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  • Tpaga Andrés Gutiérrez LAVCA Venture Investors

    TPAGA Co-Founder Andrés Gutiérrez on Bringing Mobile Payments to Colombia’s Unbanked

    February 6, 2018

    TPaga 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.

  • Hands Brasil Verus Group

    Angel Network Verus Group Invests in Hands

    June 28, 2017

    Angel network Verus Group made an undisclosed investment in Hands, a Brazilian mobile advertising platform with an MDM (mobile data management) platform. (Press Release) O Verus Group, grupo de investidores…

  • Tpaga Colombia Y Combinator LAVCA Venture Investors

    Y Combinator Invests in Colombian Startup Tpaga (en español)

    June 21, 2017

    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…

  • Joinnus LAVCA Venture Investors Wayra Grupo RFP UTEC Ventures

    Grupo RFP Invests US$500k in Peru’s Joinnus (en español)

    May 26, 2017

    Grupo RFP invested US$500k in Joinnus, a Peru-based mobile and web full-service event platform accelerated by Wayra, the accelerator of Telefonica Open Future_, and UTEC Ventures. Watch an Entrepreneur Session…

  • Weex ALLVP Coca-Cola LAVCA Venture Investors

    ALLVP and Coca-Cola Make Follow-on Investment in weex

    March 29, 2017

    ALLVP made a follow-on investment alongside Coca-Cola and other co-investors in weex, a mobile telco start-up. Funds will be used for expansion and converting the company into Mexico’s largest mobile…

  • Entrepreneur Profile: Guille Freire, co-founder and CEO, Trocafone

    February 20, 2017

    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…

  • Axon Partners Group Leads Round in Mexico’s Simpati Mobile (en español)

    January 23, 2017

    Axon Partners Group led an investment in Simpati Mobile via its fund, Amerigo Ventures Pacífico. Simpati is a Mexican mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) focused on servicing working women. (Press…

  • Didi Chuxing Monashees+, Qualcomm Ventures Tiger Global LAVCA Venture Investors

    Didi Chuxing Leads ~US$100m Investment in 99 (em português)

    January 4, 2017

    (Valor Econômico) Chinese transportation giant Didi Chuxing led an investment in Brazilian rideshare company 99 (formerly 99 Taxis) of over US$100m. The investment round also included participation from monashees+, Qualcomm…

  • nubank LAVCA Venture Investors Redpoint eventures Ribbit Capital DST

    Brazil’s Nubank Receives US$80m Series D

    December 7, 2016

    (New York Times) DST Global, the investment firm started by Russian venture capitalist Yuri Milner, led a US$80m round in Nubank, with participation from Redpoint Ventures and Ribbit Capital. Prior…

  • IGNIA Sr. Pago LAVCA Venture Investors

    IGNIA Leads Investment Round in Mexico’s Sr. Pago (en español)

    November 23, 2016

    (Press Release) IGNIA has invested an undisclosed amount in Mexico-based mobile payment solutions app Sr. Pago, which allows any business to accept payments from a debit or credit card via tablet…

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    January 25, 2021
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    January 19, 2021
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    January 15, 2021
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    January 13, 2021
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    January 11, 2021
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    January 11, 2021
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    January 7, 2021
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    December 17, 2020
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