Funding news 💸

• Mexican challenger bank Fondeadora raises another $14M
• Colombian cyber-security startup Lumu raises a $7.5M series A
• Mexico based corporate spending management startup comes out of stealth-mode and raises $3.5M
• Brazilian edtech Digital Innovation One raises $3.5M to train more software developers

Other funding: Acqio,Shopper, Cloud Humans, Sled, Quiron, Skillhub

Startup news 💡

• Colombian shipping startup Picap to enter the Mexican market. Entrepreneur.com also profiled Pibox - the company's last-mile delivery arm
• Mexican space startup, Space JLTZ partners with SpaceX to launch a private satellite next year
• Rappi and Davivienda form an alliance to launch a new bank in Colombia
• Gonddo the Brazilian product discovery platform is the latest LatAm company to join YCombinator

Startup profiles: Houm, Tributi, Cubbo

Investor & Accelerator news 🚀

• Backed by YCombinator, wOS an online fitness platform launches in Latin America
• Female first VC fund Amplifica Capital closes it's first funding and is looking for female founders in Mexico
• Terracotta Ventures announced a $20M fund looking to invest in construction and proptech startups

Mergers and acquisitions 🤝

• Brazilian software giant acquires 92% of marketing/CRM platform, RD Station
• Brazilian antifraud platform Konduto was acquired for $30M

Interesting reads 🤓

• Why we started Jefa, the LatAm digital bank for women
• Dealing with the problems of scaleups by Creditas engineering manager, David Stanete
• Feddy Vega (Platzi CEO) in Forbes - Say goodbye to the office and hello to global talent
• WeWork Brazil CEO talks about turning the company around post-pandemic and the rise of hybrid work
• 10 Latin American plant-based food startups to watch

Listen/Watch 🎧

• (ES) LatAm Scaleup and growth lessons from Justo, Kushki, Fintual, Albo, Oyster and Ualá
• (ES) Victor Cortés - Not everything that shines is a startup
• (ES) Santiago Suarez (Addi CEO) - Fintech in LatAm and exponential growth
• (EN) Vacation arbitrage with Casai CEO Nico Barawid

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