In September, payments platform dLocal became Uruguay’s first unicorn – a new funding round for the company raised $200 million, valuing the business at $1.2 billion.
Its largest minority shareholder, private equity firm General Atlantic, increased its participation as part of the deal.
Sebastián Kanovich, chief executive of dLocal in Uruguay, says the fragmentation of the payments industry in key markets such as Brazil has benefitted the firm, which works for retailers who need help in entering new emerging markets.
“We are aggregators – so we are agnostic” to developments in the payments industry for retail customers, he says.
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