TPaga, a Colombian mobile payment platform, raised a USD10m Series A from EWA Capital, Mountain Partners, Star 26, Fundación Botnar and New Ventures. TPaga raised USD2.2m from Green Visor Capital…
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TPAGA Co-Founder Andrés Gutiérrez on Bringing Mobile Payments to Colombia’s Unbanked
February 6, 2018TPaga is a Colombia-based mobile payment platform for the unbanked. In 2017, Silicon Valley fund Green Visor Capital led a US$2.5m investment in Tpaga, and Y Combinator invested US$120k. Co-founder Andrés Gutiérrez talks with LAVCA about how TPaga emerged from running Tappsi, a Colombian taxi app that merged with Easy in 2015, the opportunity to bring mobile payments to the unbanked, and the importance of competition.
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Green Visor Capital in Silicon Valley led a US$2.2m investment in Tpaga, a Colombia-based mobile payment platform from the founders of Tappsi. Y Combinator invested US$120k in Tpaga this year.…
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Y Combinator will invest more than US$100k in Colombia-based mobile payment platform Tpaga. (Dinero) Tpaga, una aplicación desarrollada por los mismos creadores de Tappsi, se consolida con su promesa de…
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US Investors in LatAm Startups (2013-2017)
February 26, 2018When it comes to international players investing in Latin American startups, US investors dominate the list, representing 67% of all global investors into LatAm startups since 2013.
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New Global Investors in LatAm Startups (2017)
February 26, 2018There were 24 global investors making debut investments in LatAm in 2017, including notable deals by Softbank and Didi Chuxing, as well as new funds TheVentureCity and ONEVC.
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Seeking A New Approach: Colombian Tech & VC
December 8, 2017The period January-June 2017 marked a milestone for Colombia venture capital. For the first time since LAVCA began capturing VC data, Colombia became the second most active market in terms of VC dollars with US$67m invested across six deals. In November, LAVCA participated in Smart Capital Colombia, hosted by Ruta N and Capitalia Colombia. READ LAVCA’s update on the Colombian startup ecosystem and download LAVCA’s presentation.