TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Nubank co-founder and CEO David Velez and Cedar co-founder and CEO Florian Otto (and former CEO of Groupon in Brazil) also joined in the round. million to bring healthcare benefits management services to Brazil. In the medium to long term, Mitchell said the team views Pipo as a local business rather than a global one.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

The ACCC believes the proposed law addresses “a significant bargaining power imbalance between Australian news media businesses and Google and Facebook.” Since then, the news and media industry have been hit hard by the pandemic. Australia doesn’t seem to think that’s enough, though.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. Many people are unaware that Brazil has the largest Black population in any country outside of Africa. As with counterparts in the United States, Brazil’s Black founders have less access to capital. Like counterparts in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Its more than 300 clients include 10 unicorns, two out of the three biggest banks in Brazil and companies such as iFood, Claro, Cielo, Loggi, Ebanx, QuintoAndar and OLX, among others. The company is also examining the possibility of expanding outside of Brazil to all of Latin America. . Its investors are, naturally, bullish.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The most innovative companies in agriculture for 2025 include forward-thinking businesses and nonprofits with at least one eye firmly on this future. McCain recruited ClimateAi in 2023, once the spud grower began worrying in earnest if it will have a viable potato business in 10 years.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The round was co-led by Brazil-based Echo Capital and Oria Capital , with participation from TPG Capital , Argonautic Ventures , and others. Talking to TechCrunch, Balbinot explained that the startup plans to use the proceeds to boost the digitization arm of its business, for which it sees a strong need across Latin America.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Arena founder Paulo Martins grew up in Brazil playing video games, an industry that thrives on building communities among the players. The round was led by CRV with participation from Craft Ventures, Artisanal Ventures and Vela Partners, along with a host of industry angels. Later, he came to the U.S., million Series A.

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DataRobot

AUGUST 18, 2022

Supply chain and logistics industries worldwide lose over $1 trillion a year due to out-of-stock or overstocked items 1. Enabling AI in the supply chain empowers organizations to make decisions with confidence, adjust business practices quickly, and outpace the competition. Benefits of AI in Supply Chain. Rodrigo Bertin.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

The Earth Day-timed announcement comes as companies and consumers confront the failure of recycling programs to adequately address the problems associated with plastic waste — and broader issues around the contributions of consumer behavior and industrial production and distribution to the current climate emergency.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

For one, Mara was founded by Danilo Mansano and Ariel Lambrecht, the latter of whom was one of the co-founders of 99, a mobility startup that became the first unicorn in Brazil after being sold to Didi for $1 billion in 2018. . And third, its business model of going offline to acquire a customer is also unique and compelling.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., They note that whenever industry wants intellectual property action globally, they only want a treaty: why should people with disabilities settle for a softer alternative?

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2020

Since then, the news and media industry have been hit hard by the pandemic. Silva argues that the proposed regulation will lead to a “dramatically worse Google Search and YouTube, could lead to your data being handed over to big news businesses, and would put the free services you use at risk in Australia.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

But while the industry hails the rise of the region’s ecosystem and its growing fleet of unicorns , Latin America’s startup story has a far longer past. People often ask me: How are consumers different in Brazil? In fact, the evolution of business shares far more similarities across countries than we might expect.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It has backed companies across the region including in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador. Operating Partner Alex Szapiro, also head of Brazil for SoftBank, leads the fund’s operations team. Similarly, most businesses are underserved by modern software solutions,” Nyatta explained.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

. — Latin America, they believe, has historically been ripe for disruption, especially in the fintech and proptech sectors, due to the significant underbanked and unbanked population in the region and the relatively unstructured real estate industry. “There’s so much to build for so many people and businesses.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

Divibank , a financing platform offering LatAm businesses access to growth capital, has closed on a $3.6 The company has built a data-driven financing platform aimed at giving businesses access to non-dilutive capital to finance their growth via revenue-share financing. Customers include Dr. Jones, CapaCard and Foodz, among others.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Founded by brothers Gustavo and Mauricio Chamati in 2013, Mercado Bitcoin was the first crypto exchange in Brazil. While he declined to reveal the amount of the Mercado Bitcoin’s Series A round, he said it allowed the company to invest around $40 million in expanding its operations in Brazil this year.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

This new growing affair between Israel and China is extremely important to the Israeli technology industry, which is always seeking new markets and lacks capital. On one of these flights I met Eden, the CEO of an Israeli next-gen hardware company focusing on the gaming consuls industry. billion people in 2009 to 4.9 billion in 2030.

