Lightspeed led a USD20m Series A for Muni, a Colombian social commerce platform with operations in Mexico and Brazil, with follow-on from monashees and Pear VC. Muni was founded by former Rappi Global Grocery Delivery Head Maria Echeverri. Angels participating included Simon Borrero and Felipe Villamarin (Rappi), Huey Lin (Affirm), Brynne McNulty (Habi), Fabian Gomez (Frubana), Florian Hagenbuch (Loft) and Hans Tung (GGV).

(TechCrunch) – We’ve been hearing the concept of “community” lately in different aspects of startups and venture capital.

From Lolita Taub taking a community-first focus in venture capitalism to Archive tapping into community for marketing buying power.

In Latin America, where being a part of a community is important, we see startups, like Trela in Brazil and Muni in Colombia, bringing people together under a common need — in Muni’s case, the purchase of everyday essentials.

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