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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

There has been significant hype around Latin America’s startup success. This region has a global outlook, spectacular universities, a diverse population and an army of entrepreneurs. For instance, e-commerce giant MercadoLibre launched in Argentina around the time eBay was emerging. For good reason, too: Startups have raised $9.3

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A First Look at Jumo

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He has also put together a team of advisers including Jeffrey David Sachs , Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of the Acumen Fund , and Linda Rottenberg is CEO and Co-founder of Endeavor. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# Is Jumo Worth The Hype? by Tom Watkins.

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Twig takes $35M to turn stuff you own into a way to pay

TechCrunch

But its plan for the Series A risks throwing its Gen Z-friendly eco-sounding marketing right out of whack — as its PR seeks to tap into the raging Web3 hype, with the launch of what it describes as “ a first-of-its-kind Web 3.0 After all the energy costs of crypto can look like an extinction level event, in and of themselves.

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