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May 29, 2020

Y Combinator fintech Belvo raises $10m to triple its team size

The Barcelona-founded startup is similar to the Visa-acquired Plaid, but with a Latin American twist.


Tim Smith

2 min read

Belvo cofounders Pablo Viguera and Oriol Tintoré

Barcelona-founded fintech Belvo has raised $10m to hire 40-50 new developers and open up an office in Sao Paulo. It will come as welcome news to the Spanish ecosystem, where the coronavirus crisis is squeezing startups.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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