Mural raises $50M after tripling revenue, Valoreo raises $30M & the 10 startups changing logistics in Mexico

Funding news 💸

• The visual collaboration tool, Mural becomes the 8th tech unicorn from Argentina after raising a $50M series C
• Mexican expense management startup Clara raises another $5M from a number of LatAm founders and investors
• Mexican startup Valoreo raises $30M to acquire more ecommerce brands in LatAm.
• Argentinian fintech Pomelo will add another $1M in funding from Sequoia, following their $9M raise in May
• Mexican neobank Klar, raises a Series B funding round led by General Atlantic, for an undisclosed amount.
• Argentinian foodtech company Frizata raises a $5M series A to expand their frozen food tech company
• Mexican HR startup Plerk raises $1M for their platform for flexible employee benefits in emerging markets

Startup news 💡

• CIO profiles the 10 startups that are changing the logistics market in Mexico
• Entreprenuer profiles the 20 startups that are changing agriculture and the future of food in LatAm

Startup profiles: Klimber

Investor & Accelerator news 🚀

• Miami-based Marco Financial raised a $7 seed fund and $75M credit facility to help fund small-medium sized businesses in LatAm

Mergers and acquisitions 🤝

• Chilean Investment platform Fintual has acquired Mexican investment fund Invermerica

Interesting reads 🤓

• Freddy Vega from Platzi writes about why education is the key for the LatAm startup ecosystem to thrive
• Hypernior writes about the ever-growing fintech landscape in Mexico
• How MercadoLibre is changing the way Latin Americans shop and pay

Listen/Watch 🎧

• (ES) Platzi co-founder Christian Van der Henst on The Frye Show talking about his journey of learning and building Platzi
• (EN) René Lomelí on the evolution of 500Startups in LatAm
• (ES) Gonzalo Aguilar from Prendea talks about how they solved the chicken and egg problem to launch their Edtech marketplace

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