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SoftBank will invest US$1b in Colombian delivery app Rappi, split 50/50 between SoftBank’s Vision Fund and the new SoftBank Innovation Fund. Rappi is the first investment from the US$5b Innovation…

Rappi acquired Payit, a Mexican blockchain-based payments platform, for an undisclosed amount. (La Republica) La plataforma colombiana de entrega de pedidos a domicilio, Rappi, adquirió la startup mexicana de pagos…

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DST Global led a US$200m investment round in Colombian on-demand delivery startup, Rappi, which is now valued north of US$1b, as first reported by Axios.  (TechCrunch) Rappi, the Colombian on-demand delivery…

UPDATE: Bloomberg reports that as of February 27, 2018 Rappi has raised US$185m from Delivery Hero, Sequoia Capital & Andreessen Horowitz, among others.  Undisclosed investors made a US$130m investment in Rappi,…

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…

Andreessen Horowitz invested an undisclosed amount in Rappi, a Colombian grocery delivery service. This is Andreessen Horowitz’ first investment in Latin America. Redpoint e.Ventures invested previously.

Rappido, Movile’s on-demand delivery and distribution service, is gaining traction in Mexico on the heels of a merger with 99Motos, Rappido’s Brazilian competitor, earlier this year. Via TechCrunch: In Mexico,…

Canary, Atlantico, and Big Bets led a R$7.5m round in Brazilian event planning platform Festalab. (Contxto) Coronavirus (Covid-19) may be reducing the number of social gatherings. But party-planning platform FestaLab still has…