Adalberto Flores Ochoa

🚨𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹: Nubank announces the expansion of 𝗡𝘂𝗖𝗲𝗹 features with the launch of the physical chip. From now on, customers in Brazil 🇧🇷 will be able to purchase the chip directly through the NuCel tab in the app and have it shipped directly home, at no cost and in just a few days. “The launch of the physical chip is another milestone in the evolution of NuCel, expanding purchasing options. We have observed great customer receptivity and adoption, and our satisfaction indices are at levels much higher than the industry benchmark, reinforcing our mission to transform the mobile telecommunications segment with the best service and customer care,” says Paulo Menescal Barbosa, general manager of NuCel. In addition to the eSIM, which was announced at the official launch of NuCel in October 2024 (https://lnkd.in/dkg_PS5W), the option of purchasing NuCel via physical chip will initially be offered to customers who have already registered interest through the app. Gradually, it will be expanded to all Nu customers in Brazil. This and more FinTech & Digital Banking news in my newsletter: https://lnkd.in/e-tzDwh7 Find this helpful? [ 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 ] Anything to add about this subject? [𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁] Nice story, Marcel. Next! [ 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 ] (It’s free, but means a lot to me 👍)

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I am proud to announce the 2025 Mexico Early Stage 100. Over the last few weeks, the teams at NuMundo Ventures (me, Mack Meyer) and Nascent (Victor Noguera, Bernardo Cordero, Archie Cochrane) reviewed hundreds of startups to identify the top 100 companies with the potential to become Mexico’s next category leaders. We evaluated companies based on the problem they were solving, traction, market potential, and founding team strength. Our goal is to celebrate the work of Mexican startups and founders and highlight the excellence of these firms to investors and future employees. A few highlights from this year’s group: ✔ We had 500+ applicants ✔ Companies are based across 8 cities in Mexico (esp. Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Querétaro), the US (esp. San Francisco), Argentina, and Guatemala ✔ The top 2 verticals are AI (30% of the list) and fintech (~20% of the list) ✔  The diversity of the top performing startups is incredible.   For example: * SARELLY SARELLY is a consumer focused startup growing very quickly and expanding into the US * Altur (YC S25) is a company using AI for debt collection and recently graduated from Y Combinator *Niko Energy is a clean tech company expanding solar powered energy across Mexico * Allie - AI for Manufacturing is using AI to improve Manufacturing in Mexico and the US ✔ More and more Mexican companies and founders are building for regional, US, and global markets from launch (e.g.,Seals AI, Kira, happypath, Klira AI) At NuMundo Ventures  we are deeply committed to supporting founders in Mexico and I’m happy to share their work with the world. Special thanks to Bruno Migliorini and Franco Corbalán for producing the website and market map. I hope you enjoy the list and market map (see link below), invest, and support Mexican startups! https://lnkd.in/gqrWSjwc

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Pleased to announce that Forte Global has just launched in Peru - our sixth market. And we're also scaling up in current markets, including Colombia. As always, our goal is to be the backbone... the platform... the operating system... that enables world-class talent development. We make it super easy for any funder of education/training (whether governments, foundations, multinationals, or companies) to contract based on, track, verify and pay for outcomes - without the usual headaches and complexity. In Peru, we're working in partnership with Es Hoy to launch "ElevaTech" - a program to provide AI-focused digital training to disadvantaged Peruvians who would not otherwise have the opportunity to achieve their full potential. The focus of the AI training is on Cybersecurity, Data Science, and Data Engineering. AI will lead to massive job displacement over the next decade, but also create massive opportunities for those with the rights skills to take advantage of it. We're proud to help Peruvians thrive in this new AI era. Alejandro Jimenez T. Carolina Echeverri Hernández Ana Maria Roldan Arango Laura Torre Sergio Claux Mora

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BREAKING 🚨: RC portfolio company Akua raises a $8.5m seed round led by Flourish Ventures and Cathay Latam. When we invested in Akua last year, it was (by then) our largest check ever. It was scary to translate our high conviction into a number on a SAFE note, but it seemed clear to us that the founder-market-fit in this company was flawless: hardcore fintech specialists re-imagining the building blocks of the payments infrastructure across LatAm. Akua empowers payment gateways, processors, PayFacs, orchestrators, and traditional acquirers to overcome legacy system limitations through a cloud-native platform with direct access to any network. 'Acquiring-as-a-Service' and 'Agentic Payments Platform' will be driving massive impact across the industry by allowing Akua's clients to launch and operate in multiple markets through one clean API. What Carlos, Juan Jose, Rodrigo, and team have built in just 12 months sets a new bar for what's possible in the region and beyond. Awesome to see some of LatAm's best investors gathering around this cap table: Arjuna Costa, Tilman Ehrbeck, Federico Gómez Romero, Julio Vasconcellos, Ana Clara Martins, Daniel Blandón, David Mort, Jay Reinemann, Daniel Lloreda, Mauricio Porras, my RC partner Hayden Simmons, and the rest of the fabulous syndicate. Vamos!

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