Description

This week’s Espresso covers news from Platzi, Nexdom, Akua, and more!


Outline of this episode:

• [00:27] – Platzi and DeVry University partner to offer U.S. degrees
• [00:38] – Redwood Ventures partners with Seedstars Capital to invest $200M in Latin America
• [00:54] – Zitrus and Unio merge to create Nexdom
• [01:10] – Mentora raises $300K in pre-seed round
• [01:28] – Agrolend raises $53M in series C round
• [01:39] – Akua raises a $4.3M seed round
• [01:55] – Albo secures a $60M credit line from SixPoint Capital
• [02:10] – LatamList’s bi-weekly overview of the Latin America startup scene

• Startups: Platzi, Nexdom, Agrolend, Akua, Albo, CXC
• VCs: Redwood Ventures, Seedstars Capital, DOMO.VC, Creation Investments, Syngenta Group Ventures, SixPoint Capital, Kaszek
• Organizations: DeVry University