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| 11.03.2026 | Divibank registra crescimento de 13 vezes em faturamento após pivotagem; entenda | A Divibank registrou aumento de 13 vezes em seu faturamento em 2025 na comparação com 2024, após pivotar sua atuação para o mercado de pagamentos. O crescimento também foi acompanhado por uma expansão de 11 vezes no volume total de pagament... |
| 14.09.2023 | 8 Latin American VCs share why they’re brimming with optimism about the region’s startups | It would be foolish to dismiss Latin America as a has-been after the past couple years of economic turmoil. Granted, the region is no longer minting unicorns at the pace it used to, but fewer SoftBank-backed high spenders in the region is n... |
| 28.04.2022 | DeltaX wants to digitize the Andean region’s trucking sector | Transportation startup DeltaX is accelerating its plans to digitize the trucking industry in its native Bolivia and beyond thanks to a recent $1 million seed round.
DeltaX operates in the same space as Convoy, Loadsmart and Sennder – freigh... |
| 13.01.2022 | Has Y Combinator’s new deal changed the early-stage investing game? | Y Combinator’s newly announced plan to invest more capital into startups that take part in its accelerator program is more controversial than many first assumed.
By raising its so-called “standard deal” to include an additional $375,000, th... |
| 30.06.2021 | Mexican Auto Insurer Guros Closes $6M Round | Mexican car insurance platform Guros recently closed a $6 million investment round, leaving it with a valuation of $30 million. The round was led by F-Prime Capital and Cometa with participation from Clocktower and Snejina Zacharia, cofound... |
| 03.06.2021 | Kushki cierra una ronda de $86M liderada por Softbank y Kaszek y alcanza una valoración de $600M. Acude GED (Conexo) y otros inversores | 03/06/2021
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KUSHKI CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $86 MILLONES LIDERADA POR SOFTBANK Y KASZEK Y ALCANZA UNA VALORACIÓN DE $600 MILLONES. ACUDE GED (CONEXO) Y OTROS INVERSORES.
La Fintech latinoamericana de pagos en línea ha logrado lev... |
| 02.12.2020 | YC-backed Heru raises $1.7M to build software services for Latin American gig workers | Given the attention that TechCrunch pays to Y Combinator’s Demo Days, we also try to keep tabs on the same startups as they scale and raise more capital. Yesterday we covered YC Winter 2020 participant BuildBuddy, for example. Today we’re t... |
| 06.07.2020 | How Startups Are Driving Productivity In Latin America Amidst The Global Crisis | 46 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund with offices in the U.S., Latin America, and China. Follow him on Twitter @nathanlustig.
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| 06.07.2020 | How Startups Are Driving Productivity In Latin America Amidst The Global Crisis | 44 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund with offices in the U.S., Latin America, and China. Follow him on Twitter @nathanlustig.
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| 06.05.2020 | Latin America Roundup: Big rounds, big mergers and a $3.8M pandemic fund from Nubank | Sophia Wood Contributor
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Sophia Wood is a Venture Partner at Magma Partners . Sophia is also the co-founder of LatAm List, an English-language Latin American tech news source.
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| 19.02.2020 | A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia | The Latin American startup scene is attracting more and more attention and investments. In 2018, venture capital investments in Latin America doubled for the second consecutive year, according to LAVCA’s Annual Review of Tech Investment in ... |
| 07.07.2019 | What The VC Landscape Is Really Like For Latin America’s Female Founders | 86 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Guest post by Sophia Wood, Principal at Magma Partners, a Latin America-focused seed-stage venture capital firm with offices in Latin America, Asia, and the U.S. Wood is also the co-founder of LatAm... |
| 02.07.2019 | From seed to Series A: Scaling a startup in Latin America today | Nathan Lustig Contributor
Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund in Santiago, Chile.
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| 12.02.2019 | Investors are pouring money into Latin America’s logistics and shipping businesses | New technology companies are poised to transform the shipping and freight industry across Latin America.