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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. Privy: online advertising for small/medium-sized businesses. TradeBriefs: empowering Indian professionals through industry expertise and jobs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

Supply chain disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine is driving increased costs of goods and services, affecting not only the industrial sector (e.g., semiconductors), but also the agriculture industry. Europe and other countries such as Turkey, Brazil, India, Vietnam and Tanzania, Shin said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

” Both Recker and Menezes have years of experience in the food industry. Menezes’ food career started in Brazil at one of the world’s largest poultry exporters. “It was clear to me after I was inside the meat industry for so long that it was not going to be a sustainable business in the long run,” Menezes said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

As such, platforms like Convertedin become essential because it caters to brands and businesses with one, some, or all of these objectives: drive personalized and scalable campaigns, convert customers, achieve measurable results and grow revenue. So Convertedin offers a solution where they can use their data best.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

— Mary Ann and Christine Busy, busy, busy It was a busy week in startup and venture lands, and the fintech space was no exception. In that letter, Brown pressed the FDIC to review Tellus’s business practices “to ensure that customers are protected from financial fraud and abuse.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Andre Maciel, Gregory Reider and Milena Oliveira are the fund’s founding partners, and are based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. So far, it’s backed Uol Edtech, a subsidiary of Grupo Uol that aims to redefine the digital learning experience in Brazil. . “We Volpe plans to avoid capital intensive industries, even if related to tech.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The exceptional capacity of Langoo in its local business with Riiid Tutor was the main reason for this acquisition,” said co-founder and CEO of Riiid YJ Jang. The Japanese remote learning industry was estimated at $2.6 The Japanese remote learning industry was estimated at $2.6 Canada, Brazil, and Vietnam. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Fifty percent of its business comes out of Brazil, 30% from Argentina and the remaining 20% in the rest of Latin America. Digital House also plans to expand its partnerships with technology employers and companies in Brazil and the rest of Latin America. It also is planning some “strategic M&A,” according to Duboscq.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

It has also since completed “multiple” acquisitions of local brands operating across a variety of industries, such as beauty, fitness and home goods. It plans to use the new capital mostly to continue acquiring e-commerce brands across Mexico, Brazil and Colombia as well as to do more hiring.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. He expects to have 50% of its business coming from the U.S. Muchnick also wants to establish more patents in food science — the company already has five — and to explore a potential intelligence side of the business. over the next three years.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Over the years, the event has become a relatively low-tech, low-budget showcase for a group of tech investors and billionaire industry insiders to take a look at early stage businesses that could be their next billion-dollar opportunity. the raw materials are products of the current agricultural industry.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Their toilet paper (and now paper towel company) is one of several businesses trying to get consumers to make the switch to bamboo-based consumer products. The company’s founders are on a mission to make the paper industry more sustainable, according to co-founder Ryan Fritsch, and they’re looking to do it one roll at a time.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

With nearly half a million customers across Mexico and a network of 30,000 retail locations where representatives can take deposits, the challenger bank albo is already on its way to becoming a dominant player in Mexico’s emerging fintech industry. And the company has recently raised another $45 million to consolidate its position.

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2021

Ford is also creating a standalone business for its commercial vehicle division called Ford Pro. This barrage of announcements is part of a new business plan Ford has rolled out called Ford Plus, which the company says is all about creating “close, enduring customer relationships” that last beyond the purchase of a vehicle.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Not only does it take care of the food waste product as a by-product of farming practices, but it also drives down the use of soy, the growth of which is contributing to deforestation and habitat loss in countries like Brazil. Tech investors see bugs as a big business as Ÿnsect raises $125 million.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

The firm is industry agnostic, with Kazah saying it considers “any industry where technology is playing a transformational role.”. It has people on the ground in its home base of Brazil as well as Mexico, the United States, Argentina and Uruguay. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Miferia , a Mexico-based business-to-business wholesale marketplace, bagged $7 million in seed funding to continue developing its curated website connecting independent retailers in Mexico with domestic brands in categories like cosmetics, food and beverage and home décor. Meanwhile, Miferia is still in its early stages.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities. Globalization and the digital transformation of the book industry also stand behind the recent big news in the publishing world about the mega-merger of Penguin and Random House , says Ed Nawotka.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Regions like northeastern Brazil, one of the worlds notable cocoa-producing areas, are grappling with increasing aridity a slow, yet unrelenting drying of the land. This is not just Brazils story. Cocoa is made from the beans of the cacao tree, which thrives in humid climates.

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