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VC funds still rolling as Northzone announces largest fund, while Salkantay is largest Peru fund

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Same for Peru-based Salkantay Ventures , which said it closed on $26 million for its first fund , Salkantay Exponential Fund. He also said the fundraising environment was a bit of a challenge. billion, for its tenth fund. The firm is looking for seed-stage startups working to bridge those gaps using technology.

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Video Marketing on Social Media: Best Practices & Inspiration for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video content not only thrives, but is expected. Another video they posted after the landslides in Peru drove $3,200 in donations , which used video clips shot on a mobile device by staff on the field responding to disaster.

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Drone data scanning company Skycatch announces a $25M raise

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The list includes Chile, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Australia, Canada, the U.S., We saw the true value prop for Skycatch is operating in edge environments where there’s no connection to internet. Indonesia, China, Philippines, Thailand and Japan. In particular, the company is seeking to work with sites where connectivity is limited.

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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

There is a huge opportunity to do what local investors did in Brazil and Mexico years ago, and play a significant role in the next chapter of countries with blossoming markets like Colombia, Peru or Uruguay. Investors in the Andean region cover Peru, Chile and Colombia. investors remain shy.

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Alphabet’s Loon hands the reins of its internet air balloons to self-learning AI

The Verge

The system is now managing Loon’s fleet of balloons over Kenya, where Loon launched its first commercial internet service in July after testing its fleet in a series of disaster relief initiatives and other test environments for much of the last decade. Loon’s internet balloons are now piloted by an AI flight control system.

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Research Friday: The Importance of Strong and Weak Ties In Leadership Development

ASU Lodestar Center

for Vive Peru. Strong ties developed within an organization create support between employees that foster a positive work environment and a sense of team cohesion, which are beneficial when fighting for a cause together. posted by Annalise Parady , Director of Development. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. Sources: 1.

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Holberton raises $20M as it pivots to become an edtech SaaS company

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It opened campuses in Mexico and Peru, for example. A number of students also accused the school of not giving them the education it had promised. Throughout this period, Holberton continued expanding, though. Indeed, it doubled the number of schools in its system from nine to 18 in 2020.