TechSpot

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The saga began when Milei, known for his crypto-friendly stance, took to social media to promote $LIBRA, touting it as a project dedicated to encouraging the growth of the Argentine economy by funding small local businesses. His post on X acted as a catalyst, propelling the token's market capitalization to. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The group has already invested in startups in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, including Aleph (B2B SaaS for e-commerce), Apperto (social commerce), Choiz (healthtech), Exactly (DeFi), Elevva (e-commerce brands), Inipay (fintech), Leef (sustainability), Wibson (e-privacy) and Yerbo (wellness).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Rebill , an Argentina-based startup, raised $3.6 CEO Nahuel Candia got the initial idea for Rebill in 2018 when he was consulting for an insurance company in Argentina. Currently, Rebill has clients in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay and collects payments in 15 currencies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Co-founders Roberto Arroyo and his brother, Nicolas Arroyo, bootstrapped the company for almost four years and reached profitability while expanding into Chile, Guatemala and Argentina. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechSpot

JUNE 9, 2022

Samsung will roll them out in 27 countries — including Argentina and New Zealand, which receive Cloud Gaming on Xbox, PC, Beginning June 30, Xbox Cloud Gaming will be available on Samsung's 2022 smart TVs through an app. The new sets will be compatible with Xbox and PlayStation Bluetooth controllers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Indeed, Argentina is a good example of a country where alternatives to fiat currency are looking more attractive, as buying U.S. But after Argentina’s economy minister abruptly resigned earlier this month, the informal “blue dollar” exchange rate reached a record 273 Argentine pesos for 1 dollar.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Argentina-based clicOH is the latest shipping technology company attracting venture capital funding, raising $25 million in Series A funding in a round led by Tiger Global. Joining them is JAM Fund and existing investors Flexport, FundersClub and Vast VC.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Treggo , an Argentina-based company, is among companies like 99 Minutos , Cubbo and Cargamos tackling the last-mile deliveries. In Treggo’s case, developing technology to make urban shipments in Argentina, Mexico and Chile easier and for merchants of any size can provide an Amazon-like service for their customers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

The Argentina-based fraud and identity protection company announced $12 million in Series B funding Monday from backers including software developer, Globant, as well as Agrega Partners, NXTP Ventures, Bridge One, the IDB Lab and Telefónica.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The company is currently targeting produce grown in Latin American, including its native Argentina, as well as Chile, Peru and — potentially — Mexico. He met the other two founders as part of a company-building exercise run by Argentina-based Incubator/VC, Green Exponential.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Kavak , the Mexican startup that’s disrupted the used car market in Mexico and Argentina, today announced its Series D of $485 million, which now values the company at $4 billion. This round more than triples their previous valuation of $1.15 billion, which established them as a unicorn just a couple of months ago in October of 2020.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

He is also a third-time founder with two exits (one to TripAdvisor) and former CEO of Naranja X, Argentina’s largest neobank, with millions of customers. For one, the three co-founders of the Buenos Aires-based startup were former executives at Mastercard, Google LatAm, Mercado Pago and Naranja X.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2021

Disney is set to launch its standalone Star+ streaming service in Latin America in August, but Starz has filed complaints in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina alleging Disney is infringing on its brand identity and that the soon-to-launch service will only confuse consumers. Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The June launch will see HBO Max expand to 39 countries and territories across Latin America and the Caribbean, including Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, B.V.I., The company promises it will also transition HBO-branded services in Europe (specifically, “the Nordics, Spain, Central Europe, and Portugal”) to HBO Max later this year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Nuvemshop has seen the number of merchants on its platform surge to nearly 80,000 across Brazil, Argentina and Mexico compared to 20,000 at the start of 2020. Nuvemshop currently operates in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. “They want to connect more directly with consumers and convey their own brand, image and voice.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

That leaves major Spanish countries like Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Argentina without a leading independent last-mile logistics company. Brazil-based Loggi accounts for about 60% of last-mile VC investment in Latin America, but it only operates in Brazil.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

The company’s platform serves more than 90,000 merchants across Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, ranging from direct-to-consumer (DTC) upstarts to more established brands such as PlayMobil, Billabong, Colombraro, Zaira Beauty, Osram, Lolja, Vitabe and StrappyCo. Latin America’s digital transformation is making up for lost time.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

The firm’s investments have largely concentrated in Brazil and Mexico (the two startup hotspots of the region) and Colombia but the firm has also backed startups based in other countries in the region such as DigitalHouse (which was formed in Argentina), NotCo (originally founded in Chile) and Kushki (launched first in Ecuador).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The remote-first fintech started in Argentina and has since launched operations and offices in Brazil and Mexico with plans to also expand to Chile and Colombia. In Argentina, it was granted a Mastercard and payments license. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

