Global Founders Capital led a US$30m investment in Kovi, a Brazilian provider of rental cars for on-demand drivers in Latin America, with participation from Quona Capital, and follow-on from monashees,…
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Qualcomm Ventures led a R$40m investment in idwall, a Brazilian validation and identification services startup, with participation from ONEVC and Grupo Globo, and follow-on from monashees and Canary. (Globo) A…
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ONEVC closed its inaugural US$30m cross-border seed fund to invest in US and Latin American startups, with an additional US$8m in commitments for special-purpose vehicles to invest in later stage…
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Monashees led a US$10.5m seed investment in Kovi ,provider of rental cars for on-demand drivers in Latin America, with participation from MAYA Capital and ONEVC. Co-founders Adhemar Milani Neto (CEO)…
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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.
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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,…