Tag: Latin America

Betterfly, which claims to have become the first Latin American “social” unicorn, has raised $125m in its Series C funding round.Glade Brook Capital led...

Jefa, a digital bank aimed at women in Latin America, has reportedly closed its seed round on $2m.

A trio of FinTech companies have been selected to receive equity-free grants as part of Village Capital Finance Forward Latin America 2021, an investment-readiness program.

Brazilian neobank Z1, which is aimed at providing teenagers with a digital bank account, has reportedly scored $10m in its Series A funding round.

FinTech companies in the region raised $9.7bn so far in 2021 boosted by huge funding rounds in Brazil

One of the key recent trends in global insurance has been the growth of InsurTechs in emerging markets. Research by SwissRe previously forecasted that emerging market premiums would more than double over the next ten years and outpace advanced market premium growth by four times. Post-pandemic, is this forecast still relevant?

Specialised payments platform Paysafe has bolstered its payments footprint after it signed an agreement to purchase ecommerce payments company SafetyPay for $441m in cash.

Funding in H1 2021 already surpassed last year’s total by $4.7bn, fueled by sizeable deals over $50m

Guros, an InsurTech helping transform buying insurance in Latin America, has netted $5.8m in funding, which puts its valuation at $30m.

Argentinian crypto exchange Lemon Cash has reportedly raised $16.3m in its Series A round, which was led by Kingsway Capital.