Ebanx becoming Read more…

By Aakash Kothari, ago
The emergence of super apps in Latin America

The emergence of super apps in Latin America

Thiago Paiva is a fintech entrepreneur, writer and investor. He is the co-founder of Liquia Digital Assets, an investment platform for international investments using blockchain technology. The super apps WeChat and Alipay became an integral part of the Chinese mobile ecosystem, growing to more than 1 billion monthly active users Read more…

By Aakash Kothari, ago
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Clubhouse announces new collaboration tool and free version of its project management platform

Clubhouse — the software project management platform focused on team collaboration, workflow transparency and ease of integration — is taking another big step towards its goal of democratizing efficient software development. Traditionally, legacy project management programs in software development can often appear like an engineer feeding frenzy around a clunky Read more…

By Aakash Kothari, ago
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Kaszek Ventures raises $600 million in two funds as Latin America’s startup market booms

Kaszek Ventures, the investment firm that has been one of the primary architects of the recent boom in startup financing and growth in Latin America, has just raised $600 million across two new funds. The new commitments (raised in roughly two months) put Kaszek’s total capital under management at roughly Read more…

By Aakash Kothari, ago
Fintech in Latin America continues to draw big dollars as Softbank invests $231 million in Creditas

Fintech in Latin America continues to draw big dollars as Softbank invests $231 million in Creditas

< div> As investors continue to move more aggressively into Latin America’s startup scene, there’s one industry that seems to be drawing more attention than any others — financial services. As wealth across the region continues to rise, access to adequate financial services — specifically debt — has become a Read more…

By Aakash Kothari, ago