Brex acquires three companies to build out its bank alternative for startups

Brex wants to help startups get the money that traditional big banks won’t...


Brazil’s new fintech startup Cora raised $10 million on the strength of its founding team

It didn’t take much for the founders of Cora, Brazil’s newest...


Latin America Roundup: Uber acquires Cornershop, Softbank invests in Buser and Olist

Brazil continued to churn out unicorns this month, with Curitiba-based Ebanx...


Groww, an investment app for millennials in India, raises $21.4M

Of the 1.3 billion people who live in India, more than 100 million of whom are...


Root Insurance valuation hits $3.65 billion in latest round led by DST Global and Coatue

Root Insurance, an Ohio-based car insurance startup that uses smartphone...


India’s 9-month-old CRED raises $120M to help people improve their financial behavior

Many Silicon Valley companies and fintech startups in India today share a common...


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...


Equity transcribed: Slack’s IPO, the VCs behind Facebook Libra, founder salaries and trouble in scooter-land

Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity. This week,...


Why is Andreessen Horowitz (and everyone else) investing in Latin America now?

Investments by U.S. venture capital firms into Latin America are skyrocketing...