Jüsto raises $65M, Flink aims to be the Robinhood for LatAm, Brazilian startups raise a record $633M in Jan.

David Smyth

February 10, 2021

ℹ️ This is the first edition of a free weekly newsletter giving you a roundup of startup news in Latin America.

Funding news 💸

Mexican online grocery delivery startup Jüsto raises a huge $65M Series A. Justo is led by ex-Cabify CEO Ricardo Weder and only launched in 2019
Brazil-based Rocket.chat raised a $19M Series A for it's open source enterprise messaging tool. Rocket.chat reports 16 million users from 150 countries
Mexican Neobank Flink raises $12M from Accel to be the Robinhood of Latin America
Colombian fintech Aflore that offers lending and insurance products to middle-class Colombians gets $6.6M
Brazilian fintech Monkey raises a $12M series A

Other funding: Altum Lab, Houseasy, InEvent, Peerdustry, Mindminers, Play2sell

Brazilian Neobank Nubank will look to uses it's recent $400M in funding to conquer the Mexican market
Colombian cannabis startup Clever Leaves will begin shipping and distributing medical cannabis in the United States.
Argentine robotics startup EVA Robotics is powering a chain of fully roboticized convenience stores in NYC.
Brazilian fintech Grão has launched a digital account with Visa to help Brazilians save money
Ecuadorian app Storybook, which helps children sleep better; has been downloaded more than 1 million times

Mexican VC DILA closes a new $35M investment fund, seeking to invest in 20 companies doing business in Latam
Backed by Softbank, Igah Ventures closes a $130M fund to invest in Brazilian startups

Brazilian construction startup JuntosSomosMais has acquired a stake in Conecta Reforma, a São Paulo startup that connects customers with construction service providers
SumaSaas has acquired Bind, a Mexican cloud accounting startup as it continues to build out a suite of products for Latin American SMB's

Enzo Cavalie talks about why he invested in the seed round of Peruvian recruiting-tech startup Talently
Brazilian startups raises a record breaking $633M in January
Mexican Insurtech Guros' CEO, Juanma Gironella talks about the evolution of auto insurance in Latin America
The Mexican offline messaging app Bridgefy was downloaded more than 1 million times in a few hours last week during the coup in Myanmar
Humberto Pertuz (CEO of Vozy) talks about how voice technology will revolutionize the fintech industry

Santiago Suarez (CEO of Addi) talks about his entrepreneurial journey and fintech in Latam
Rodrigo Sánchez-Río (La Haus CEO): Helping Latin Americans Find their Ideal Homes
Brian Requarth (Latitud Co-founder) on The Frye Show talks about his book "Viva the Entrepreneur" and his own entrepreneurial journey

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