SoftBank invested USD200m in Brazilian bitcoin exchange Mercado Bitcoin, at a reported USD2.1b valuation. GP Investimentos’ Inova Fund and Parallax Ventures led a ~USD40m round in January; this is the…
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GP Investimentos and Parallax Ventures Lead R$200m Round in Bitcoin Exchange Mercado Bitcoin
January 21, 2021GP Investimentos’ Inova Fund and Parallax Ventures led a R$200m round in Brazilian bitcoin exchange Mercado Bitcoin, with participation from Evora Fund, HS Investimentos, Banco Plural, and Gear Ventures. Mercado…
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Pecunio Venture Capital Invests US$3m in Advertising & Cryptocurrency Startup Woonkly (en español)
November 7, 2018Pecunio Venture Capital invested US$3m in Woonkly, an advertising startup based in Jalisco that created its own ‘woonk’ cryptocurrency.
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Investors Launch US$50m Crypto Assets Fund
August 22, 2017Invermaster Ventures and ARG Capital partnered with Ripio co-founder David Garcia to launch Crypto Assets Fund, a US$50m crypto-currency fund. (Press Release) Crypto Assets Fund (“CAF”) is the new initiative…
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Medici Ventures Invests in Argentinian Bitcoin Startup Ripio
April 26, 2017Blockchain technology investor Medici Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Argentinian bitcoin platform Ripio, which has over seventy thousand users across Argentina and Brazil and is in the process of…
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Argentina’s Ripio Lands US$1.9m to Promote Financial Inclusion in South America Using Bitcoin
January 3, 2017(TechCrunch) Ripio (formerly BitPagos) closed a US$1.9m Series A round to expand its services in its native South America. The round was led by China-based Huiyin Blockchain Venture with participation…
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Bitcoin Exchange Startup Bitso Receives US$2.5m
September 28, 2016(Coin Desk) Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has received US$2.5m from foreign exchange company, Monex Group, and others including Mexican venture capital investors Variv Capital and Xochi Ventures. Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has raised…