TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Specifically, Osana Salud is building an API-connected infrastructure to help the region’s healthcare industry offer a patient experience that offers “greater convenience, outcomes and value,” Lawson told TechCrunch. It also gave the industry the opportunity to show the benefits of a “virtual first” approach, he added. “The

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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

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

JULY 21, 2021

Mexico City-based Valoreo aims to invest in, operate and scale e-commerce brands as part of its self-described mission “to bring better products at more affordable prices” to the Latin American consumer. Tech in Mexico: A confluence of Latin America, the US and Asia. The company says its model differs from that of its U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

. — Latin America, they believe, has historically been ripe for disruption, especially in the fintech and proptech sectors, due to the significant underbanked and unbanked population in the region and the relatively unstructured real estate industry. One Mexico-based VC even declared that the story was about “talent, not capital.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

But while the industry hails the rise of the region’s ecosystem and its growing fleet of unicorns , Latin America’s startup story has a far longer past. Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. However, much of this investment comes from local and regional investors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Jüsto , the Mexico City-based online grocer, continues to run on all cylinders with a goal of saturating the Latin American market. Weder planned on using the Series A funding to expand across Mexico and Latin America — a market he told me represents a $600 billion opportunity — and that’s just what the company did. billion in 2020.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

Fondeadora , a fintech startup based in Mexico City and building a challenger bank, has extended its Series A funding round. As most people still rely heavily on cash in Mexico, creating a challenger bank represents a good opportunity. There’s room for plenty of local players around the world. Image Credits: Fondeadora.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SmartRyde , a Japanese online pre-booked airport transfers service platform, is a marketplace that connects travelers to local transportation operators/online travel agencies (OTAs). The company plans to expand further in major cities and tourist destinations, including Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Dominican Republic, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

FreshBooks has 500 employees in Canada, Croatia, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United States — hiring over 100 people in the past year. For example, he said, more business owners are working to become digitally enabled to meet local tax and invoice compliance systems. . versus businesses owned by men,” Epperson said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

In particular, the company will be focusing on acquiring new customers and product listings as well as expanding to other countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile “through a combination of M&A and greenfield operations,” according to Dagnoni. SoftBank pours up to $150M into GBM, a Mexico City-based investment platform.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

It has one of the largest and most profitable banking industries in Latin America, and is among the world’s most developed financial markets. It has 40 million users across Brazil, as well as Mexico and Colombia. Brazil is a country riven with economic contradictions. Our lead writer for this EC-1 is Marcella McCarthy.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

This brings a well-known, and controversial, feature in the podcasting industry to Spotify, making the app more on par with other popular players, like Apple Podcasts. The charts will be available in 26 countries, including the US, Mexico, the UK, Brazil, and Germany. The two initial podcast charts will be called Trending and Top.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

As you can probably guess from the name, the company is focused on planting trees in deserts, specifically desert shrublands in the Alamogordo region of New Mexico. And using brackish groundwater might work in New Mexico, but Hanan noted that most deserts aren’t near oceans and don’t have easily accessible groundwater.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Beyond its marketplace offering, ResortPass has also built SaaS software to make it easier for the hotel industry to support day guest access. such as the Caribbean, Mexico and Puerto Rico that it plans to eventually further expand into new geographies such as Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The pitch: The vast size and complexity of the construction industry has resulted in all kinds of software and services that address various aspects of the construction processes, resulting in data and documents being spread across many siloed tools. Website: gryps.io. Founders: Dareen Salama , Amir Tasbihi. Website: illumenotes.com.

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The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2020

In some countries it’s working with official data from railroad operators, while in others (like the UK, Italy, Israel, Brazil, Mexico) it’s relying on its community of local map editors to add alerts.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

At that time, it had become quite apparent that China had emerged as the front line in the battle for dominance of the 21st century automotive industry. By 1950, the United States produced over three quarters of all the cars in the world, and Detroit was the epicenter of the global automotive industry (see Figure 1).

