Iporanga Ventures led a ~USD720k pre-seed round for Abstra, a Brazilian no-code app development environment for corporates, with participation from YC.  (Press Release) – Democratizar a programação, possibilitando a mais…

NY-based hedge fund Luxor Capital led a USD14.3m seed round for Treinta, a Colombia-based sales and inventory management platform for SMEs, with participation from Goodwater Capital, Y Combinator, First Check…

Y Combinator led a USD2.5m round for Conta Simples, a Brazilian finance management platform enabling SMEs to issue corporate cards to manage supplier payments. Conta Simples raised ~USD2.6m in a round…

LAIKA, a Colombian e-commerce platform for pet goods and services, raised a USD12m Series A from Y Combinator, InQlab, Streamlined Ventures and angel Justin Mateen (Tinder). LAIKA raised USD5m from Soma…

Houm, a Chilean home purchase and rental marketplace with operations in Chile, Mexico and Colombia, raised a USD8m round from Y Combinator, Goodwater Ventures, ONEVC and Vast VC, and follow-on…

Cometa (formerly Variv Capital) led a USD5m seed round for Simetrik, a Colombian B2B platform for automatic financial reconciliation , with follow-on from monashees, Global Founders Capital, Mercado Libre and…

KASZEK led a BRL16m seed round for Zapt, a Brazilian discount offer social commerce platform, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Simon Last (Notion), Pierpaolo Barbieri (Uala) and Daniel…

Company: Heru Investors: Mountain Nazca, Flourish Ventures, Magma Partners, Y Combinator, Xtraordinary Ventures Interview with: Co-Founders Stiven Rodriguez and Mateo Jaramillo A recent study conducted by Flourish Ventures, MEI Facil,…

Blockchange Ventures and UK-based VC Pomp led a US$5.25m round in Valiu, a Colombian fintech focused on remittances and dollar-based accounts for international transfers in Colombia and Venezuela, with participation…

 Mountain Nazca led a US$1.7m round in Heru, a Mexican personal finance and fiscal management platform for independent workers, with participation from Flourish Ventures, Magma Partners, YC, and Xtraordinary Venture…