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APRIL 20, 2022

Notably, both are based in Colombia but provide services across the Latin America region (and in the case of Ding, globally ). Department of Commerce that estimate Colombia alone to have the fifth largest e-commerce market in Latin America, which as a region is projected to reach 260.2 The company quotes figures from the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Bogota-based payments infrastructure startup Minka has secured $24 million in a funding round co-led by Tiger Global Management and Kaszek. In its home country of Colombia, the startup has already had an impact. Rozic said he was inspired to start Minka when he moved to Colombia five years ago. “I

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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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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

With this latest raise, Habi says it has become the second unicorn in Colombia and only LatAm unicorn with a female founder and CEO , according to Crunchbase. The startup currently operates in more than 15 cities in Mexico and Colombia. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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JULY 22, 2021

Prior to joining WIND, he was an investor at Soma Capital , where he invested venture capital globally across the consumer and enterprise sectors. Venture capitalists have been investing heavily in last-mile delivery over the past five years on a global scale, but Latin America (LatAm) has lagged behind. The holdout: Latin America.

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They are now all working together and have formed an organization called HiperBarrio with the tagline Historias Locales, audiencia global, or ???Local Local Stories, global audience.??? The text reads: Colombia, land of images. There is a lot of talk about war in Colombia. n and both with the same objectives.

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MAY 23, 2022

Argentina-based clicOH is the latest shipping technology company attracting venture capital funding, raising $25 million in Series A funding in a round led by Tiger Global. We’re excited to expand into Colombia and are identifying additional regions throughout LatAm,” he added. “We

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The talks in Colombia known as COP16 yielded some significant outcomes before they broke up in November, including an agreement that requires companies that benefit from genetic resources in naturesay, by developing medicines from rainforest plantsto share the benefits. And a big part of the talks will be about raising more money.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Tiger Global led the round and was joined by new investors, including DFJ Growth Fund, the social impact foundation, ZOMA Lab; athletes Lewis Hamilton and Roger Federer; and musician and DJ Questlove. Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. billion valuation. He said Tiger’s expertise will get NotCo there in a more prepared manner.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Microsoft has told The Verge that starting August 1, it will raise the price of the Xbox Series X in most countries except for the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia. globally, while. On July 6, the Xbox Game Pass console tier will rise from $9.99 a month to $10.99 Read Entire Article

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie, We co-founded a startup in Colombia, and we’re thinking about opening a sales office in the U.S.! Sophie Alcorn. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Colombia-based company is taking on some of that inventory burden by providing access to inventory at lower prices and often same-day delivery on thousands of products. Chiper , founded in 2018 by CEO Jose Bonilla, is already the primary supplier and operating system for over 40,000 corner stores.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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. H20 is now armed with its second fund, of which they say is poised to reach $65 million.

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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. While its headquarters are located in Cali, Colombia, Muniz said Truora’s new main focus, or highest growing office, is Mexico City.

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MARCH 22, 2022

In Latin America, where being a part of a community is important, we see startups, like Trela in Brazil and Muni in Colombia, bringing people together under a common need — in Muni’s case, the purchase of everyday essentials.

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TechCrunch

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. A Q4 2021 Nu IPO followed by a Q1 2022 IPO would shift a simply huge fraction of global neobank equity from the private markets into the public.

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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. This region has a global outlook, spectacular universities, a diverse population and an army of entrepreneurs. Ricardo Sangion.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Fifth Wall also participated in the financing, along with existing backers OneVC, Elad Gil, Liu Jang and new investors Fen Ventures, Broadhaven and Rahul Mehta, managing partner at DST Global. The startup had used its seed capital to expand and consolidate in Bogota, Colombia, and Mexico City. (It

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

That global venture capital slowed down in Q1 2022 might no longer be news to you. But global numbers can hide diverging realities around the world, and a closer look at regional data shows us that it is indeed the case. based and Asian startups did decline, in line with the global trend. Brazil: $1.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

He particularly was interested in speaking with Oak HC/FT because of its global presence and approach to bringing together its portfolio companies around tips and advice for founders. Now that we have positioned the brand and the company, getting interest from the other side is flattering, and helps to make things move faster.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Morado, a two-month-old Colombian startup aiming to digitize beauty salons in Latin America, has raised $5 million in a pre-seed round from a bevy of global investors. In its first 30 days of operation, Morado says it “already has national coverage for deliveries in Colombia.” In fact, Morado is part of a16z’s new START program.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Marcos Toledo, Canary’s managing partner, said via email that e-commerce in Latam is currently at an inflexion point: not only has the global pandemic driven more online purchases, but also fintech innovation that has occurred in recent years. He has identified Mexico, Colombia and Argentina as potential new markets.

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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. . The startup’s offering is currently live in Mexico — its largest market — as well as Colombia, Canada and the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Initially starting in Venezuela, now with $30 million in Series A funding and $80 million in a debt facility, it is moving into both Colombia and Mexico. As mentioned, the latest funding enables Migrante to launch in Colombia and Mexico and offer new products, including rent-to-own and electric vehicle financing products.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Specifically, it enables LatAm businesses to a ccept payments globally and receive money in their local currency. Payment infrastructure has continued to be resilient despite a global venture slowdown and challenging macroenvironment, and Kushki is no exception. Europe, APAC and Brazil.

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TechCrunch

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. Earlier this year, TechCrunch looked at why global investors were flocking to Latin America. each for Kavak and VTEX; 2.6x for QuintoAndar and 3.5x

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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. Image Credits: JOKR. The new round also lifts JOKR into unicorn territory with a valuation of $1.2 We are now well capitalized and happy about it.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

billion by 2024, with the global pandemic driving demand for faster delivery, according to Statista. Garcia is also eyeing Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Chile for future expansion. Online food delivery sales in Latin America are projected to reach $9.8 billion valuation in a round led by T.

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TechCrunch

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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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

“That’s why we’re excited to deepen our commitment to the team at Cornershop and to support their vision as they scale globally,” he added. The company expanded its operations to eight countries up and down the Americas, including Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, the U.S. and Canada.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

These regions, home to vibrant ecosystems and global breadbaskets that feed the world, are on the frontlines of ariditys slow but relentless advance. A farmer in Colombia holds a cacao pod. Greenhouse gas emissions: A global catalyst Human-induced climate change is the primary driver of rising aridity. million square miles (4.3

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

But more and more, other regions in Latin America such as Chile are also attracting global investor interest. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. In September alone, Buk says it grew 7% in Chile, 20% in Colombia, and 23% in Peru month-over-month. . Today, the tool is used by 4,000 SMEs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

“In Latin America, 90% of the [used car] transactions are informal, which leads to a 40% fraud rate,” said García, who experienced these challenges firsthand when he moved to Mexico from Colombia a couple of years ago and bought a used car. . “My My budget allowed me to buy a used car, but there was no infrastructure around it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

A startup that is a blend of the two can be found in Bogota, Colombia-based Simetrik , which just raised $20 million in a Series A funding round at a valuation “north of $100 million.”. We’re seeing rapid growth in the payment methods space at a global level, with new companies coming onto the market everyday.”.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The company, which has dual headquarters in Bogota, Colombia, and São Paulo, Brazil, declined to reveal its new valuation other than to say it is “nearly triple” what it was 90 days ago when it closed on the first tranche of its Series B, and that it is now in the “hundreds of millions” of dollars range.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

When it raised in September, Jeeves — which describes itself as “an all-in-one corporate card and expense management platform for global startups” — was valued at $500 million. I don’t think this is a space where you’re going to have just one company globally that owns everything,” Thazhmon added. It’s just massive.”.

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