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Merging Airbnb and the traditional hotel model, Mexico City’s Casai raises $23 million to grow in Latin America

TechCrunch

The company, which initially was hit as hard by regional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic as other businesses in the hospitality industry, has recovered to reach nearly 90% of total capacity on the 200 units it manages around Mexico City. “I wanted to define a product from a consumer angle,” said Barawid.

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With backers like Tiger Global, LatAm crypto exchange Bitso raises $250M at a $2.2B valuation

TechCrunch

Tiger Global and Coatue co-led the round, which also included participation from Paradigm, BOND & Valor Capital Group and existing backers QED, Pantera Capital and Kaszek. billion in international payments — including remittances and payments between companies — during 2020 alone. Image Credits: Bitso.

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Tiger Global, YC back Rebill’s subscription payment platform for Latin America

TechCrunch

The $3 million seed round was led by Tiger Global Management and included Y Combinator, Soma Capital, SV Angel and a group of angel investors, including Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi and Vercel founder Guillermo Rauch. A look at all 35 international fintech startups at YC’s winter 2022 Demo Day.

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Nelo raises $3M to grow ‘buy now, pay later’ in Mexico

TechCrunch

Enter Nelo , a startup founded by former Uber international growth team leads, which is building buy now, pay later in Mexico. If we find a large global one and increase conversion for them, that is our defensibility [against competitors]. But in markets like Mexico, the percentage of cash payments for trips was very high.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

is a rich country and, as of 2011, ranks as the most generous nation in the world, 1 only five percent of its charitable giving goes to international causes. Here are three simple reasons why your "heart" may tell you to give to international causes: 1. Other examples are Global Giving , the Skoll Center and Ashoka.

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Indian edtech giant Byju’s to expand to international markets

TechCrunch

Byju’s plans to expand to international markets in the second half of next month as the Indian edtech giant, valued at more than $13 billion, looks to accelerate its growth, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed. Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico next month and explore other geographies later this year, it told employees in an email.

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TechSoup Global Launches Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

The TechSoup Global network has donated 9.7 It would be impossible to tell all those stories in one blog post, but you can find them using the TechSoup Global Local Impact Map , powered by Microsoft technology. Visit the TechSoup Global Local Impact Map and traverse the globe by clicking on any of the highlighted spots.

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