TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Firms such as SoftBank, Tiger Global Management, Tencent, Accel, Ribbit Capital and QED Investors are pouring money into LatAm. One Mexico-based VC even declared that the story was about “talent, not capital.” Brazil and Mexico riding the gravy train. Some are even seeing more opportunity than in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

At the core of the project is the 2021 Global NGO Technology Survey and the data below is based on the survey responses of 478 nonprofit email marketing managers. To receive future updates about the Global NGO Technology Survey data, please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Many of the startups raising capital in Mexico are focused on financial inclusion, aiming to level the playing field in a country that is largely unbanked and has a burgeoning middle class. Existing backers QED, Next Billion Ventures, and Village Global also put more money in the company. . Fintechs in Mexico have been busy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

At the core of the project is the Global NGO Technology Survey and the data below is based on the survey responses of 1,160 nonprofits worldwide that use social media. To access the complete data, please take the Global NGO Technology Survey and then visit the Open Data Project Hub. 1) 87% of nonprofits worldwide use social media.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

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. With investors expecting a Latin American cryptocurrency boom, Mexico’s Bitso raises $62 million. The news caught our attention for several reasons.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

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. “We We plan to double our team by next year and expand more in Mexico and Colombia.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

At the core of the project is the 2021 Global NGO Technology Survey and the data below is based on the survey responses of 592 online fundraisers. To receive future updates about the Global NGO Technology Survey data, please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter. 6% only do so through a third-party website.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

million in seed funding , Mexico City-based Higo announced today it has raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Accel. Tiger Global Management also participated in the financing, along with existing backers Haystack, Homebrew, Audacious, Susa Ventures and J Ventures. In Mexico, companies don’t get paid on time,” Corcuera said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SmartRyde, which currently operates its airport transfers services in 150 countries with 700 airports globally, has collaborated with approximately 650 taxi companies and more than 25 online travel agencies (OTAs) including Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com, Indonesia’s Traveloka and Argentina’s Despegar, Kimura said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Today, one of such, MAGIC Fund , a global collective of founders, is announcing that it has raised a second fund of $30 million to continue backing early-stage startups across Africa, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Southeast Asia. Some MAGIC portfolio companies. Here’s a scenario. Thus, they decided to create MAGIC.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Greylock led the round and was joined by Greenoaks, Andreessen Horowitz, Monashees, Founders Fund, Tiger Global, NXTP, ONEVC, MAYA, Pear VC, Avenir Growth and A* Capital. And, after establishing a footprint in Brazil, the company is accelerating its international expansion to Mexico and Colombia later this year.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

Kolors, a Mexico City-based startup, says its platform that connects intercity bus riders with bus drivers is like “if Uber and Southwest Airlines had a baby.” The round was led by UP.Partners with participation from Toyota Ventures, Maniv Mobility, K5 Global and Mazapil, as well as existing investors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

” We’ve also seen this play out with angel investors who have become prominent solo venture capitalists like Olumide Soyombo of Voltron Capital — and globally, Elad Gil and Lachy Groom. Last year, rali_cap raised $2 million, money it has since deployed. “But we’re always open for exceptions,” said Simmons.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2013

He is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship , founded a program for homeless veterans in conjunction with the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness , and is involved with Santa Fe for Students / Communities In Schools of New Mexico. And that''s only in the last 10 years.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Notably, the 38-year-old Silicon Valley-based venture firm is doubling down on global investing. fund at $650 million; its seventh early-stage European and Israeli fund also at $650 million and its sixth global growth stage fund at $1.75 Accel announced Tuesday the close of three new funds totaling $3.05

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2012

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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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Fintech companies and other entities have moved the needle for consumer payments in Latin America, particularly during the global pandemic, prompting consumers to be more comfortable with digital payments. We can still grow a lot in Chile and Mexico, so it is more like when is the best time to go to other LatAm countries,” Kreis added. “We

