Loggi raises $205M, Mexico's credit card provider for the masses and resources for positioning your startup...

Funding news 💸

• Loggi raises $205M from Softbank. This values Loggi at over $2B.
• Mexico City-based Stori raises $32.5M to become Mexico's credit card provider for the masses
• Brazilian fintech Recargapay raises $70M
• More big news for Mexican ecommerce with an investment of $50M in Wonder Brands, which aims to buy and grow Mexican ecommerce brands
• Peruvian Talenty raises $650k to train Latino developers

Other Funding: Awari, Pink Farms, Kiwify (YC), Abbiamo, Provivi, 3778, SuperOpa

Startup news 💡

• Mexican HRtech platform Runa looks to conquer Brazil later this year
• Brazilian used car marketplaces Volanty to open 2 physical "used car factories" in Brazil
• Spanish proptech Clikalia arrives in Mexico promising to sell your property within 7 days
• Colombian edtech, Slang is named the most promising startup at the Global Edtech Startup Awards

Mergers and acquisitions 🤝

• Brazilian fintechs Geru and Rebel merge to create the largest credit fintech in the country
• Cogna acquires Brazilian edtech Eleva Educação for $102M
• Brazilian coupon platform Meliuz acquires majority stake in ecommerce platform, Picodi
• Accenture acquires Brazilian robotics startup, Pollux
• Corebiz acquires ecommerce platforms Mobfiq and Mirocondria

Interesting reads 🤓

• The pendulum of education: an interview with Descomplica CEO Marco Fishben
• The ultimate guide to segmentation, targeting and positioning by Victor Cortez
• João Miranda of Brazilian fintech Hash on how he managed to grow his startup during the pandemic
• Brian York, on how a nomad lifestyle inspired him to build Cubbo

Podcasts 🎧

• (EN) How to structure your startup for international investments: Dan Green, on The Latitud Podcast
• (ES) Migue Morkin (CEO of Sirena) on starting, raising money and successfully exiting his startup
• (ES) Albo CEO, Juan Pablo Rojas on the myth of measuring everything
• (ES) Paulina Arreola - Entrepreneurship, technology and communities as a strategy to improve Latin America
• (ES) Francisco Palma from Chilean foodtech PolyNatural on raising his seed round and reducing food waste
• (ES) Alexandra Zatarain (EightSleep) on the lost art of positioning

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