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Village Capital Awards Mutuo Financiera and Fintual US$75k (en español)
8 December 2017
Village Capital awarded US$75k to Mutuo Financiera, a startup offering credit and other financial products to small businesses in Mexico, and Fintual, a Chilean robo-advisor.
(Impact Alpha) The Mexican and Chilean startups were selected by their peers for investments of $75,000 each as part of Village Capital’s latest Latin American fintech cohort.
Across Latin America, a majority of adults are unbanked or underbanked. Mutuo Financiera offers credit and other financial products to small businesses in Mexico, where 93% of small business applicants get rejected.
Fintual is a robo-advisor in Chile that helps individuals and small businesses improve financial literacy while investing their money. Users have invested $1 million through the service.
VilCap’s Latin American fintech program was backed by PayPal, Blackrock and Citibanamex.
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