Apprecio

Stop everything: Latitud Ventures officially launches today and all the tea is on Forbes En Español. But why are we coming out of stealth *right now*? 👀👇 Startup founders have never seen an easy journey. Especially in the earlier stages. In Latin America. In these past few years of funding winter. Still… 🌦️ There are already signs of defrosting for LatAm startups. And how would you even know that, Latitud? Well… Because we're adding fuel to that fire, of course. 🔥 We've seen outsized challenges all around LatAm time and time again. But we've also seen how the right founders can transform them into outsized opportunities. These aren't vitamins but the whole shelf of painkillers, changing how we deal with their finances, health, housing, and so much more. Led by Tomas Roggio, Gina Gotthilf, and Brian Requarth, Latitud Ventures invested in 70+ core startups led by LatAm founders like these – find them tagged by the end of this post (or don't if they're shining in stealth 🥷).   Latitud Ventures is also lucky to have as investors some of the top entrepreneurs of the region (founders of MercadoLibre, Nubank, Creditas, Kavak, Rappi, QuintoAndar, iFood, Brex, VTEX), some of the top investors in the world (at firms like NFX, FJ Labs, QED, DST, Valiant, Index, Riverwood, Ribbit, Accel), and leading institutions such as Industry Ventures, Globo Ventures, Galicia Ventures, among others. We're more than grateful to all the LPs and portfolio founders for choosing us to build with them. Fast-forward to the present day: We still see how challenges keep piling up in LatAm. Yet it faces a funding snowstorm. So there's no better time to step in and add fuel to the fire. 🔥 And that's why we recently had the first closing of the Latitud Ventures Fund II. Our freshest investing vehicle has already invested in some exciting startups we can't reveal quite yet (awww). But our work is far from over. We'll keep betting on emerging founders across the region and helping them as they go from their 0 to 1. We know this is a journey that's tougher than ever – but that's exactly where and when we need to be the most. AgriCompa Alinea Saúde AmFi AndesML Anyone AI Apprecio apprenty Arvo Saúde Assis Aument BHub Bamboo Debt Capital Markets Platform Bankuish BeConfident belo beloz by amiloz (YC W22) Castia | YC W22 Clivi Health Clubbi Cometa Cubo Datanomik Mercado Diferente ≠ Digitt Dinie duppla Education Journey Elevva Extendeal Farmu Finanex Finkargo Flexio (and many more 👀👇)