TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Luis Mario Garcia grew up in Mexico making deliveries for the grocery stores in his neighborhood. After honing his startup skills in San Francisco, he returned to Mexico with the idea of building a software company. The new funding will enable Orchata to expand into three new cities in Mexico.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Launched in 2021, the Mexico-based company works with over 70 producers to “rescue” food and delivers it to consumers. Heinvirta said it is possible to build a grocery delivery business with positive unit economics. million in pre-seed funding to expand its program across Mexico City. Today, it announces $1.1

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

million in seed funding , Mexico City-based Higo announced today it has raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Accel. In Mexico, small businesses mostly handle payables with nothing more than spreadsheets and email and legacy bank accounts,” CEO Corcuera said. . In Mexico, companies don’t get paid on time,” Corcuera said.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Meanwhile, beverage giant Diageo expanded regenerative farming in Ireland for Guinnesss barley, Scotland for whisky grains, and Mexico for the agave used to produce its tequilas. This, Arable says, allows it to custom-tailor farming down to the individual field or hyperlocal weather level. households.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

Pomelo, a startup building a fintech-as-a-service platform for Latin America, has raised $9 million in a seed round of funding. We know from previous experiences…that building a fintech, and particularly issuing cards, in Latin America is a real nightmare,” said Pomelo co-founder and CEO Gaston Irigoyen. “It

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Candid

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Council members currently include representatives from El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Canada, Kenya, and across the United States. It builds community on a global scale and connects nonprofit workers and organizations with a shared vision of justice and equity.

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TechSpot

MAY 4, 2022

Last year, a space startup called SpinLaunch completed work on a prototype centrifuge in New Mexico capable of spinning an object at up to 10,000 Gs and launching it into the air. The company's stated purpose was to eventually build an enormous kinetic cannon that could launch satellites into space.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Today we’re taking a look at Heru , a startup based in Mexico City that is announcing a $1.7 Heru wants to provide software-based services for gig workers in Mexico, and eventually other countries. Currently all Heru Casas are located in Mexico City. It’s hard to scale physical build-outs, it told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses that is backed by Banco Santander — led the round for the Monterrey, Mexico-based startup. The company currently has offices in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay. Our 2021 goal is 400% to 600%,” de los Rios told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Mexico-based company closed on $20 million in seed funding, co-led by ALLVP and Mountain Nazca, with participation from CoVenture, Victory Park Capital, GFC, QED (Fontes), Korify Capital and Endeavor Catalyst. The seed financing enables Wonder Brands to invest in building a team to focus on the four support areas and marketing.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

With that money, she hired a developer to build a chatbot for her app, which was mostly being used via Facebook Messenger. Then an earthquake hit Mexico City and that developer lost everything — including his home and computer — and had to relocate. “I I was left with nothing,” Campos says. Image Credits: Yana.

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Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

Start building your data skills—for free—with the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. In support of our ongoing mission to help people everywhere see and understand data, the Trail is now available in Japanese , German , French , Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese , and Korean. .

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Neighbor John Green found Pickering’s body in the wreckage of a building just across the street from Green’s home. Also killed was Dunk Pickering, a fixture in the community who often hosted live music events and helped neighbors during tough times. “Whether he knew you or not, he would help anyone,” Green said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Alima , a Mexico-based supply chain startup, raised $1.5 The market for fresh produce in Mexico is expected to grow by $4 billion over the next four years, so Vizcayno and co-founder Blanca Espinosa started Alima in June 2021 to help solve these problems in anticipation of that growth.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Flat.mx, which wants to build a real estate “super app” for Latin America, has closed on a $20 million Series A round of funding. Founded in July 2019, Mexico City-based Flat.mx The real estate market in Mexico is broken,” said co-founder Bernardo Cordero. Mexico doesn’t have a Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2021

Her face has recently been seen on murals, video projections on buildings, illustrations shared on social networks, and missing persons posters. Since January 9th, her family has been looking for her across Mexico. A mural of Wendy Sánchez outside El Gallo restaurant in San Francisco (San Pancho), Nayarit, Mexico. “We

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In Mexico in particular, cash remains the dominant method of payment with an estimated 86% of all payments being in the form of cash. According to one recent study , Mexico topped the list of the world’s fastest growing e-commerce markets. And for the founders of Mexico City-based startup Stori , they spell opportunity.

