TechCrunch

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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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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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. All of the processes are connected with our technology that stakeholders access from an app.”. million corner stores across Latin America.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

They eventually left Peixe Urbano and started Tuna in 2019 to make their own payment product which enables merchants to use A/B testing of credit card processors and anti-fraud providers to optimize their payments processing with one integration and a no-code interface. In the U.S.,

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

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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

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. The process is fairly simple: Community leaders centralize the orders by sharing a link to the WhatsApp online store.

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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. We work in a space where the processes are broken,” Fleischmann added. “We Chile-based Migrante is working to change that. The company is also growing its employee headcount.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Nowports raised its initial seed round in 2019 after graduating from Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 batch with a mission to innovate the freight forwarding industry by helping companies — with an emphasis on SMEs — improve the import process. The company currently has offices in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay.

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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. Some of its new offerings since the last raise include Punto 99, a pick-up and drop-off network that addresses the entire fulfillment process and returns.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Put simply, Kushki aims to help make it easier, cheaper and more secure for businesses across LatAm to send and receive/process digital payments. Specifically, it enables LatAm businesses to a ccept payments globally and receive money in their local currency. It also follows a quarter in which the company grew by 100% year over year.

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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. JOKR also aims to be carbon neutral within its processes by the end of next year. “As Image Credits: JOKR.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

billion by 2024, with the global pandemic driving demand for faster delivery, according to Statista. Having only launched four months ago, Orchata is already processing thousands of orders and is seeing 100% monthly growth. Garcia is also eyeing Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Chile for future expansion.

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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

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bfree , a Nigerian credit management fintech, has embarked on global expansion after raising $1.7 Bfree is now on a massive recruitment drive for the 16 new markets in which it is setting up operations, including Ghana, India, Uganda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Russia, Poland, Pakistan and Indonesia.

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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.”. Today, it has 45 clients across 10 countries and is processing transactions in 25 countries. No-code too also remains a draw.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Other backers include Global Founders Capital and a number of high-profile angel investors, such as GGV Managing Partner Hans Tung, ALLVP Partner Antonia Rojas and LaHaus founders Jeronimo Uribe and Tomas Uribe, among others. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. So, just how does it work?

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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 It’s a really aspirational process,” said García.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Over the past decade, direct-to-consumer has become one of the most important drivers of entrepreneurship globally,” he said. It also plans to expand into other markets such as Colombia, Chile and Peru over the next 18-24 months. For Accel partner Andrew Braccia, Nuvemshop has a clear first mover advantage.

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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

JUNE 1, 2021

Online fraud and identity theft is a global problem that has only been exacerbated with increased online transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We help them do all these onboarding processes in a safer, better and faster way,” said idwall co-founder and CEO Ando. And lastly, it runs a full background check. Image Credits: idwall.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Additional investors in the newest seed round and expanded credit facility include Village Global VC, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck Capital, Antler LLC, Antler Elevate, Florida Funders and Fox Ventures. The company is able to show what kind of financing can be obtained based on the amount of data customers provide.

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TechCrunch

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

JANUARY 6, 2023

Today, HealthAtom has close to 6,500 clients across 20 countries with main operations in Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Additionally, 50,000 doctors and dentists use the company’s services and process over 42 million appointments yearly. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

On top of that, fraud and the cost of processing payments are both increasing, creating another problem for companies,” he added. Initially, Yuno’s focus is on Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. The pair decided to formally found Yuno, in January of 2022.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

If there’s one area that has thus far felt insulated from the global venture downturn, it’s infrastructure. Existing backers Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital also participated in the financing. Conductor was a 25-year-old, 80-person company that processed credit cards and had annual sales of about $4.3

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Global supply lines are in better shape than this time last year, but that doesn’t bode well for the future, writes Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen. Dear Sophie, We co-founded a startup in Colombia, and we’re thinking about opening a sales office in the U.S.! .” How to make the most of your investor relationships in 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Waze, the Google-owned navigation and mapping service, will lay off 5 percent of its global workforce, or about 30 people out of 555 total employees, the company’s CEO said in an email to employees. Globally, Waze customers drove 60 percent fewer miles in March, when lockdowns started going into effect, as compared to February.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

For the unacquainted, digital freight forwarders use digital tools that improve communication and efficiencies in the shipping process, among other things, to help shipments get where they need to go in a timely manner. The company had also raised $16 million in a Series A funding round that TechCrunch reported on in July of 2021. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The pandemic had just started, and while quarantining, the trio found themselves in the position — separately — of advising entrepreneurs who were trying to navigate the new normal amidst an increase in interest from global investors. Founders in the region often still depend on manual processes. Requarth said. “It

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The procurement process today in Latin America is complicated and expensive, co-founder and CEO Jorge Vizcayno told TechCrunch. Vizcayno calls Frubana, a Colombia-based company connecting restaurants to suppliers, Alima’s closest competitor. The weakest link: Charting supply chain risk in an era of globalization.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, NFTs are all the rage, and a small subset of people are raking in the cash in the process. It will make it illegal to pay people to write a fake review, and platforms that fail to address these could be fined up to 10% of their global annual turnover. Startups and VC. Across the pond, the U.K.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

In 2021, fintech startups were the top recipients of venture capital globally, accounting for about 21% of dollars raised with $131.5 So far in 2022, fintech startups are earning another, less favorable distinction — accounting for the third largest number of layoffs, by percentage, globally. for global expansion. a16z leads $6.5M

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AUGUST 7, 2022

Execs from the two startups say the combined company will have processed over $5 billion in payments and built a network of over 500,000 connected businesses by creating B2B DeFi payment networks in both the U.S. This will now be offered to 22 fintech companies across Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru. and Mexico.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

“It’s a responsibility we take very seriously so we’re trying to make sure there’s a tremendous amount of education and transparency in the process.”. ” Demand for Flink’s product is not only coming from Mexico, but from other Latin American countries such as Colombia, Chile, Peru and Argentina.

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