TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Those backers include Kaszek Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, SoftBank Latin America Fund and DILA Capital, among others. Specifically, it enables LatAm businesses to a ccept payments globally and receive money in their local currency. Today, the startup operates in five countries: Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Chile.

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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. The startup has raised $110 million in a growth funding round led by U.K.-based Existing backers Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital also participated in the financing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Currently, Kuona operates in the United States, Mexico, Peru and Ecuador and just opened an office in Brazil. It counts on its list of 15 to 20 customers global entities like Coca-Cola and OXXO convenience stores. million in total funding. The new investment gives Kuona around $7.2

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Chile’s Buk , which has developed a human resources management platform for Latin American companies, announced today that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round that values the company at $417 million. But more and more, other regions in Latin America such as Chile are also attracting global investor interest.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

NovoPayment is a global BaaS startup based in Miami that has largely been focused on offering its API platform to customers in the Latin American market. It plans to use the new funding to gain new customers, particularly in the U.S. NovoPayment’s founder and CEO Anabel Perez Image Credits: NovoPayment.

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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 a result, they decided to ramp up Migrante into other underbanked communities, including Peru. Chile-based Migrante is working to change that.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Today, Nuvemshop is announcing that it has closed on a $90 million Series D funding led by Accel. ThornTree Capital and returning backers Kaszek, Qualcomm Ventures and others also put money in the round, which brings Nuvemshop’s total funding raised since its 2011 inception to nearly $130 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

billion by 2024, with the global pandemic driving demand for faster delivery, according to Statista. Meanwhile, Justin Mateen, general partner at JAM Fund, and co-founder of Tinder and an early-stage investor, met Garcia over a year ago and was one of the company’s first investors. billion valuation in a round led by T.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Naspers, via its investment arm, Naspers Foundry, co-led the investment with Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund. The company says there are plans to launch Rumbo in Lima, Peru later this year. “The global food and e-commerce businesses, often operating in emerging markets, are quite reliant on mobility solutions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

T ruora , a Colombian user authentication startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding co-led by two Silicon Valley-based venture firms. 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.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Nowports , an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round which values the company at $1.1 To quote my colleague Anna Heim, digitizing freight forwarding is a global challenge because the sector still lacks transparency and efficiency. It has more than 500 employees.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. The company has raised over $86 million over its lifetime and counts NewView Capital and SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund among its backers. Another day, another Q2 funding report.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Europe, LatAm and Europe, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series B funding round led by Redpoint eventures. Existing investors Daphni , Imaginable Futures , Pearson Ventures , Reach Capital and Trinity Ventures also participated in this round, which brings Holberton’s total funding to $33 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

We noted earlier this year that grocery delivery is a tough business to be in , given the competitiveness of the market and later-stage funding drying up for cash-intensive sectors like this one. However, we’ve seen some downsides of the industry, for example, Zero Grocery folded about a month after I reported on their new funding round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

” The initial markets will be in Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Vietnam, where Apeel’s tech will treat avocados, pineapples, asparagus and citrus fruits like lemons, limes and oranges. . “The value is not just in the longer-lasting produce, it’s in the market access for that longer-lasting produce.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

” Demand for Flink’s product is not only coming from Mexico, but from other Latin American countries such as Colombia, Chile, Peru and Argentina. Flink also plans to use its funding in part to continue improving the user experience and product offering, as well as to add to its current headcount of 60 to be able to meet rising demand.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Innovamat will be using the funding to expand its business. It has been around since 2017, operating initially in Spain before expanding to Italy and several countries in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru). Innovamat will be using the funding to expand its business. in New Jersey.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

But Latin America stood out thanks to its comparatively high crypto adoption: According to Kim Grauer, head of research at Chainalysis, Latin America has consistently captured between 8% and 10% of global cryptocurrency activity. That’s why I invested in Buenbit, one of the largest exchanges in countries like Argentina and Peru.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Organizations that rely on donations and grants for funding are being forced to look at their revenue portfolios and determine whether their revenue streams will be sustainable in the foreseeable future. Nonprofits are reimagining funding models and will have to think innovatively to ensure their mission continues. foreign policy.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This can be accomplished through building local and global connections with multidisciplinary experts and impacted communities. We also support Responsible AI projects directly for other organizations — including our commitment of $3M to fund the new INSAIT research center based in Bulgaria. certainty when used correctly.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

I imagined women or girls who received cards might keep them in a place in her home, in a drawer, or on a shelf that would always remind her that she is cared for, and that she is a part of a much larger global community. We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education.

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AUGUST 20, 2008

Martin Fisher: The problem we're trying to solve is global poverty. As long as we have massive global poverty, we really can't solve any of our other biggest problems because if you have people who are starving, they're going to do anything to stay alive. So, what we do is we use donor funds to overcome this market failure.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2008

CH: You know it is funny; it actually didn't start out as a women-centered initiative, but the more research I did about creating global training sites and free media enterprises in these developing countries, training women just makes the most sense. Our age ranges in all of our global training sites range from 19 to 56.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

million in Series A funding to continue developing its app that takes grocery orders through local social networks. Tiger Global Management led the round, with existing investors GFC, Elevar Equity, Kevin Efrusy, David Velez, FJ Labs and H2O participating. Favo launched in Peru in 2020 and then Brazil.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Today the fast-growing grocery and retail delivery platform has closed a whopping $170 million Series A funding round. The round was led by led by GGV Capital, Balderton Capital and Tiger Global Management. And he’s raising plenty of money to aim at that goal. Latin America and Europe. Latin America and Europe.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

The company, which was founded in 2017, already has operations in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. “We realized there was a gigantic opportunity to democratize and create infrastructure to move money,” Schwarzkopf told TechCrunch.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 14, 2025

Lliuya’s lawsuit against RWE argues that the company’s historical greenhouse gas emissions have fueled global warming, accelerating glacial melt above his hometown of Huaraz, Peru. RWE, which has never operated in Peru, denies legal responsibility, arguing that climate change is a global issue caused by many contributors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

Mentum is out to change that in Latin America, and is working on customizable investment APIs and widgets so businesses in Latin America can build and offer fully digital investment products, like local mutual funds, ETFs and stocks, to their customers. The products are also compliant with local regulations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

Before I left for Peru, I did an interview for the Big Vision Podcast with Jonah Sachs, the Principal of Free Range Studios , an advertising and marketing firm with offices in Washington DC and Berkeley, California that specializes in non-profits and socially responsible businesses. But I think the work is out there.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health. embassies and consulates in Lima, Peru, Sao Paulo and Bogota have had the public air monitoring.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

April 28, 2023 ChatGPT parent company OpenAI closes $300M share sale at $27B-29B valuation VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive and K2 Global are picking up new shares, according to documents seen by TechCrunch. A source tells us Founders Fund is also investing.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

The new administration has purged federal agency websites of mentions of equity and climate change and sought to dismantle the scientific infrastructure that agencies like the CDC use to understand and respond to a range of health risksincluding those posed by global warming. Kennedy Jr. There is no cure for dengue.

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