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

However, most of them tend to go alone and are stuck with cutting checks in their local markets, which limits opportunities. The idea was to bring global founders together with diverse skillsets in diverse industries and geographies to evaluate deals better and drive value for each other. Some MAGIC portfolio companies.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. Mexico / SOLD OUT. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The remote-first fintech started in Argentina and has since launched operations and offices in Brazil and Mexico with plans to also expand to Chile and Colombia. Cards have an estimated payments volume of $900 billion per year, and yet 95% of these transactions are being processed by local incumbents, asserts Pomelo.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

The startup — also backed by Y Combinator — touts that its site features over 50,000 listings and has more than 1 million monthly unique active users in Argentina and Mexico. With its new capital, Mudafy’s immediate priority is to expand to more cities in Mexico, a market it entered in 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Historically, Brazil and increasingly as of late Mexico, have received the bulk of venture dollars from venture investors. Today, Buk has over 4,000 clients that hail from a variety of industries in Latin America, including educational institutions, investment banks, fast food chains, law firms and others.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

clients “have some sort of global operations.” “Now, if you use Brex, you can actually operate as if you were a local company with a local card.” We expect to see the insurance industry in general adopt more of the consumer friendly features that we’ve helped pioneer.” Fintech projected to become a $1.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

So far, the company partners with media buying and advertising agencies and works with over 100 local and multinational brands across Africa, the Middle East and South America in the automotive, healthcare and technology industries. Fergany also said Convertedin is eyeing South Africa and India too. “We

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

Specifically, these are Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines in Southeast Asia (though Sosrodjojo said SIV II will also look at other countries); Pakistan and Bangladesh in South Asia; Egypt in MENA; and Mexico in Latin America. Another criteria is to back local founders. SIV II plans to follow on 25% of its portfolio. “For

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

US truck maker Navistar is joining forces with TuSimple, a leading autonomous vehicle startup, to build a self-driving semi truck that can operate without a human driver on highways and local roads. As part of the deal, Navistar is taking a minority stake in TuSimple — though neither company would disclose the size of Navistar’s investment.

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TechNode

AUGUST 8, 2023

In 2022, iMile expanded its operations to Brazil and Mexico. Currently, with an operation center in Shenzhen and a technology center in Hangzhou, it collaborates with US e-commerce giant Amazon, a local e-commerce platform in the Middle East called Noon, fast-fashion brand Shein, and Alibabas logistics arm Cainiao.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

from Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, the other harkens back to rural Oklahoma. These same founders historically bootstrapped their companies out of need, as access to early-stage, high-risk capital can be scarce and vary widely city by city, state by state, industry by industry. Opportunities abound everywhere.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

Part of its investment thesis is to “invest early and locally,” according to Wong. Examples of this philosophy include investments in companies based all over the world — from Mexico to Stockholm to Tel Aviv to Munich. While the firm is open-minded, there are still some industries it has not yet embraced as much as others.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For example, if your town is known for gorgeous cherry blossom trees, offering paintings with these trees by a local artist can inspire bidding. For example, a local bike shop could donate a bike, helmet, and a voucher for a free tuneup. Look for B&Bs in unique locations, such as beachfront or mountaintop locales.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

and Mexico. The startup says it will also continue to grow its local presence and team in EMEA. This will now be offered to 22 fintech companies across Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru. Weltio , a Mexico City–based wealth management startup targeting Spanish-speaking LatAm, says it has raised $1.2

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2022

By expanding out from the homogeneous group we also demonstrate acts of leadership within that more numerous portion of the local and national population. It’s a wonderful festival to include in your year-end calendar and one to help cement your nonprofit’s relationship with your local Jewish community. There are 7.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

Welcome back to The Interchange, the weekly TechCrunch series that looks at the latest — and what’s ahead — in the global fintech industry. Then the next, I have a founder telling me their latest round was preempted by a large venture firm in their industry. It’s an incredible time to be a financial technology journalist.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

The 10 states are Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. While the demand effect of higher interest rates may build over time, continued strong trends at the card networks point to sustained growth trends for the payment processing industry.”. Applications close August 5.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

TechSoup Asia Asia is a nonprofit collaborative venture between TechSoup Global and its local nonprofit organization partners, Connecting Up Australia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Vietnam is an S-shaped country that is slightly larger than New Mexico. The technology is shipped directly to the local NGO.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

According to local news reports, nearly two dozen suicide cases owing to harassment coming from loan app operators have been reported online. However, market experts like Ahmed of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy do not look for an SRO coming from the industry. They instead want the RBI to set up a grievance mechanism.

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