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Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

Start building your data skills—for free—with the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. In support of our ongoing mission to help people everywhere see and understand data, the Trail is now available in Japanese , German , French , Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese , and Korean. .

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

More than 1,000 firefighters and fire managers recently participated in an annual wildfire academy in Arizona, where training covered everything from air operations to cutting back brush with chain saws and building fire lines. The northern Arizona city finished the winter period with a 50-inch (1.27 meter) snowfall deficit.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Jüsto , an online supermarket based in Mexico City, announced Tuesday it has raised $65 million in a Series A round led by General Atlantic. It claims to be the first supermarket in Mexico with no physical store. Mexico City’s Jüsto raises a $12 million bridge round for its delivery-only grocery stores.

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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. When you’re building a business here [Latin America], you need to build several businesses because so many things are broken,” he said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Nelo , a startup founded by former Uber international growth team leads, began offering buy now, pay later services to Mexico earlier this year. The Mexico City-based company already is live with over 100 merchants, including Steve Madden and Ben & Frank. This captive consumer base is crucial to building the network that is Nelo.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

and Mexico. For example, in 2020, ICON delivered 3D-printed homes in Mexico with nonprofit partner New Story. With plans to break ground this year, the pair plan to build 100 homes in what they describe as “the largest community of 3D-printed homes to date” using ICON’s robotics, software and advanced materials. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

But Bankaya , a Mexico City-based financial services startup, is attributing its early traction on the opposite model — going after target customers in person. Bankaya’s target customers are the 50 million unbanked in Mexico. So we’re about building trust and financial education. Just really critical.

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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. Valued at $10B, Nubank launches it’s Nu credit card in Mexico.

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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.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Citibanamex — Mexico’s second-largest bank — announced that it is building new APIs to allow fintech companies real-time access to information like its services and ATM locations. Mexico has been — and still is — leading the fintech charge in Latin America.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Colombian e-commerce fulfillment startup Cubbo landed $4 million in seed funding as it launches operations in its home country this month after first going into Mexico earlier this year. Cubbo warehouse in Mexico City. In Mexico, we are the only company that can take an order up to 5 p.m. York’s backstory is quite interesting.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Kueski , a Mexico City-based “buy now, pay later” and online consumer lender, announced today it has secured $202 million in equity and debt funding. He was motivated after he, his friends and family experienced difficulty in getting access “and how terrible the user experience was in accessing financial services in Mexico.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Specifically, Osana Salud is building an API-connected infrastructure to help the region’s healthcare industry offer a patient experience that offers “greater convenience, outcomes and value,” Lawson told TechCrunch. Its initial focus is o n building solutions for telehealth, pharmacy and diagnostics. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

La Haus , which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt financing. By year’s end, La Haus intends to be in every major metropolitan area in Mexico and Colombia. . Image credit: La Haus.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

One Mexico-based VC even declared that the story was about “talent, not capital.” “There’s so much to build for so many people and businesses. In LatAm, tech entrepreneurs are building the future for everyone else.” Brazil and Mexico riding the gravy train. Latin America saw a total of $6.2

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

PideDirecto , a Mexico-based company, is developing a platform that enables local businesses in Latin America to sell directly to their consumers and deliver orders in less than 30 minutes. We build the online storefronts for the brands and operate logistics for businesses, like pharmacies, local retailers, restaurants and CPG brands.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

It was then that we learned about the origins of the Mexico City-based company, founded by CEO Alexis Patjane, who had been running a food truck-making business in Mexico. 99 minutos, Mexico’s last mile delivery startup, raises a $40M Series B. It was depressing to hear all of the ‘nos.’

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For Mexico City-born Sergio Jiménez Amozurrutia, the fact that in his country of more than 120 million people, only a tiny fraction of the population have the ability to invest in the capital markets just didn’t seem right. This makes Flink the largest retail brokerage service in Mexico, according to Amozurrutia. is home to.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

The co-founders want to bridge the gap in technology-enabled financial services that they found in Mexico. Colyer worked for G2 after a stint at Stanford, eventually moving back to Mexico and working on a micromobility startup called Uva Scooters. What sort of tweaking was needed? Regarding the company’s $3.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Flink , a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. For Mexico City-born Sergio Jiménez Amozurrutia, the fact that in his country of more than 120 million people, only a tiny fraction of the population has the ability to invest in the capital markets felt unfair.

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