TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Firms such as SoftBank, Tiger Global Management, Tencent, Accel, Ribbit Capital and QED Investors are pouring money into LatAm. ” Local VCs are raving about the human capital in the region, but for some global investors, the appeal of Latin America extends beyond the talent to the general populace.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

“We are true believers in the fact that the world needs a new Amazon, a better one, a more sustainable one, one that appreciates local areas and products.” The round was led by led by GGV Capital, Balderton Capital and Tiger Global Management. But that local aspect also builds sustainability into the model.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

Tiger Global and Coatue co-led the round, which also included participation from Paradigm, BOND & Valor Capital Group and existing backers QED, Pantera Capital and Kaszek. Bitso says its “global-minded” product offerings fit the needs of local customers in Mexico, Argentina and now Brazil, where it just launched its retail operations.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

million in Series A funding to continue developing its app that takes grocery orders through local social networks. Tiger Global Management led the round, with existing investors GFC, Elevar Equity, Kevin Efrusy, David Velez, FJ Labs and H2O participating. Families in Brazil spend, on average, $118 a month on food.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

At that time, CEO Ricardo Weder told TechCrunch that the company, which was founded in 2019, weathered the first year of the global pandemic well, seeing 2020 revenue increase 16-fold. The global pandemic helped a lot in terms of grocery adoption in Latin America,” he added. Image Credits: Jüsto.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Just over five months after raising a $9 million seed funding round , Latin American fintech Pomelo announced today that it is raising $35 million in Series A financing led by Tiger Global Management. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. In Argentina, it was granted a Mastercard and payments license.

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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.? The texts have all been nicely rebound, thanks to Bookshare’s local book processing partner, Worth Trust.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Matheus is a hedge funds investment analyst for a major global investment manager and technology provider. Since 2007, the number of publicly listed companies in Brazil has decreased from 400 to just a little over 300. public exits per year; by 2019, even Iran had more listed companies than Brazil.

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The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2020

Google-owned navigation app Waze is rolling out a global safety feature that alerts users about upcoming railroad crossings. In some countries it’s working with official data from railroad operators, while in others (like the UK, Italy, Israel, Brazil, Mexico) it’s relying on its community of local map editors to add alerts.

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TechCrunch

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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Ricardo Sangion previously launched operations for Facebook and Pinterest in Latin America, before joining operator-led global investors TheVentureCity as partner for first-ticket investments in the region. People often ask me: How are consumers different in Brazil? Every top university in Brazil has a pool of angels.

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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 Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

But startups are also solving local problems. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. Brazil is the eighth largest economy in the world.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Bold , a technology company working to enable financial access to electronic payments in Colombia, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. In fact, he noted that in Colombia, cash still represents over 80% of transaction volume versus 35% in Brazil and 30% in the United States.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

João Del Valle is the co-founder and CEO of EBANX , a Brazilian fintech unicorn that serves as the gateway to Latin America through its payments platform for global merchants, tech giants and other large companies from all over the world. João Del Valle. Contributor. Why online merchants need a new breed of infrastructure fintechs.

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TechCrunch

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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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Kavak recently soft-launched in Brazil, and this new round of funding will be used to build out the Brazilian market and beyond, said Carlos García Ottati, Kavak’s CEO and co-founder. Financing has traditionally been hard to come by in Brazil, and as García said, the used car market lacks infrastructure there, too.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

Discovered more than a century ago in South Sudan, excelsa coffee is exciting cash-strapped locals and drawing interest from the international community amid a global coffee crisis caused mainly by climate change. Coffee as a way out of poverty Still, for locals, the coffee represents a chance at a better future.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

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

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Some of the functionalities they build enable both local and cross-border payment players in credit and debit cards, bank transfers, digital cash, mobile wallets, and other alternative payment methods. “We The Series B will be used to accelerate growth and expand to Brazil and nine other markets in Central America.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

As the global pandemic turbocharged growth in the e-commerce market, so too did the COVID-19 period lead to huge venture gains in the region; and as the pandemic somewhat waned, so too has e-commerce growth, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, venture activity in Latin America as well.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

WhatsApp is piloting a new business directory in São Paulo, Brazil that lets users find local shops and services with a presence on the app, the service’s head Will Cathcart has announced. As of last October, WhatsApp reported that over 175 million people globally used the service to message a WhatsApp business account every day.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Riiid has said it will continue to fuel its global expansion with the funding. . 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 company expects to address local remote learning and education in the market.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

clients “have some sort of global operations.” “One One of the big problems that companies have when they operate globally is that they actually need to open up an account in all these different countries where they might have employees. Now, if you use Brex, you can actually operate as if you were a local company with a local card.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Given that I am in Brasil, I wanted to participate and experience local activities. GivingTuesday is a global movement and this year they number of countries participating has increased to nine countries , including Brasil. I’m also attending local fundraiser for nonprofit Food Bank in Brasil. No problem.

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The Verge

MAY 17, 2021

Most countries outside of the US will be getting lower prices that will be localized to their specific country, starting with Turkey and Mexico on May 20th. Making subscriptions more affordable for Twitch’s global audience. The upcoming change is intended to make subscriptions more affordable for Twitch’s global audience.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

The new funding will be put toward product development and supporting the platform’s global expansion, per Khudir. “Brazil, India and Indonesia are key targets for us due to a wider need for digital education. Quizlet valued at $1 billion as it raises millions during a global pandemic. ” he goes on. .

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TechCrunch

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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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. In Brazil, it grew 40% last year but is still underpenetrated, representing less than 10% of retail sales. Nuvemshop currently operates in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.

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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. The program aims to train thousands of students through full-time two-year courses and connect them with tech companies globally. . Global players have succeeded for many years in our region.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

“With today’s launch, we are introducing our global platform and providing a brand new user experience to millions of fans across Latin America and the Caribbean,” Johannes Larcher, head of HBO Max International, said in a statement. As part of its global expansion, HBO Max is expected to launch in Europe later this year.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. “We All our major competitors are global players,” Josua said. Earlier this year, Pismo hired a former McKinsey partner, Vishal Dalal, to serve as its CEO of global operations. One year ago, the central bank [of Brazil] launched an instant payment solution.

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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. . Before joining 99, Mansano was the operations manager for Uber in Brazil. Image Credits: Mara. “It’s

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

He was previously the founder of Canary and Peixe Urbano, and was Facebook’s first employee in Brazil. Cautious optimism” is the mood among founders and investors in Latin America today, amidst an uncertain global scenario. versus Brazil. More posts by this contributor. Latin America’s second wave of digital transformation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Those customers include Rappi, Clara, Bancolombia, Adelantos, Mercado Libre, Didi, Homie and Global 66. The company has offices in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru and San Francisco. Eventually, it also wants to expand further in Brazil. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Today, the company, which is building an “all-in-one expense management platform” for global startups, is announcing that it has raised a $57 million Series B at a $500 million valuation. Jeeves is currently beta testing in Brazil and Chile and Thazhmon expects that by year’s end, it will be live in all of North America and Europe.

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