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8 March 2017
Entrepreneur Profile: Carolina Reis and Andrés Ochoa, CEO and CTO of OneSkin
OneSkin is a biotech startup in Silicon Valley with ambitious plans to...
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20 February 2017
Entrepreneur Profile: Guille Freire, co-founder and CEO, Trocafone
Trocafone is closing the digital gap in Brazil by making smartphones more...
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1 December 2016
Entrepreneur Profile: Simón Borrero, Co-founder & CEO, Rappi
After raising capital from local investors, Colombian delivery startup...
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2 November 2016
Entrepreneur Profile: Hector Cardenas, Co-Founder & CEO, Conekta
Conekta is a Mexican online/offline payments platform that just received a...
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19 October 2016
Entrepreneur Profile: 2015 WeXchange Winner - Liza Velarde, Co-Founder, Semka Biomedical Technologies
LAVCA heard from Liza Velarde, Co-Founder of Semka Biomedical...
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7 September 2016
Social Entrepreneur Profile: Marcio Waked, Founder, Bio Fair Trade
Following a US$30k investment made by NESsT in 2014, LAVCA spoke...
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28 July 2016
Entrepreneur Profile: Luiz Tangari, CEO, Strider
Brazil’s agtech startup Strider just raised a US$3m Series A from...
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25 May 2016
Entrepreneur Profile: David Arana, Founder & CEO, Konfío
Mexican fintech startup Konfio just secured a US$8m Series A from KaszeK...
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31 March 2016
Entrepreneur Profile: Adriano da Rocha Lima, WebRadar
Brazilian startup WebRadar is an international breakout in the big data...
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2 February 2016
Entrepreneur Profile: Diego Saez Gil, CEO & Co-Founder, Bluesmart
LAVCA heard from Argentine entrepreneur Diego Saez Gil, CEO and Co-Founder...
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1 December 2015
Entrepreneur Profile: Pedro Neira, CEO & Founder, Dating LATAM
LAVCA heard from Pedro Neira, CEO & Founder of Peru-based startup...
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24 September 2015
Entrepreneur Profile: 2014 WeXchange Winner - Carolina Medina Gutiérrez, Co-Founder & CEO, Agruppa (formerly SokoText)
LAVCA heard from Carolina Medina Gutiérrez, Co-Founder and CEO of Agruppa...
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28 July 2015
Entrepreneur Profile: Andres Sucre, Co-Founder, Reserbus
Andres Sucre, Co-Founder of Mexican online bus booking engine, Reserbus,...
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26 May 2015
Social Entrepreneur Profile: Isabel Medem, CEO, X-Runner
Isabel Medem, CEO of X-Runner, a Peruvian waterless sanitation system...
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18 March 2015
Entrepreneur Profile: Nicolás Pardo Lanzetta, Head of RedSeguro
Nicolás Pardo Lanzetta, Head of Colombian insurance intermediary...
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28 January 2015
Entrepreneur Profile: Jacob Rosenbloom, Emprego Ligado
Jacob Rosenbloom, Co-founder and CEO of Emprego Ligado, a Brazil-based...
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24 November 2014
Entrepreneur Profile: Angela Cois, LastRoom
Angela Cois, Founder and COO of Lastroom, a Mexico-based travel manager...
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23 September 2014
Entrepreneur Profile: Gary Urteaga, Cinepapaya
Gary Urteaga, Co-Founder of movie information and ticket sale portal...
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28 July 2014
Entrepreneur Profile: Brian Requarth, Co-Founder and CEO of VivaReal
Brian Requarth, Co-Founder and CEO of online real estate marketplace...
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28 May 2014
Entrepreneur Profile: Adolfo Babatz, Co-founder and CEO, Clip
Adolfo Babatz, Co-founder and CEO of Mexico City-based Clip, a mobile...
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25 March 2014
Entrepreneur Profile: Juan Martín Delgado Londoño, Co-founder and COO, Ecociclus
Juan Martín Delgado Londoño, Co-founder and COO of Ecociclus, a new...
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29 January 2014
Entrepreneur Profile: Sebastián Pérez Saaibi, CEO; Juan Pablo Marín Díaz, CIO Aentropico
LAVCA spoke with Sebastián Pérez Saaibi and Juan Pablo Marín Díaz, CEO...
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20 November 2013
Entrepreneur Profile: Daniel Wjuniski, Minha Vida
LAVCA met with with Daniel Wjuniski, Founder and CEO of Minha Vida, to...