Startups like Liftit, a Colombian provider of trucking services, and Nowports, a Mexican freight shipping startup, are angling to be th... |
| 03.02.2019 | Acquihiring in Latin America: An untapped opportunity | Acquihiring is a common practice in Silicon Valley as a way for large tech companies to hire talented teams with a proven track record. Unlike an acquisition, where the purpose is to purchase a company for its product or service, an acquihi... |
| 03.02.2019 | Acquihiring in Latin America: An untapped opportunity | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Acquihiring is a common practice in Silicon Valle... |
| 10.12.2018 | 2018: The Year VC In Latin America Began To Close The Gap | 82 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Nathan Lustig is a serial entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund with offices in the US, Latin America, and China. Follow him on Twitter @nathanlustig.
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| 10.12.2018 | 2018: The Year VC In Latin America Began To Close The Gap | 83 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Nathan Lustig is a serial entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund with offices in the US, Latin America, and China. Follow him on Twitter @nathanlustig.
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| 04.10.2018 | Startup accelerators helped spark Latin America’s tech boom | Agustín Esperón Contributor
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Agustín Esperón is the co-founder and UX/art director at Wideo.
Five years ago, no startups from Latin America were participating in prestigious U.S. accelerators like 500 Startups or Y Combinato... |
| 07.09.2018 | Latin America is the next stage in the race for dominance in the ride-hailing market | Nathan Lustig Contributor
Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund in Santiago, Chile.
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| 13.07.2018 | How Start-Up Chile Helps Entrepreneurs and Chile Alike | The Start-Up Chile accelerator was arguably the spark that ignited Chile’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Chilean government, through the development agency CORFO, founded Start-Up Chile in 2010 as a way to bring in foreign entrepreneurs wh... |
| 29.05.2018 | Latin America’s Movile is quietly building a mobile empire | Nathan Lustig Contributor
Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund in Santiago, Chile.
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| 07.02.2018 | Magma Partners Launches $15M Fund to Support LatAm Startups; Announces First China-LatAm Accelerator | Magma Partners, an early stage venture capital firm with offices in the U.S. and Latin America, has held the first close of its second $15M fund.
The new fund will continue supporting the growth of U.S. incorporated startups with technology... |
| 29.12.2017 | Latin America’s Groupon Mafia | Nathan Lustig Contributor
Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund in Santiago, Chile.
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| 17.12.2017 | Chinese investors target Latin American startups as U.S. VCs shy away | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Traditionally, Latin America has turned to the Un... |
| 17.12.2017 | Chinese investors target Latin American startups as U.S. VCs shy away | Traditionally, Latin America has turned to the United States for trade and financing opportunities from institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). However, under the Trump Administration, economic rel... |
| 19.05.2017 | A new era for startup investing in Latin America | Nathan Lustig Contributor
Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund in Santiago, Chile.
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| 14.05.2017 | How to find a job in one of Latin America’s tech hubs | I’ve lived in Santiago, Chile for six years, and in just this short time I’ve witnessed Latin America’s tech ecosystem grow by leaps and bounds. Programs like Start-Up Chile, 500 Startups: Latam, and NXTP Labs are seeding Latin America’s te... |
| 14.05.2017 | How to find a job in one of Latin America’s tech hubs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I’ve lived in Santiago, Chile for six years, and ... |
| 19.04.2017 | Colombian Fintech Startup Portal Finance Secures Investment from Magma Partners | Portal Finance, a Bogota, Colombia-based fintech startup, won Magma Partners‘ recent FinTech competition.
The company was awarded with an equity investment and is now part of the Magma Partners portfolio.
Co-founded by Diego Caicedo, Felipe... |
| 16.10.2016 | A Look into Chile’s innovative startup government | Conrad Egusa Contributor
Conrad Egusa is the CEO of Publicize.
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| - | Yana puts mental health support in the pocket of six million Spanish speakers | When Mexican-born entrepreneur Andrea Campos decided to create a digital tool to improve her own mental health, she knew millions of other Spanish speakers could also benefit from it. What she didn’t know was her app would become a lifeline... |
| - | Venture capital, an oxygen tank for Latino entrepreneurs in times of crisis | Behind every successful entrepreneur, there is always a first sponsor. In this context, venture capital funds have been playing a crucial role in the life of businesses all accross Latin America. The region has great potential to innovate a... |
| - | Mexico-based Plerk raises $1 million from Magma Partners to expand in the region | Out of Y Combinator, the Guadalajara-based fintech/HR startup Plerk raised $1 million from Magma Partners, 500 Startups, Y Combinator itself, Peak Capital, Horseplay Ventures and MGV Capital Group.
Founded by former Rappi employees Miguel M... |
