TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Ecuadorian payments infrastructure company Kushki has raised $100 million in an extension to its Series B round, more than doubling its valuation to $1.5 The startup had raised $86 million in the first tranche of the financing in June of 2021 at a post-money valuation of $600 million. Europe, APAC and Brazil.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

The company has been able to increase acceptance rates by 40% and prove out about three times higher conversion rates, he said. Addi raises $75M to advance ‘buy now, pay later’ in LatAm, nearly triples valuation. We recently saw Sleek raise $1.7 We recently saw Sleek raise $1.7

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. Brazil and Mexico continue to lead as regions where many startups are getting funding, but as LAVCA’s statistics show, some of that investor love is being spread around to other countries like Colombia, Argentina and Chile. million Series A last October.

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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. Today, he says Mudafy is operating at a run rate of “over 2x” of what it did in 2021. In total, the startup has raised $13 million.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The company intends to expand into other countries where e-commerce is growing, including Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Peru. The penetration rate is still small, but we see that significantly change 10 to 100 times over the next couple of years.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

At the time, Wonder Brands raised $20 million in venture capital. SellerX acquires US e-commerce roll-up rival Elevate Brands in an all-share deal, raises $64M+ Achieving growth Wonder Brands uses data from online marketplaces to create products. billion, showing an annual growth rate of 23%.

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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. They applied to Y Combinator, raised a seed round and went back to Colombia to create a program and courses that launched in January 2019. It also plans to double its team of 280 this year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

We previously reported on the company last February when it raised $65 million in a Series A round led by General Atlantic. fulfillment rate over the past 12 months. Mexican online grocer Jüsto raises $65M in General Atlantic-led Series A. Before, it was 1% and now it is 3% and growing aggressively.”. is poised to be a $187.7

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Traditional financial institutions charge outrageous interest rates and require hefty down payments, making it nearly impossible for members of a lower-income population to afford to purchase their own car. Lima-based Leasy is different, said Gilardini, in that its interest rates are far lower and terms much more flexible.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Some of the questions raised by Latin America’s VC deceleration are the same as elsewhere: How can private investment into startups sustain an accelerated pace when interest rates are rising and public valuations are tanking? Chile: $182 million, down 17% from Q4 2021. Mexico: $258 million, down 59% from Q4 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

One of its early customers is Babytuto , a parent and baby product retailer in Chile that initially worked with the company for Cyber Monday. The company raised $8 million in seed funding that values the company at a whopping $110 million.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

million Series A funding round — bringing its total raised since January 2020, when the business was founded, to $13.6M. On the market expansion front Payflow is planning to launch into two more markets outside Spain, in addition to Chile and Columbia where it is already offering a service.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

The company has raised over $86 million over its lifetime and counts NewView Capital and SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund among its backers. Meanwhile, Yaydoo has raised over $20 million from investors such as Base10 Partners, monashees, SB Opportunity Fund and Leap Global Partners. “We Klarna recently raised $800 million at a $6.7

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

The potential of AI tools like ChatGPT creates a similar dilemma — should companies license large language models without modifications, or customize them and pay much higher usage rates? Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch Dear Sophie, I am currently working in Seattle having relocated from Chile on an L-1B visa.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In this study , acceptance rates of women candidates rose from 18% to 30% by obscuring the gender in the application. In Chile, where I founded my company, 77% of women entrepreneurs use their own savings as financing, while only 14% have obtained co-financing from state or private programs.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The interest rates range from 0% for the micro loans (for a weekly subscription of $1 to $2) to 145% for the consumer loans. That’s quite a wide range — and sounds sky-high — but Costanzo says it’s reflective of the equally high inflation rate in Argentina, the country where Uils first launched.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Business is booming in Latin America: Startups raised $9.3 With so many companies raising significant funds in a short time, competition to find a high quantity of high-quality workers is fierce. AI companies have garnered some of the most attention in Latin America this past year, raising a total $862.6

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).

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Engadget

APRIL 16, 2025

These include deep breath Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Sony Other countries saw (previously announced) price increases go into effect on Wednesday.

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