Buzz VC

Online news center for Venture Capital, Accelerators and Fundrasing in México.

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Buzz.vc is Mexico's go-to publication for VCs and startups, every month we'll summarize all public information regarding capital rounds of all kinds and publish it here. You can also sing up to our Newsletter, where you'll find  a summary of entrepreneurial and tech events happening all over the country.

If you want us to write about your company's round or include your event in the Newsletter, please shoot us an email at: [email protected]

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FEATURED: Buzz on Ondore

Ondore the leading Latin American Big Data analysis company focused on online reputation management, plans to expand its sales and marketing efforts in Latin America and Spanish Speaking US:

They raised 1.5M USD from Alta Ventures Mexico

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Fundraising: Buzz on Naranya Innovation Fund

Naranya Innovation Fund raised $3M USD from their own resources, national and international angels

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Fundraising: Buzz on Latin Idea

Latin Idea Ventures raised $46M USD for its fourth fund, Latin Idea Mexico Venture Capital III (LIMVC III), through a CKD backed by Mexican investors.

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Fundraising: Buzz on Venture Partners

Venture Partners was the first investment made by the government backed program Startup Mexico. Thery recieved 2M USD

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Fundraising: Buzz on Mexican VC

Mexican VC was acquired by 500 Startups to open their Mexico City venture now called 500 Luchadores.

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Fundraising: Buzz on Alta Ventures

Alta Ventures Mexico raised 70M USD to invest in the Mexican ecosystem from a number of investors that include:  International Finance Corporation (IFC), Fondo de Fondos (CMIC) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), which led the fund. Other investors include Dave McClure from 500 Startups (who’s got his own love affair with Mexico going on) and the Guadalajara Angel Investment Network (GAIN)

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Accelerator: Buzz on Wayra

Wayra, the Telefonica accelerator tournament that gives its winners investment in Europe and Latin America has graduated 3 generation in Mexico, investing 50K USD in the following companies:

Urbanizas: they accelerate the evolution of public spaces through crowd sourcing

Venddo: Premium leads from Social Networks

Bandtastic: Crowdfunding platform for concerts

Cúrsame: Platform that connects teachers, students and social media.

EmoSpeech: Platform that recognizes and predicts the emotions of a speaker

Icarus: Integral platform for administrative work

Awareness Card: First contextual offline communication chanel

Machina: Menswear clothing brand based on a simple concept: Wearable Technology.

Dada Room: p2p house and apartment rental platform

Noknoker: NFC based articles to access, interact and update social media

Kubo Financiero: Marketplace that allows clients to borrow money and make common investments.

Retewi: Medical knowledge platform that works through AI

Mobiliz: Online marketing and payments

Rutanet: Platform that brings together transport service providers with exporting clients

Modebo: Efficient energy consumption platform

Tryouts: Platform where IT specialists compete

School Control: Platform to share the goals of the most important in your life.

Descubre.la: Online marketplace of experiences that help users explore their cities

Torneo de Ideas: Design tournaments

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Accelerator: Buzz on Mexican VC/ 500 Luchadores

500 Luchadores, formerly Mexican VC has graduated two generations from their program, they invested 25K USD in each of them:

First generation:

Yogome: Mobile educational games for kids

Fontacto: Local phone numbers for businesses

NuFlick: Indie movies on demand

Cactus: Virtual discounts card

Conekta: Online marketplace

ClasesD: Online lessons platform

Pikhub: Online social photo albums

Second generation, first one from 500 Luchadores:

Boletia: Ticket selling platform

Capptalog: Online app builder

Etraining: Online training

Call Suite: Byte and minute consumption counter for phone service plans

Nuperty: Crime statistics by zone

Rubberit: Condom subscription service

SeMeAntoja: Takeaway orders online

Shopinterest: Pinterest e-commerce stores

Yaxi: App to order cabs

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Accelerator: Buzz on Venture Institute

The first generation of Venture Institute raised 6.15K USD* from angel investors and/ or institutions. These are the companies that graduated from the program: 

Carrot: Car sharing enterprise, the first in Mexico City.

TuOla: Incentives program for green actions.

Gaudena: Online department store.

Cuidate: Business designed to give follow up treatment to diabetic patients.

Fondeadora: Pioneer crowdfunding platform in Mexico

Click: Platform that is looking to reduce the digital gap in Mexico

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Under 100K: Buzz on Mombox

Mombox, a sample subscription service for baby products. The Mombox team is taking over the baby discovery industry in Mexico with their subscription model for baby product samples, allowing moms to discover and try new products. They are currently growing in the Mexican market. They raised a 2.5K USD* seed round from Investomex and Startup Labs

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Under 100K: Buzz on Pingstamp

Pingstamp, an online location loyalty service. They allow users to earn points and get rewards for being loyal customers, benefitin businesses by attracting new customers through an innovative marketing channel. They are currently growing in the Mexican market. They raised a 2.5K USD* seed round from Investomex.

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Under 100K: Buzz on InstaDM

InstaDM: Private chat for Instagram users. They’ve amassed over 2M downloads and over 100,000 users. They’re looking to take over the Instagram and app chat space. They raised a 6K USD* seed round from Investomex and Startup Labs, and an additional 50K USD* in San Francisco.

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Under 100K: Buzz on String

String, a platform that connects content generators and readers by drag-drop-print. They were the guys behind Atomix Magazine’s Ipad publishing. They’re currently looking at growing to the point of getting all tablets their own CMS. They raised 6K USD* seed round from Investomex.

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Under 100K: Buzz on Bandtastic

Bandtastic, a crowdfunding platform for concerts. They’ve had a few very successful events during 2012. Currently, they’re developing Fan Pit, a service that allows fans to take preferential spots during a concert. They raised a 12K USD* seed round from Investomex and Startup Labs.

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Under 100K: Buzz on Fontacto

Fontacto, they provide local phone numbers to businesses. CNN Expansión gave them an honorific mention, calling them a “startup to watch”. Like Yogome, they are looking to raise further rounds. They raised a seed round of 40K USD from 500 Startups.

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Under 100K: Buzz on Yogome

Yogome, a team that develops mobile educational games for kids. They were recently a big hit in Thailand, where they topped download counts. They’ve been developing new games and, after graduating from 500 they are looking to raise further rounds. They raised a seed round of 40K USD from 500 Startups.