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

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Nowports , an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. The investment brings Nowports’ total raised since its 2018 inception to over $24 million. Nowports raises $5.3 The company currently has offices in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay.

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Understanding Income Inequality

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Imagine how my mind has been blown by learning about a huge international income database that has microdata on millions of households from more than 50 countries, all harmonized to make the same kinds of analyses possible across any of these countries! What “micro” factors raise the poverty risk for persons and households – age?

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Founded by ex-dLocal and AstroPay execs, Datanomik is bringing open banking to LatAm

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Cross-border payments platform dLocal is one of the most notable Latin American startups in recent history — the company became Uruguay’s first unicorn in 2020 and went public on the Nasdaq in 2021. The financing marks a16z’s first investment in Uruguay, and one of its biggest seed rounds in Latin America.

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

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Rebill , an Argentina-based startup, raised $3.6 A look at all 35 international fintech startups at YC’s winter 2022 Demo Day. Currently, Rebill has clients in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay and collects payments in 15 currencies. The funding announcement includes $600,000 from a pre-seed tranche.

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Marco Financial raises $82M in debt, equity seed round to support small Latin American exporters

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To continue its mission, the Miami-based trade finance company raised $7 million in seed funding and $75 million in a credit facility, led by Arcadia Funds LLC and Kayyak Ventures, to increase its credit line to $100 million. International Development Finance Corp. Teichman joins after 11 years with the U.S.

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

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To make the school more affordable, Henry looks to take on the same strategy used by Lambda School, a YC-graduate that has raised over $122 million in known funding: income-share agreements. Internally, Henry’s remote team is 20% women, 64% men. The current students reflect the same breakdown.

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Identity security platform Oort bags new cash to grow its product

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Oort , an identity threat detection and response platform, today announced that it raised $11.5 The proceeds, which bring Oort’s total capital raised to $15 million, will be put toward supporting its go-to-market strategy, CEO Matt Caulfield tells TechCrunch. Israel and Uruguay. . Israel and Uruguay.

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