For instance, volatility is less of a deterrent to crypto adoption in countries such as Argentina, where legal tender isn’t exactly reliable. ” Argentina-based investor and author Claire Diaz-Ortiz concurred, noting that “there’s something in the water when it comes to women in web3 down here.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

In Fudo’s case, the Argentina-based company offers a web-based restaurant operating system and point-of-sale software that brings together a restaurant’s operations into a centralized “hub.” Today, the company has a team of more than 70 employees in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The startup has signed contracts with governments of Sweden, Argentina and Basque, TechCrunch reported earlier. Embedded in our thesis is the belief that this top-tier team is uniquely qualified to meet the requirements and expectations of government and corporate partners, as well as the broader public,” he added.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Argentina very much providing a party atmosphere #Olympics pic.twitter.com/HacfQwEApm — Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 23, 2021. Though, there are some clips on Twitter that feature a few highlights from the ceremony. Portugal are *REALLY* excited #Olympics pic.twitter.com/oMEdQmKdZO — Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 23, 2021.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

The company claims that more than 22% of 18 to 25-year-olds in Argentina have a Ualá card. Over 1 million users invest in the mutual fund available on the Ualá app, which the company claims is the second largest mutual fund in Argentina in number of participants. At the time of its Series C raise in November 2019, it had issued 1.3

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Only 19% of Latin American adults own a credit card, and 70% of credit cards in Brazil, Argentina and Chile can’t be used internationally. In the vast and varied lands between Patagonia and the Rio Grande, a region entrepreneurs and investors like to call “LatAm,” there are 38 different countries using 39 different currencies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

He has identified Mexico, Colombia and Argentina as potential new markets. Up next, he wants to be able to show traction in payments optimization and facilitators in Brazil before moving on to other countries. Current and upcoming trends in Latin America’s mobile growth.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The startup currently has 40 logistic and reconditioning hubs in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. That compares to more than 2,500 employees and 20 logistics and reconditioning hubs in Mexico and Argentina at the time of its last raise in April. Over the years, it has served “hundreds of thousands” of customers.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

The startup was founded by Matias Viel, who is from Argentina, and is mostly operational in Latin America and the West Coast of the U.S., Bee keepers do not pay for Beeflow’s technology, but do hand over the rights to their relationships with farmers. with plans to expand to the East Coast and Mexico.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

TNW: Beyond Brazil you expanded into Argentina in 2011. Here in Brazil the portals are still with a big share of the online advertising budget, and only on the last few years the traditional advertisers are looking for new ways to reach the target-audience, since they need to keep improving the ROI of their online advertising campaigns.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Riverwood Capital, a Menlo Park-based private equity firm, and existing backer early-stage Argentina-based venture firm Kaszek also participated in the financing. Fifty percent of its business comes out of Brazil, 30% from Argentina and the remaining 20% in the rest of Latin America.

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The Verge

JULY 2, 2020

TechCrunch reports that as well as being available in the US, the app was also available in Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Uruguay as of February. Thankfully it’s letting me save my videos. oh wait pic.twitter.com/2evTQ2ev6X — Kerry Flynn (@kerrymflynn) July 1, 2020.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Last year, for example, a three-way bidding war broke out for Canadian miner Millennial Lithium, which has large reserves in Argentina, and the winning bid ended up more than 40% higher than the initial offer. Automakers like Ford and Tesla have signed huge contracts, and battery manufacturers and miners are rushing to secure supplies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The company intends to expand into other countries where e-commerce is growing, including Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Peru. This is due mainly to delivery carriers being different in each country, meaning Skydropx has to start from the ground up.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Both Zeoli and his co-founder, Patricio Palladino, live in their home country of Argentina, which has experienced significant volatility and devaluation of its currency, Zeoli said.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Not bad considering that founding partner Dave McClure has been adamant about supporting non-US startups and recently acquired the Mexican.VC

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Brazil and Mexico continue to lead as regions where many startups are getting funding, but as LAVCA’s statistics show, some of that investor love is being spread around to other countries like Colombia, Argentina and Chile.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Meanwhile, the fastest-growing markets, looking at the average monthly increase in new shows, are India, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Indonesia. In Indonesia, Spotify signed nine shows to become exclusives. India accounts for nearly 40,000 Anchor-made shows and has been growing at an average of 22 percent month-over-month increase in 2020.

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