Articles

How the downturn may affect Latin American Fintech Startups

The downturn has many risks for Latin American fintechs, but fewer risks than their US counterparts. In this article, Nate unpacks a few of Jim Chanos’ ideas and how his ideas might play out in Latin America.

The Rise of Latin American Vertical Marketplaces

I constantly ask myself: why are Latin American companies buying offline, accepting terrible customer experience, when they wouldn’t stand for it in their day to day lives? If I zoom out 10-20 years, what will B2B commerce look like?

Venture Capital in Latin America: Elite Status and Underestimated Founders

Adelyn Gunawan: Lessons Learned from my Remote Summer Internship at Magma Partners

My family is ethnically Chinese from Indonesia but I was born in Singapore and spent most of my life in the UK. In the fall, I will be attending the University of Chicago and hoping to major in Economics and Political Science. 

Magma Partners Q3 Update: 7 New Investments as Silicon Valley looks South

Q3 was headlined by 7 investments, including 2 follow ons into existing portfolio companies. We did our first investment in Brazil, deepened investments in Mexico and other regions in Latin America.

Ciara Middleton: What I Learned from the Crossing Borders Podcast

I am a first-generation US citizen, born to parents raised in Ireland. My two brothers and I have lived in Pennsylvania...

Magma Partners Q2 Update: 4 New Investments, $18M in New Follow on Funding

In Q1, we built out our Mexico team, did four new investments and our portfolio companies continued to be successful. Q2 2019 buildings on Q1, with 4 new investments, two in Colombia and two Mexico, headlined by Dataplor and Vozy.

Magma Values and Mental Models: How We Think About Successful Startups

When we invest in a startup, we're in it for the long haul. It's seven years on average, but we're hoping to create lifelong relationships with the people we support, even if the startup that we're supporting you on does not work out.

Magma Manifesto: Latin America's Inflection Point

Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity isn’t. It’s a powerful idea that most Latin Americans innately know to be true.

Magma Partners’ Q1 2019 Update

After an active 2018, we've continued to push forward in 2019. Since our last update, we’ve invested in 4 new companies from four different countries, including Base Operations.