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.
Mobile
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Angel Network Verus Group Invests in Hands
28 June 2017Angel 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…
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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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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…
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ALLVP and Coca-Cola Make Follow-on Investment in weex
29 March 2017ALLVP 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…
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Entrepreneur Profile: Guille Freire, co-founder and CEO, Trocafone
20 February 2017Trocafone 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…
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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…
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Didi Chuxing Leads ~US$100m Investment in 99 (em português)
4 January 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…
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Brazil’s Nubank Receives US$80m Series D
7 December 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…
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IGNIA Leads Investment Round in Mexico’s Sr. Pago (en español)
23 November 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…