Y Combinator

monashees and Base10 led a US$5.3m seed investment in Nowports, a Mexican automated freight platform, with participation from investors including Y Combinator, Broadhaven, Soma Capital, Partech, Tekton, and Paul Buchheit.…

Colombian agtech Frubana raised US$12m over two rounds. monashees, Y Combinator, Kairos and GE32 Capital invested US$2m pre-seed, and Kairos led a US$10m seed round. Frubana was founded in 2018…

Magma Partners made an undisclosed investment in Truora, a Colombian fraud detection startup providing instant background checks. (LatAm List) Truora is on a mission to combat fraud in Latin America…

 Foundation Capital made a US$6m investment in Colombian edtech Platzi. Other investors include Omidyar Network, Mountain Nazca Chile, Y Combinator and 500 Startups. (Contxto) Platzi, a Colombian startup specializing in…

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…

Nilo Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Keynua, a Peruvian visual identity platform that is backed by Y Combinator (W19 cohort). (Medium) Around the globe, investors have taken notice of…

SkyDrop, a Mexican shipping logistics platform for online retailers, raised US$5m from Variv Capital, Y Combinator, FJ Labs, Sierra Ventures, EasyPost, Soma Capital, Sinai Ventures, GMF and Dynamo, a previous investor. SkyDrop participated in Y Combinator’s Spring 2018 cohort.

monashees+, Sinai Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, 500 Startups, Base10 Partners and others made an undisclosed seed investment in Grin, an e-scooter company that just joined Y Combinator.

Sinai Ventures, Mexamerica Ventures and others made a US$1.46m investment in Flint, a Mexican mobile wallet app that was accelerated at Y Combinator in 2018.

Ubits, a Colombian corporate learning platform, will receive a US$120k investment from Y Combinator as part of its Spring 2018 cohort.