Mercedes Bent

  • Meet Flink: México’s Leading Neobroker

    By Mercedes Bent and Will Kohler We’re thrilled to announce that Lightspeed is leading the $57M Series B of Flink, the leading neobroker in México. Flink surpassed 1M brokerage accounts earlier this year after launching their brokerage product in the summer of 2020. We first met the Flink team the day before Mercedes’ birthday. It was a Friday…

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  • Meet Stori: Mexico’s Credit Card for the Masses

    Mexico is the fastest growing e-commerce market in the world. Mexico earned the #1 spot ahead of India, China, Philippines, and Malaysia. This increase in online purchases means that Mexicans are increasingly looking for more ways to digitally pay. In China, home grown digital payments companies like Alipay and WeChat Pay have the dominant share of e-commerce.…

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  • CNBC Closing Bell: Retail Investing

    I was recently on CNBC to discuss my blog post about retail investing products and how the landscape is evolving. Check it out here: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/01/22/vc-partner-mercedes-bent-on-retail-investing-themes-in-2021.html

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  • Stocks only go up, right? Retail investing is hitting its zeitgeist moment, now what

    Retail investing hit its zeitgeist moment in 2020 and interest continues to soar. As I write this in January 2021, google search trends show “investing” is at its second highest peak in the last 16 years, with the highest peak being March 2020. Similar trends can be seen for “call options” and “day trading.” The…

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