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# Weekly Roundup: Latin American tech news and startup deals
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/weekly-roundup-latin-american-tech-news-and-startup-deals-3/
- Published: 2022-02-12T21:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-21T22:06:04.000Z
- Description: Here are the technology news, startup, and VC deals we tracked across the Latin American region this week.
- Author: Techloy
- Tags: Tech in Latin America, / Fintech, / Money, / Startups, Roundup

Here are the technology news, startup, and VC deals we tracked across the Latin American region this week.

**Colombian fintech company Movii raised $17 million in a Series C round** backed by Square, the U.S. fintech founded by Jack Dorsey, making it Square’s first investment into a Latin American startup.

- The company earlier raised $15 million as part of a Series B round from Jack Dorsey and Hard Yaka’s company last October.
- Movii will use the funds for its expansion in Peru.

**Biotech startup Sistema closed $15.5 million in a Series B round** made up of shares, debt, and venture capital led by KawiSafi Ventures.

- The funding will be used to strengthen partnerships and distribution, carbon reduction activities, research and development efforts, as well as its overall operations in LatAm, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
- Sistema plans to provide clean and renewable energy to 1 million farmers and their families by 2025.

**Fintech company Flexio raised $3 million in a seed round led** by Soma Capital, a fund specialized in B2B companies.

**Brazil-based fintech Agroforte, which is focused on agribusinesses, raised $1.13 million** led by Futurum Capital, with participation from The Yield Lab, Kelei Ventures, and Catalice Investimentos.

- The startup offers credit to small rural producers and helps finance poultry, pig, egg, and dairy producers.
- The funding will help Agroforte expand its offer of credit products and solutions in conjunction with a national growth strategy.
- It plans to grant around $28 million in financing over the next 18 months.

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