TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Fund II will explore options to raise additional capital,” SoftBank said in a statement. It has backed companies across the region including in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador. SoftBank will continue to drive technology adoption that will benefit hundreds of millions of people in this part of the world,” he said.

Companies 101

Companies Tech America Brazil 101

TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Macrometa , the edge computing cloud and global data network for app developers, announced today it has raised a $20 million Series A. It will hire for its engineering and product development centers in the United States, Eastern Europe and India, and add new centers in Ukraine, Portugal, Greece, Mexico and Argentina.

Bulgaria 87

Bulgaria Greece Portugal Argentina 87

TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Geopagos , a payments infrastructure startup based in Buenos Aires, has raised $35 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital. In Latin America, all markets are moving toward a more open acquiring model, but each individual country is at varying levels of adoption. The financing marks the company’s first ever institutional funding.

Fund 84

Fund America Argentina Facilitation 84

TechNode

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The announcement came after concerns were raised by the Antitrust Division that the directors dual roles on both the Epic and Tencent boards violated Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which stipulates that an individual cannot serve on the boards of multiple competing companies.

Director 69

Director Game South Africa North America 69

TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Fast-forward three months to today, and Datanomik, Strauss’s venture, announced it has raised a $6 million seed round led by a16z. He added that Datanomik also has its sights set on Mexico and Colombia, which are both in the process of adopting an open banking system as well, though they are in earlier stages than Brazil.

Uruguay 78

Uruguay Open Brazil Colombia 78

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The idea for the company came a couple of years ago when Cavasotto and Andres Arslanian, CTO, worked as volunteers for a Microcredits NGO in Argentina. 3 strategies to make adopting new HR tech easier for hiring managers. This gives the company a total of $13.3 million in funding, which includes a seed round received after YC.

Technology 77

Technology Argentina NGO United States 77

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Nicolás Giménez , the co-founder of Argentina-based startup Fidu , has convinced over 1,000 schools across the Latin America region to place their operations in the hands of a scrappy edtech startup. The challenge is that adoption takes time.

Argentina 72

Argentina America Mexico Adopt 72

TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

We are being more opportunistic and throwing fuel on the fire, but we are raising to throw fuel on a fire that is already burning nicely,” he added. Talia Goldberg, a partner at Bessemer Ventures, told me that “it’s a great time to be in an e-commerce enablement business given the tailwinds and adoption.”. We profiled them previously.

Amazon 89

Amazon Fund Argentina Analytics 89

TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Vinted raises $303M for its 2nd-hand clothes marketplace, used by 45M and now valued at $4.5B. For example, a study last year by Cambridge University suggested that just one cryptocurrency — Bitcoin — consumed more energy annually than the entire country of Argentina. Swappie bags $40.6M

Money 91

Money Demographics Marketing Albania 91