1.- Vozy received 5 million dollars to expand to the United States and Spain
The Colombian women Vozy, which is dedicated to providing artificial intelligence technology applied to customer relations, raised a seed financing round for 5 million dollars from the European fund GoHub Ventures and Starling Ventures; as well as angel investors and other companies such as Argentina’s Globant.
- The conversational assistance platform and identity verification por voz plans to use the resources mainly to strengthen its expansion process towards the Spanish and US markets.
- The company’s Mexico office will also get a portion of this financing, in order to expand its development, marketing and sales teams.
- A quarter of Vozy’s income comes directly from its operation in Mexican territory.
2.- Factorial raises 120 million dollars and becomes a unicorn
The Spanish technology company applied to human resources (HR Tech) Factorial raised a series C round for $120 million that was led by Atomico, along with GIC, Tiger Global, CRV, K-Fund and Creandum. The company offers human resources software geared toward small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
- With this investment, the startup reached a valuation of 1,000 million dollars, with which it became a unicorn.
- Factorial has offices in Mexico, Brazil and Spain and plans to open a new headquarters in the city of Miami, Florida, in the United States.
3.- Rajesh Ramanand, CEO of Signifyd, visits Mexico
The anti-fraud platform Signifyd celebrated two years of having opened its offices in Mexico and that is why its executive director (CEO), Rajesh Ramanand, visited the country. The company is dedicated to offering a platform that prevents chargebacks in e-commerce.
- Signifyd was founded in 2011 by Ramanand and Michael Liberty and has since raised a total of $390 million.
- The company has a valuation of more than 1,000 million dollars, for which it is considered a unicorn.
