LATAM Business Weekly By dataPlor A collection of the week's best articles about doing business in Latin America 303 subscribers 35 issues Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh Are you a robot? 🤖
Goldman Sachs Lends $100 Million to Mexican Startup Konfio, QuintoAndar Becomes Brazil’s Newest Unicorn, Mexican Government Injects $5 Billion into Pemex, and more from LatAm... #35 Sep 13, 2019
Brazilian VC Base Partners Closes Over $135 Million For Second Latin America-Focused Growth Fund, Chile’s Central Bank Cuts Benchmark Rate to 9-Year Low as Economy Weakens, Gympass’ Success Story and Plans for Expansion, and more from LatAm... #34 Sep 6, 2019
Kaszek Ventures Raises $600M Across Two Funds, Huawei Expresses Interest in Building the First Undersea Fiber-optic Cable between South America and Asia, Coinbase Acquires Argentinian Cryptocurrency Platform Xapo for $55M, and more from LatAm... #33 Aug 30, 2019
#32 Aug 23, 2019 Silicon Valley is Turning to Mexico for Talent, United States aims to Double Financing in Latin America to $12 billion, Globalizing Fintech In Action: Forbes Interview with Nubank Co-Founder David Vélez, and more from Latin America... – Other featured stories include: Brazil's Economy Minister Threatens to Quit Mercosur if Populist Oppo
#31 Aug 16, 2019 China's Huawei to invest $800 million in new Brazil factory, SoftBank’s Latin American Billion-Dollar Deal Binge, Colombia fines Uber more than $629,000, and more… – Other featured stories this week include: Brazil's Resultados Digitais’ $50 Million USD Funding Round
#30 Aug 9, 2019 An Entrepreneur's Guide to the Brazilian Startup Ecosystem, SoftBank leads $231M investment round for Creditas, Lessons from Leaders in Latin America’s Retail Banking Market, and more from LatAm… – Other featured stories include: Data rigging is latest Chile salmon farm scandal, Cult-Favorite Topo
#29 Aug 2, 2019 Meet the Mexican Electric Car Looking To Disrupt The Market, BBVA’s Resilience in Mexican Market Helps Bank Beat Profit Estimates, How Latin American Startups Are Following in China’s Footsteps, and more. – Mexico might soon have its own electric car composed entirely of Mexican talent and components, Europ
#28 Jul 26, 2019 dataPlor Raises $2M to Digitize Small Businesses in Emerging Markets, Latin America’s Digital Tax Conundrum, a Wave of Compliance Measures Sweeps Across the region, and more… – dataPlor raised its third round of seed capital to digitize Latin American small businesses, Colombia
#27 Jul 19, 2019 Didi’s Latin American Expansion Invigorates Regional Competition with Uber, Brazilian Pension Reform “Has Markets Feeling Downright Celebratory”, Nubank surpasses 10 million Brazilian Clients, and more…. – This week in LatAm: Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing launched financial services in Brazil and
#26 Jul 12, 2019 Goldman Sachs looks to capitalize on new opportunities in Latin American fintech, Finance Chief’s Resignation Deepens Doubts in Mexico, and more from Latin America – Other stories this week include: Brazilian health-tech Feegow Clinic raises R$20 million, FOMO’s unde
#25 Jul 5, 2019 Uber partners with BBVA and Mastercard to offer debit card to local drivers, Latin American VC Funding Trends, Grow Mobility hits 10 million ride milestone, EU-Mercosur Treaty, and more from the region... – Featured stories include: the top four big trends in Latin American startup funding, Grow Mobility’s
#24 Jun 28, 2019 Mexican Walmart launches grocery orders via WhatsApp, Newly Launched Latin American Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index, Ride-hailing's billion dollar LatAm business, and more from the region... – This week, Walmart began offering grocery delivery from its Superama stores via messaging service Wha
#23 Jun 21, 2019 SoftBank's Brazilian investments, Latin American legislation's benefits for American entrepreneurs , and more – This week, SoftBank bet big on Brazilian business, Platzi raised $6M USD in a Series A funding round,
#22 Jun 14, 2019 Softbank Vision Fund invests $100M in Brazil’s Loggi, Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi’s future Latin American expansion, PayPal’s Involvement in Mexican SMB lending, and more from Latin America… – This week, logistics startup Loggi became the newest Brazilian unicorn, Didi announced expansion plan
#21 Jun 7, 2019 Rappi announces plans to launch Visa debit card, Netflix collaborates with Latin American Youtubers to promote engagement, Brazilan payments startup Celcoin raises $1.5M and more from the region… – This week, Rappi entered the neobanking market, Netflix tapped into their Latin American consumer bas
#20 May 31, 2019 Kobalt Music’s booming Latin business, Colony Capital launches $5B dollar Latin American fund, and more from the region… – Rise of Latin music industry, Colony Capital to invest $5B in the region, Chile's electric transporta
#19 May 24, 2019 Domican Republic’s transformation into a global production hub, Mexican government’s tax program discussions, and more from LatAm…
#18 May 17, 2019 Chinese investment throughout LatAm, emerging presence of fintech in the region, delivery service streamlining in Brazil, and more... – Where China is most heavily investing in Latin America, Brazilian fintech Nubank launches in Mexico,
#17 May 10, 2019 LATAM Business Weekly - Issue #17 – SoftBank Invests $20M into Mexican fintech startup Clip, Grupo Zap introduces instant home buyer mode
#16 May 3, 2019 LATAM Business Weekly - Issue #16 – “Latin America’s moment has arrived” among global Venture Capital, Softbank confirms $1B investment i