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19 September 2013
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Germán Dyzenchauz, GoIntegro
LAVCA caught up with Germán Dyzenchauz, CEO and Co-Founder of GoIntegro,...
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15 July 2013
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Alejandro Russo, Klooff
LAVCA checked in with serial entrepreneur Alejandro Russo to discuss his...
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16 May 2013
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Ben Knelman, Juntos Finanzas
LAVCA took the opportunity to check in with social entrepreneurs Juntos...
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21 March 2013
Entrepreneur Profile: Alex Torrenegra from VoiceBunny
LAVCA touched base with serial entrepreneur Alex Torrenegra to learn about...
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24 January 2013
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Queremos/WeDemand
LAVCA spoke with Tiago Compagnoni, founder of Queremos/WeDemand, who...
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29 November 2012
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Solapa4
LAVCA spoke with Santiago Gonzalez Venzano, Rodrigo Ramírez, and Tomás...
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27 September 2012
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Deborah Dana, Kiwilimon
Deborah Dana, the founder of Kiwilimon, gave LAVCA details about...
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19 July 2012
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Mauricio Bejarano & Alejandro Gonzalez, Brainz
Colombian entrepreneurs Mauricio Bejarano, Chief Strategy Officer and...
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24 May 2012
Entrepreneur Profile: An Inteview with Enrique Z. Coronado, Por ti, Familia
CEO of Peruvian startup, Por ti, Familia, Enrique Coronado tells LAVCA...
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29 March 2012
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Rafael Atijas, The Loog Guitar
LAVCA recently spoke with Rafael Atijas, Founder and CEO of The Loog...
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26 January 2012
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Daniel Avizú, ZoeMob
ZoeMob Co-founder, Daniel Avizú, spoke with the Latin America PE/VC...
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17 November 2011
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Jaime Cater, Health Digital Systems
Jaime Cater, CEO of Mexico-based Health Digital Systems (HDS) recently...
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22 September 2011
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Natália Monteiro, Zuggi
Natália Monteiro, CEO of Zuggi chatted with LAVCA about the journey of...
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22 July 2011
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Andres Alterini, Smowtion
Andres Alterini, CEO of Smowtion, recently sat down with the Latin America...
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19 May 2011
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Pamela Chávez- Crooker, Aguamarina
Pamela Chávez-Crooker, Founder of Aguamarina, recently spoke with LAVCA...
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24 March 2011
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Raul Polakof, Scanntech
Uruguay-based entrepreneur, Raul Polakof, CEO of Scanntech, discusses the...
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27 January 2011
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Leandro Vetcher, Green Pacific Biologicals
Founder and CEO Leandro Vetcher told LAVCA about his quest towards...
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16 November 2010
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Daniel Rosas, TES America
The Latin America PE/VC Report recently spoke with Daniel Rosas, President...
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20 September 2010
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Wang Shu Chen, Adespec
Wang Shu Chen, Founder of Adespec, a Brazilian-based producer of...
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13 July 2010
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Walter Kissling of NAVSAT
Walter Kissling, Founder and President of Navsat, a location-based...
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10 May 2010
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Bruno Giuffra, Promotick
LAVCA spoke with Bruno Giuffra, Founder and Executive Director of...
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18 November 2021
General Atlantic and Dragoneer Investment Group Invest USD150m in Brazil’s Arco
Dragoneer Investment Group and General Atlantic invested USD100m and...
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30 September 2021
YC and Public.com Lead USD5.7m Seed Round for Retail Investment Platform Sprout
YC and NY-based retail investment platform Public.com led a USD5.7m seed...
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31 July 2021
XP SPAC Raises USD200m on the Nasdaq
XPAC Acquisition Corp, a SPAC formed by XP Investimentos, raised USD200m...
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9 March 2021
2021 EMPEA | LAVCA Structuring for Exit Report
2021 EMPEA | LAVCA Structuring for Exit Report is a deep dive analysis of...
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3 February 2021
IDB Invest Provides US$30m in Debt Financing to Brazilian Fintech Creditas
IDB Invest provided US$30m in debt financing to Brazilian fintech...
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16 June 2020
Kaszek Ventures Leads a US$10m Series A in Colombian Proptech La Haus
KaszeK Ventures led a US$10m Series A in La Haus, a Colombian proptech for...
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14 May 2020
Oria Capital Invests R$40m in Brazilian Recruiting Platform Gupy
Oria Capital invested R$40m in Brazilian AI-powered recruiting platform...
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19 December 2019
Lightcone Investments, Genesis Capital Ventures, and KFVC Invest in EmpleosTI
Lightcone Investments, Genesis Capital Ventures, and KFVC participated in...
