Rappi and Oyo pare staff as Vision Fund companies trim costs, target profits
This week we’ve covered layoffs at unicorns both inside the Vision Fund...
Latin America Roundup: XP’s chart-topping IPO, Wildlife becomes a unicorn, SoftBank backs Konfio
Latin America’s startup and investment ecosystem has likely more than...
VTEX, an e-commerce platform used by Walmart, raises $140M led by SoftBank’s LatAm fund
E-commerce now accounts for 14% of all retail sales, and its growth has led to a...
Latin America Roundup: Uber acquires Cornershop, Softbank invests in Buser and Olist
Brazil continued to churn out unicorns this month, with Curitiba-based Ebanx...
Visa pitches a program offering fintechs faster market access through an ecosystem of partners
Visa is pitching a new way for startups in the fintech space to get to market...
From seed to Series A: Scaling a startup in Latin America today
It’s not easy to raise growth-stage capital in Latin America, but...
The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
The houses along the tree-lined blocks of Josina Avenue in Palo Alto, with their...
SoftBank makes a huge bet on Latin America
Rappi, an on-demand delivery startup, is raising $1 billion from the Japanese...
Bringing affiliate marketing and outsourced customer acquisition to Brazil nets Escale $22.6 million
Despite not being Brazilian and having their first exposure to the country only...
Brazilian startup Yellow raises $63M — the largest Series A ever for a Latin American startup
After selling their ridesharing startup, 99, to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion...