Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

These partners include the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB), the Hoerbuecherei des OSBV Talking Book Library in Austria, and the Dorina Nowill Foundation in Brazil.? After books are scanned and uploaded into the digital Bookshare library, they are still used in their printed form by readers around the world.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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MAY 5, 2022

” We’ve also seen this play out with angel investors who have become prominent solo venture capitalists like Olumide Soyombo of Voltron Capital — and globally, Elad Gil and Lachy Groom. Last year, rali_cap raised $2 million, money it has since deployed. “But we’re always open for exceptions,” said Simmons.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

billion in capital, with investors such as Sequoia Capital, Tencent, Ribbit Capital, Kaszek, QED Investors and others, At that time, Nu had 40 million users across Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. Its sheer number of users makes Nubank the largest digital bank in the world in terms of customers. Since its 2013 inception, Nu has raised $2.3

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JUNE 1, 2021

Online fraud and identity theft is a global problem that has only been exacerbated with increased online transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. Paulo Rogério Nunes.

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APRIL 5, 2021

Brazil’s new fintech startup Cora raised $10 million on the strength of its founding team. Last year, Cora got its license approved from the Central Bank of Brazil, making it a 403 bank. With the checking account, customers have the ability to sending and receive money as well as pay bills digitally.

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MARCH 23, 2021

But in Brazil, where no MLS exists, the challenge of digitizing real estate is even greater. This morning, digital real estate platform Loft announced it has closed on $425 million in Series D funding led by New York-based D1 Capital Partners. Latin America’s digital transformation is making up for lost time.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Back to School in Brazil. Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Even in the U.S.,

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JULY 31, 2009

TechSoup Brazil , a collaborative effort of Associação Telecentro de Informação e Negócios (ATN) and TechSoup Global, was launched has just officially launched after many months of planning. If you work with nonprofits or NGOs in Brazil or want to learn more, check out their site (in Portugese). Welcome, Brazil!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A supplemental post to 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits , the statistics listed below can guide your nonprofit in creating and maintaining a successful social media strategy. Global NGO Technology Report ] 49% of nonprofits use LinkedIn Pages.[ Facebook Facebook has 3.05 Similarweb ] 61.7%

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JANUARY 12, 2021

The company has closed a $450 million Series C round with Tiger Global Management leading the round — Greenoaks Capital and all existing investors are also participating. According to the startup, it is now the fourth-largest fintech company globally. but also in France, Brazil, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc.

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MAY 12, 2021

A slew of other investors participated in the round, including existing backer MAYA Capital and new investors such as Village Global, Clocktower Ventures, Magma Partners, Gilgamesh Ventures, Rally Cap Ventures and Alumni Ventures Group. And there’s no better way to attract new clients online than with digital ads.”

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APRIL 22, 2021

Nearly exactly one month ago, digital real estate platform Loft announced it had closed on $425 million in Series D funding led by New York-based D1 Capital Partners. The round included participation from a mix of new and existing investors such as DST, Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Fifth Wall and QED, among many others.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

He was previously the founder of Canary and Peixe Urbano, and was Facebook’s first employee in Brazil. Latin America’s second wave of digital transformation. Latin America’s digital transformation is making up for lost time. Distinctively, Latin America has not suffered through this hangover from digital adoption.

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MAY 27, 2021

Brazil’s QuintoAndar, which has developed a real estate marketplace focused on rentals and sales, has seen impressive growth in recent years. Ribbit Capital Partner Nick Huber said Quintoandar has over the years built “a unique and trusted brand in Brazil” for those looking for a place to call home. Some history.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

It does things like allow customers to launch products for cards and payments, digital banking, digital wallets and marketplaces. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. “We All our major competitors are global players,” Josua said. Think of it as Latin America’s answer to Galileo.

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JUNE 7, 2022

Put simply, Kushki aims to help make it easier, cheaper and more secure for businesses across LatAm to send and receive/process digital payments. Specifically, it enables LatAm businesses to a ccept payments globally and receive money in their local currency. Europe, APAC and Brazil. billion. .

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Just five months after raising $90M, Brazil’s Nuvemshop announced today it has raised $500 million in a round co-led by Insight Partners and Tiger Global Management. The company currently has more than 600 employees and offices in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.

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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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MAY 24, 2021

With backers like Tiger Global, LatAm crypto exchange Bitso raises $250M at a $2.2B Both funds, according to Kaszek, were “several times oversubscribed” with demand coming globally from university endowments, global foundations, technology funds and several tech entrepreneurs. And Kaszek has been at the heart of it all.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

This caught the attention of second-time entrepreneurs Bruno Ballardie and Fernando Zanatta, who started ZAX in 2019 to develop a platform that unites freight, delivery and payments tools to connect sellers and buyers in Brazil. ZAX’s addressable market for B2B transactions, just in Brazil, is estimated to be BRL 2.4 trillion, or $445.6

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. 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. each for Kavak and VTEX; 2.6x

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Pipefy was originally headquartered in Brazil, and since much of the startup’s R&D is still located in the country, and it has a significant presence there, the company was still considered for the SoftBank Latin America Fund, officials say. The company plans to use its new capital to “significantly accelerate” its global expansion.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Brazil-based Kinea and G2D Investments also participated in this round. We are helping global enterprises on their digital journey, so they can grow and scale without economically prohibitive upfront costs while empowering their talent to focus on driving their business forward. Don’t hate on low-code and no-code.

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MARCH 10, 2021

More global investors are backing startups in the region and certain sectors in particular, such as fintech, are exploding. Global investors are not only pouring money into companies. Andre Maciel, Gregory Reider and Milena Oliveira are the fund’s founding partners, and are based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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MAY 12, 2022

If there’s one area that has thus far felt insulated from the global venture downturn, it’s infrastructure. Existing backers Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital also participated in the financing. Meanwhile, its number of active digital banking accounts climbed by 380% year-over-year.

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MARCH 22, 2021

With more people in Latin America getting used to making purchases digitally, the company has experienced a major surge in business over the past year. 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. billion in 2023. “In

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Other participating investors include 500 Global and MSAS. Convertedin’s revenues from these businesses have been growing in “double-digits” month-over-month, Fergany said. The three-year-old Egypt-headquartered company also has offices in Saudi Arabia and Brazil; it just recently opened one in the latter.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Most of these relationships are largely managed manually and on paper, but Chiper developed an e-commerce ecosystem for corner stores that is shifting that relationship into the digital realm. It is now poised to launch in Brazil early next year and add another 2,000 products by 2023.

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MAY 6, 2021

Well, a report released today by data research organization Briter Bridges and global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund is punching above its weight to offer a holistic representation to the darling sector of these three markets: fintech. The next two funded fintech categories are credit and digital banking. India is one.”

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

African startups, for example, were long ignored by the global VC scene, with totals for the continent’s upstart technology companies representing a fraction of a fraction of the funds made available to other regions’ next-generation companies. VTEX, dLocal) and in Brazil. What is driving the money?

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APRIL 13, 2022

Where e-commerce aims for a direct, digital translation of brick-and-mortar browsing, social commerce refocuses the entire customer journey to center on people. Globally, social commerce is on the path to becoming a $1.2 trillion industry by 2025 , with the biggest gains being made in Brazil and India.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

Bfree , a Nigerian credit management fintech, has embarked on global expansion after raising $1.7 million in a pre-Series A round, to tap the opportunities in emerging markets, where digital lending apps have recently sprung up in droves. million, having realized $800,000 in a seed round last May. Image Credits: Bfree.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

According to a recent letter sent to its investors, Tiger Global Management , the New York-based investing powerhouse, is raising a new $3.75 Lee Fixel is leaving Tiger Global. A year ago, Tiger Global, which employs 100 people altogether, was reportedly managing $36.2 billion in capital commitments. billion in assets.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Cars are significantly more expensive in countries like Brazil than in the U.S. In 2020, the startup saw its number of customers grow by more than 70%, and it now has more than 11,000 users in Brazil and Mexico. These global trends will provide greater access to millions of drivers in the region,” Sobel said.

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