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9 August 2019
ALLVP Exits WeexMobile Through a Sale to Yonder Media Mobile
ALLVP exited WeexMobile, a Mexican MVNO targeting millennials, through a...
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3 April 2019
Accion Invests in Digital Information & Payments Platform CÍVICO
Accion made an undisclosed investment in CÍVICO, a digital information...
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22 May 2018
Parallell18 Ventures Invests in Fintech and Insurance Startups from Puerto Rico and Argentina
Puerto Rico’s Science, Technology and Research Trust (PRSTRT) will...
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26 March 2018
Syngenta Acquires Brazil's Agtech Startup Strider
Strider, an agtech pest-monitoring platform, has been acquired by...
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24 January 2018
Undisclosed Investors Make Investment Rappi (en español)
UPDATE: Bloomberg reports that as of February 27, 2018 Rappi has raised...
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11 January 2018
State of the Industry: 2017 VC Deal Activity & Highlights
The entrance of major global investors into a string of recent early and...
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18 November 2017
International & LatAm Investors Make US$15m Investment in Trocafone
Sallfort Privatbank AG, MIT Castor Ventures Fund, FJ Labs, Rocketship, and...
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11 October 2017
IFC Leads US$10m Series B in Mexico's Konfío
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) led a US$10m Series B...
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13 July 2017
Berrini Ventures and Bossa Nova Partner to Invest in Brazilian Health Startups (em português)
Bossa Nova Investimentos and Berrini Ventures are partnering to help...
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2 June 2017
KaszeK Ventures Closes US$200m Latin America Tech Focused Fund
Two months after initial fundraising, KaszeK Ventures closed its third...
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6 April 2017
Ley de FinTech in the Works as FinTech Hurricane Hits Mexico (en español)
Mexico is in the process of passing Ley de FinTech to regulate the sector,...
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13 February 2017
Santander to Foster Tech Ventures in Brazil
Santander Bank has launched a new initiative in partnership with Endeavor...
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3 February 2017
KaszeK Ventures Invests in Digital House Coding School
KaszeK Ventures invested an undisclosed amount in Digital House, a Buenos...
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1 December 2016
Fandango Acquires Peru-based Cinepapaya
Movile and 500 Startups exited Peruvian movie ticket platform Cinepapaya,...
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17 October 2016
A Look into Chile’s Innovative Startup Government
(TechCrunch) The rise of “Chilecon Valley” — as the nascent startup...
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28 September 2016
Why Have Some of Silicon Valley’s Top Investors Started Investing in Latin America?
LAVCA Director of Venture Strategy, Julie Ruvolo, lays out the venture...
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8 September 2016
Glassdoor Acquires Kaszek's Love Mondays
Glassdoor acquired LoveMondays, a workplace review site in São Paulo, to...
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17 June 2016
Venture Capital Acts as Driving Economic Growth Force in Latin America Study Shows
(FOMIN) Over the last 20 years the Multilateral Investment Fund, along...
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3 May 2014
Kueski Secures First Round of Funding Led by Crunchfund, Core Ventures Group and Angel Ventures Mexico
(Press Release) Kueski, the leading online micro-lending platform for...
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11 June 2013
Natue, Backed by Project A Ventures, Announces New Investment Deal
(Pulso Social) Natue, a Brazilian e-commerce platform for natural products...
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13 October 2012
The lure of Chilecon Valley
(The Economist) October 13, 2012 – One by one they came to the stage...
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10 August 2012
Intel Capital announces investment in Brazilian “virtual shopping”
(Intel Capital) August 10, 2012 – Intel Capital, Intel’s global...
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12 December 2011
Uruguay-based Scanntech Receives US$10M from Sequoia Capital (en español)
(El Observador) December 12, 2011 – Scanntech, a Uruguay-based company...
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7 September 2011
Redpoint and Accel Back Brazil’s Online Subscription E-Commerce Site Shoes4You
(TechCrunch) September 7, 2011 – Shoes4you, a company that sells...
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11 May 2011
Open English Closes $4.25M Series B Financing
(Open English) May 11, 2011 —Open English, the leading online language...
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9 June 2010
Clinton, Giustra and Slim Launch USD $20 Million Fund in Colombia
(Clinton Foundation) June 9, 2010 – President Bill Clinton, Frank...
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31 March 2010
Playdom acquires Three Melons social game company in Argentina
(VentureBeat) March 31- Playdom, the fast-growing social gaming company in...