A Venture Capitalist's Top Picks in Latin America Unicorn Hunt

  • MercadoLibre co-founder Kazah eyes $1 billion tech newcomers
  • Venture capital funding to region on pace to top 2017 record
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Hernan Kazah co-founded MercadoLibre Inc., the $12.7 billion e-commerce company. And since turning venture capitalist in 2011, he’s been looking for other Latin American startups with a chance of becoming billion-dollar businesses.

Seven years later, he’s found what he says is the strongest group of prospects.