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Founded by ex-dLocal and AstroPay execs, Datanomik is bringing open banking to LatAm

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Cross-border payments platform dLocal is one of the most notable Latin American startups in recent history — the company became Uruguay’s first unicorn in 2020 and went public on the Nasdaq in 2021. DLocal’s founders had first launched AstroPay, another digital payments platform that now has over five million users.

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Nowports raises $16M to build the OS for LatAm’s shipping industry

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Nowports , an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. million to become Latin America’s digital shipping answer to Flexport. The company currently has offices in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay. A number of angels also put money in the round, including Justo.mx

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Wonder Brands’ pivot to acquiring e-commerce infrastructure pays off

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We profiled the company in 2021, about seven months after the company first launched to acquire digital brands in the MercadoLibre and Amazon ecosystem. Malek explained that the model didn’t pan out, noting the company “found it challenging to identify successful digital brands in that range.”

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The LatAm funding boom continues as Kaszek raises $1B across a duo of funds

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Today, more than two decades later, technology secular trends are stronger than ever before as we are experiencing an acceleration towards digitalization.”. It has people on the ground in its home base of Brazil as well as Mexico, the United States, Argentina and Uruguay. . “We

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Identity security platform Oort bags new cash to grow its product

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But Caulfield asserts that a factor in its favor is its “data-driven,” yet “human-centric” approach to orchestrating the user accounts employees use across their organization’s various digital services. Israel and Uruguay. . Israel and Uruguay.

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Kaszek earmarks nearly $1B in new funds for Latin American startups

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The firm’s most notable exit is digital bank Nubank, which it first invested in during the pre-seed round “when the company was merely a PowerPoint presentation,” said co-founder and managing partner Nicolas Szekasy. That company went public on the NYSE in December 2021.

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First '$100 Laptops' Sold to Uruguay - Switched: Gadgets, Tech, Digital Stuff for the Rest of Us

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First '$100 Laptops' Sold to Uruguay - Switched: Gadgets, Tech, Digital Stuff for the Rest of Us: "he tiny green and white, $100 XO notebook has been in development by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation for years, but the device, intended to bring computing to children around the world, has only now received its first official order.

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