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Minka raises $24M from Tiger, Kaszek to help move money more quickly across LatAm

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Bogota-based payments infrastructure startup Minka has secured $24 million in a funding round co-led by Tiger Global Management and Kaszek. In an interview, CEO and co-founder Domagoj Rozic described Minka as “a seamless payment network built from the ground up.” In its home country of Colombia, the startup has already had an impact.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

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On International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders, celebrate the recent victories of the human rights community, and recognize the challenges that still lie ahead in the global struggle to advance justice, accountability and an end to impunity. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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Powered by local stores, JOKR joins the 15-min grocery race with a $170M Series A

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The round was led by led by GGV Capital, Balderton Capital and Tiger Global Management. Right now it’s live in nine cities across Latin American countries Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, as well as Poland and Austria in Europe. Based out of New York, where it launched last month JOKR plans to roll out across cities in the U.S.,

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Ecuadorian payments infrastructure startup Kushki lands $100M at a $1.5B valuation

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Since then, we have just gotten more ambitious and continued to grow so we needed more money to fuel more growth,” Schwarzkopf said in an interview with TechCrunch. Specifically, it enables LatAm businesses to a ccept payments globally and receive money in their local currency. Europe, APAC and Brazil.

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TechCrunch Live events, but a podcast

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The interviews are led by top TechCrunch editors (and me). Identity and identifying a good deal Today’s interview was led by TechCrunch Global Managing Editor Ingrid Lunden. Identity and identifying a good deal Today’s interview was led by TechCrunch Global Managing Editor Ingrid Lunden.

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Win 2 Tickets to the Global Fund for Women 20th Anniversary Gala

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Many of you contacted me to say that you enjoyed my interview with Kavita Ramdas , the President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Honorable President of Liberia, as well as women leaders from Colombia, South Africa, Malaysia, Liberia, Bosnia/Herzogovina and Egypt will be honored at the event.

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Mexico’s Kavak drives away with $700M in new funding, doubling its valuation to $8.7B

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Tiger Global, Spruce House, D1, SEA, Founders Fund, Ribbit Capital, SoftBank and others also participated in the latest financing. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. Longer term, it is eyeing an expansion into “other emerging markets” globally. billion since its 2016 inception.

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