OneSkin is a biotech startup in Silicon Valley with ambitious plans to discover anti-aging molecules. In LAVCA’s interview with Brazilian founder and CEO Carolina Reis, and Colombian CTO Andrés Ochoa, we learn: How they translated their academic roots in biochemistry and genomics in Brazil into startup technology…
Trocafone is closing the digital gap in Brazil by making smartphones more affordable by powering trade-in programs for major carriers and manufacturers like Samsung, LG, Apple, and Movistar, and selling refurbished devices on Trocafone.com…
After raising capital from local investors, Colombian delivery startup Rappi, co-founded by Simón Borrero, Sebastian Mejia, and Felipe Villamarin, raised over US$9m from international VCs in April 2016. Investors included…
Conekta is a Mexican online/offline payments platform that just received a US$6.6m Series A from local investors VARIV Capital and Jaguar Ventures, retail giant FEMSA Comercio, and Conconi Growth Partners…
LAVCA heard from Liza Velarde, Co-Founder of Semka Biomedical Technologies, to learn more about Mexico as a market for creating (and not just manufacturing) early stage medical devices and the…
Following a US$30k investment made by NESsT in 2014, LAVCA spoke with Marcio Waked, Founder of Bio Fair Trade about generating sustainable income for artisans in Brazil and how the Projeto do…
Brazil’s agtech startup Strider just raised a US$3m Series A from Monashees and Qualcomm. This marks Monashees first investment in agtech and Qualcomm’s first agtech investment in Brazil. LAVCA spoke…
Mexican fintech startup Konfio just secured a US$8m Series A from KaszeK Ventures, QED, Quona, and Jaguar Ventures, marking both KaszeK and QED’s first investment in Mexico. With fintech heating up, LAVCA spoke to David Arana, Founder and CEO of Konfio about the opportunity for this sector in Latin America and how to effectively build relationships with investors.
Brazilian startup WebRadar is an international breakout in the big data space, crunching billions of data points per hour to drive efficiencies for clients in three sectors (telco, transportation and…
LAVCA heard from Argentine entrepreneur Diego Saez Gil, CEO and Co-Founder of Bluesmart, a smart luggage startup launched on the back of a US$2.2 million dollar Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. LAVCA:…
LAVCA heard from Pedro Neira, CEO & Founder of Peru-based startup Dating LATAM about his experience as an entrepreneur and how his track record has helped to raise local and…
LAVCA heard from Carolina Medina Gutiérrez, Co-Founder and CEO of Agruppa (formerly SokoText), to learn more about how the company uses mobile phones to reduce fresh produce prices for vendors…
Andres Sucre, Co-Founder of Mexican online bus booking engine, Reserbus, spoke with LAVCA about the opportunities and challenges for creating and growing a business in Mexico, including raising capital and…
Isabel Medem, CEO of X-Runner, a Peruvian waterless sanitation system used in the slums of Lima, is the first social entrepreneur to be interviewed by LAVCA about the impact of…
Nicolás Pardo Lanzetta, Head of Colombian insurance intermediary RedSeguro spoke with LAVCA about sourcing financing and where he sees the biggest opportunities and challenges for creating and growing a business…
Jacob Rosenbloom, Co-founder and CEO of Emprego Ligado, a Brazil-based blue-collar labor marketplace, to learn more about working with multiple investors and the biggest opportunities for growing businesses in Latin…
Angela Cois, Founder and COO of Lastroom, a Mexico-based travel manager specifically tailored for SMBs, was the winner of last year’s WeXchange pitch competition, a Latin American forum focused on…
Gary Urteaga, Co-Founder of movie information and ticket sale portal Cinepapaya, spoke with LAVCA about the company’s beginnings in Peru and the biggest opportunities and challenges for creating and growing…
Brian Requarth, Co-Founder and CEO of online real estate marketplace VivaReal, spoke with LAVCA about his relationship with investors and how economic changes in Brazil are impacting their operations. LAVCA:…
Adolfo Babatz, Co-founder and CEO of Mexico City-based Clip, a mobile payment system, spoke with LAVCA about the fundamental misbalance between supply & demand in Mexico, where 90 million cards…
Juan Martín Delgado Londoño, Co-founder and COO of Ecociclus, a new enterprise waste marketplace and management tool, spoke with LAVCA to describe their early stage efforts in Colombia and future…
LAVCA spoke with Sebastián Pérez Saaibi and Juan Pablo Marín Díaz, CEO and CIO of Aentropico for a glimpse into their journey across various markets in Latin America and how…
LAVCA met with with Daniel Wjuniski, Founder and CEO of Minha Vida, to discuss how harnessing the internet to develop an extensive library and network of health professionals has helped…
LAVCA caught up with Germán Dyzenchauz, CEO and Co-Founder of GoIntegro, to discuss how taking on their first round of financing (after bootstrapping the company for 10 years), has impacted…
LAVCA checked in with serial entrepreneur Alejandro Russo to discuss his latest start-up, his unique journey from Chile to New York, and how his business has created linkages between the…
LAVCA took the opportunity to check in with social entrepreneurs Juntos Finanzas and their Co-Founder Ben Knelman to learn about their expansion in Latin America and how they grew from…
LAVCA touched base with serial entrepreneur Alex Torrenegra to learn about his ‘CrowdVoicing’ startup VoiceBunny and how he and the teams at Torrenegra Labs are working to disrupt traditional marketplaces.
LAVCA spoke with Tiago Compagnoni, founder of Queremos/WeDemand, who discussed how his desire to bring top talent to Rio de Janeiro drove him to “crowdsource” concerts, creating a unique business…
LAVCA spoke with Santiago Gonzalez Venzano, Rodrigo Ramírez, and Tomás Peña, co-founders of Solapa4, who discussed how their company is building a cloud-based platform to help farmers aggregate and make…
Deborah Dana, the founder of Kiwilimon, gave LAVCA details about Kiwilimon’s strategy to tailor the burgeoning online food and drink space for Spanish-speaking gourmands.