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Just over five months after raising a $9 million seed funding round , Latin American fintech Pomelo announced today that it is raising $35 million in Series A financing led by Tiger Global Management. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. In Argentina, it was granted a Mastercard and payments license.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

When Cory Siskind finished school, she was dropped into a high-stakes job helping large multinational corporations manage their operational security in Mexico City, with almost no relevant lived experience.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Startups are hard work, but the complexities of global supply chains can make running hardware companies especially difficult. Instead of existing within a codebase behind a screen, the key components of your hardware product can be scattered around the world, subject to the volatility of the global economy.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

The startup, which offers credit cards to underserved populations in Mexico, told TechCrunch it has raised an additional $50 million in equity at a $1.2 Stori launched its credit card product in Mexico in January 2020. million customers in Mexico, which it claims is up “over 3x” from the prior year. Enter Stori.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Kueski , a Mexico City-based “buy now, pay later” and online consumer lender, announced today it has secured $202 million in equity and debt funding. He was motivated after he, his friends and family experienced difficulty in getting access “and how terrible the user experience was in accessing financial services in Mexico.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Miferia , a Mexico-based business-to-business wholesale marketplace, bagged $7 million in seed funding to continue developing its curated website connecting independent retailers in Mexico with domestic brands in categories like cosmetics, food and beverage and home décor. Latin America’s slowing VC market hides local strength.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Mexico City-based B2B software and payments company provides three products, VendorPlace , P-Card and PorCobrar , for managing cash flow, optimizing access to smart liquidity, and connecting small, midsize and large businesses to an ecosystem of digital tools. Today, the company announced the close of a $20.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Flink , a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. There is a growing number of them globally, including Scalable Capital, Bitpanda and Trade Republic in Europe. It is currently the largest retail brokerage service in Mexico, he said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Citibanamex — Mexico’s second-largest bank — announced that it is building new APIs to allow fintech companies real-time access to information like its services and ATM locations. The move comes as Mexico’s fintech ecosystem flourishes so fiercely that traditional banks have to embrace them or risk lagging behind.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Google has officially stated that Fitbit products are no longer being sold in Mexico and other Latin American countries. While existing users will still receive support, including software updates and access to customer service, the move puts Fitbit into a more exclusive product category for a global audience. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Founded in July 2019, Mexico City-based Flat.mx That September, the proptech startup had raised one of Mexico’s largest pre-seed rounds to take the Opendoor real estate marketplace model across the Rio Grande. The real estate market in Mexico is broken,” said co-founder Bernardo Cordero. Previously, Flat.mx Unlike in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Existing backers BECO Capital, Global Ventures, OTG Ventures and Endure Capital also participated in the round, along with new investor Endeavor Catalyst. Companies in this new economy are digital and global first. We’re incredibly excited by the future ahead of us in Mexico and beyond.” .

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach. Many female entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Manuel Rodriguez Dao, co-founder and CEO of Mexico City-based Meru.com , and co-founder Federico Moscato, learned this the hard way when they were sourcing goods for another company and faced problems, among them getting the items that were originally offered. It also has fintech partners to assist with financing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Kavak , the Mexican startup that’s disrupted the used car market in Mexico and Argentina, today announced its Series D of $485 million, which now values the company at $4 billion. 80% of people in emerging markets don’t have access to a car,” García said of the global market size.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Nelo , a startup founded by former Uber international growth team leads, began offering buy now, pay later services to Mexico earlier this year. The Mexico City-based company already is live with over 100 merchants, including Steve Madden and Ben & Frank. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

The global pandemic threw a wrench in the plans of restaurants all over the world two years ago when diners stayed home, causing many eateries to shift their business to pickup or delivery. million, led by F Prime Capital, to continue developing ParrotConnect and expand its footprint in Mexico. million in funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Kavak , a Mexico City-based startup that operates a pre-owned car marketplace in Latin America, announced today that it has raised a massive $700 million in a Series E round that more than doubles the company’s valuation to $8.7 Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. This news is notable for a few reasons.

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