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Understanding Income Inequality

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We need to do a better job of understanding social needs, both to improve our programs and measure their ultimate impact. I spend more and more of my time talking to leaders in the sector, helping advance the use of data for action and impact. employment attachment and educational level of adult household members? Which are widespread?

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

TechCrunch

The company currently has offices in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay. Nowports plans to use its new capital in part to expand its 160-person team to China, according to de los Rios. 2020 was a good year for Nowports, which saw its revenue climb by 605% compared to 2019. Our 2021 goal is 400% to 600%,” de los Rios told TechCrunch.

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Henry picks up cash to be a Lambda School for Latin America

TechCrunch

The Henry team. It’s very exclusive, very expensive, and has very low impact skills. Internally, Henry’s remote team is 20% women, 64% men. Currently, Henry has graduated 200 students and is working with 600 students across Colombia, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina. So we’re giving these people an opportunity.”.

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Identity security platform Oort bags new cash to grow its product

TechCrunch

406 Ventures and Energy Impact Partners with participation from Cisco Investments. Caulfield co-founded Oort after stints at Citi, Lockheed Martin and Cisco (hence Cisco’s involvement in the Series A), where he led their Boston-based product innovation team. Israel and Uruguay. million in a Series A round co-led by.406

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Astro emerges from stealth to connect Latin American developers with US tech companies

TechCrunch

Astro , a startup helping companies to build and manage developer teams with talent from Latin America, today exited from stealth with $13 million in Series A funding contributed by Greycroft with participation by Obvious Ventures and other unnamed investors. based workers.

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Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt, equity to provide auto loans to LatAm ride-hailing drivers

TechCrunch

Italian-born Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay, who hails from Spain, met in Peru several years ago and discovered they both had an interest in using technology to make a social impact and help people escape “the poverty trap.”.

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4 ways to ensure Latin America’s growing pot of capital drives long-term growth

TechCrunch

Imagine the impact on GDP if companies invested in improving digital inclusion, as well — consumers could gain access to online goods and services, and more people could start 100% digital companies. In Latin America, such a passport could make it easier to form international teams and create a more cohesive overall ecosystem.