The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2013

The legacy then of the offline local markets stalls the development of industries that are primarily online and focused on regional or global markets. To get there, however, local tech entrepreneurs need to share skills, ideas, know-how, and market knowledge. Marshall McLuhan wrote that “we shape our tools and then they shape us.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Mudafy , a tech-enabled real estate broker operating in Latin America, has raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding led by San Francisco-based Founders Fund. Longer term, it is exploring the possibility of moving into other Latin American markets such as Colombia, Perú and Chile. he wrote via email.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Mentum is out to change that in Latin America, and is working on customizable investment APIs and widgets so businesses in Latin America can build and offer fully digital investment products, like local mutual funds, ETFs and stocks, to their customers. The products are also compliant with local regulations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

With this new funding, the company aims to invest in technology development, build operations in Brazil and Chile and launch some embedded finance products and services. million to put locals to work over their phones. Zubale’s operations began in Mexico and have since expanded into Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Big funds are now dedicating resources to exclusively targeting Latin America, from SoftBank creating a region-specific fund, to Sequoia saying it will pay more attention to the region. Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. investors remain shy.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Those backers include Kaszek Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, SoftBank Latin America Fund and DILA Capital, among others. Specifically, it enables LatAm businesses to a ccept payments globally and receive money in their local currency. Today, the startup operates in five countries: Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Chile.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 8, 2025

2024 YR4 was discovered on December 27 of last year by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) a NASA-funded asteroid detection program with telescopes around the world at its station in Chile. Which was worrying, because early calculations suggested it had as much as a 3.1

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

The startup has raised $110 million in a growth funding round led by U.K.-based Outside of Brazil, it has operations in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic. based Lightrock and Silver Lake Waterman, bringing its valuation to over $1.5

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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. The startup was founded earlier this year to build a fintech-as-a-service platform for Latin America.

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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 company, which was founded in 2017, already has operations in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Today, Nuvemshop is announcing that it has closed on a $90 million Series D funding led by Accel. ThornTree Capital and returning backers Kaszek, Qualcomm Ventures and others also put money in the round, which brings Nuvemshop’s total funding raised since its 2011 inception to nearly $130 million.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

While the pace of funding these days is unlike most of us have ever seen before, it’s pretty remarkable that Jeeves essentially signed the term sheet for its Series B just two months after closing on its Series A. and The Chainsmokers’ Mantis Venture Capital. Mexico is its largest market.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

After a consultation, a plan will be established and information can be transferred to the cloud platform, adhering to local regulations. Depending on the size of the operation and local regulations a clinic can pay anywhere from $20 to $20,000 monthly. Image Credits: HealthAtom.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The company took in $260 million in Series B, just five months after raising $170 million in Series A funding that was led by GGV Capital, Balderton Capital and Tiger Global Management. Powered by local stores, JOKR joins the 15-min grocery race with a $170M Series A. Image Credits: JOKR.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Mercado Bitcoin , a Latin American digital assets exchange, has raised $200 million in Series B funding from the SoftBank Latin America Fund. For its part, SoftBank Latin America Fund described Mercado Bitcoin as a “regional leader in the crypto space” that is “ tapping into a huge local and regional addressable market.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

UBITS, a B2B online learning platform for upskilling employees in Latin America, has raised $25 million in funding led by Riverwood Capital. The startup also partners with “top local experts” to offer micro courses and live classes. Companies can then monitor and analyze KPIs and customize their employees’ learning journey.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Weder planned on using the Series A funding to expand across Mexico and Latin America — a market he told me represents a $600 billion opportunity — and that’s just what the company did. That further expansion is backed by a new round of funding, this time $152 million in Series B funding, again led by General Atlantic.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Julio Vasconcellos is the managing partner of Atlantico , a venture capital fund focused on Latin America. In the insurance space, similar changes are giving way to innovative models like 180 o in Brazil and Betterfly in Chile. Julio Vasconcellos. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Belvo , a Latin American startup which has built an open finance API platform, announced today it has raised $43 million in a Series A round of funding. In May 2020, Belvo raised a $10 million seed round c o-led by Silicon Valley’s Founders Fund and Argentina’s Kaszek. Belvo’s goal is to link all sorts of accounts together.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

T ruora , a Colombian user authentication startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding co-led by two Silicon Valley-based venture firms. The company has offices in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru and San Francisco. Founded in August 2018, Truora was originally focused on background checks for gigster platforms.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

Jeeves, which is building an “all-in-one expense management platform” for global startups , is emerging from stealth today with $131 million in total funding, including $31 million in equity and $100 million in debt financing. . and is currently beta testing in Brazil and Chile. .

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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. It also plans to use the money to accelerate its geographic expansion into additional markets across Latin America, including Peru, Ecuador and Chile.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

We noted earlier this year that grocery delivery is a tough business to be in , given the competitiveness of the market and later-stage funding drying up for cash-intensive sectors like this one. We have now become fully gross profit positive on a group level for our local business across all of our countries after 12 months of operations.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The company will also expand its staff — at 33 people today — to over 100 by the end of next year as it begins looking for brands outside of Mexico in Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. E-commerce is expected to grow another 30% this year, Juan Gavito said.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2010

Earlier this week , we told you about TechSoup partner CDI Chile 's plan to restore connectivity to Chilean NGOs. Today, the telecentre is in Lota , one of the poorest cities and Chile and one of the communities hit worst by the earthquake. Skype has made an in-kind donation, allowing CDI to let people make free Skype-to-phone calls.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The growth has caught the eyes and pockets of foreign investors, too, with SoftBank announcing its Latin America Fund II, committing $3 billion to tech companies there. The more funds contribute to GDP, the greater potential there is to fuel a new era of development, where more people have access to employment, wealth and education.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. The company has raised over $86 million over its lifetime and counts NewView Capital and SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund among its backers. Another day, another Q2 funding report.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

where most people have a cell phone plan through a major carrier, in Brazil — a country where the minimum wage is currently $1,100 reals per month (roughly $202 USD) — many people must buy calling cards at local shops to add credit to their phones, which allows them to avoid a monthly recurring bill. Unlike in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Innovamat will be using the funding to expand its business. It has been around since 2017, operating initially in Spain before expanding to Italy and several countries in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru). Innovamat will be using the funding to expand its business. in New Jersey. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Astro , a startup helping companies to build and manage developer teams with talent from Latin America, today exited from stealth with $13 million in Series A funding contributed by Greycroft with participation by Obvious Ventures and other unnamed investors. workers — vehemently argued the platform isn’t exploitative.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

A source tells us Founders Fund is also investing. based company to stop processing locals’ data. The local radio, TV and internet awareness campaign has a slightly more generous timeline of May 15 to be actioned.) Altogether the VCs have put in just over $300 million at a valuation of $27 billion to $29 billion.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

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