TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Tono Mandly doesn’t consider his company, Riogrande , an e-commerce aggregator, but instead as one whose mission is to build local brands, through acquisition and incubation, for the emerging middle class of Latin American consumers. They come from backgrounds that include Rocket Internet and Delivery Hero. “We

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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. In Mexico, small businesses mostly handle payables with nothing more than spreadsheets and email and legacy bank accounts,” CEO Corcuera said. . In Mexico, companies don’t get paid on time,” Corcuera said.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2012

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. The TechSoup Global Local Impact Map is an interactive online map that lets visitors "travel" to places where technology is being harnessed for positive change.

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TechNode

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD is on track to sell 50,000 cars in Mexico this year and aims to double that number in 2025, the companys country head Jorge Vallejo said publicly on Tuesday in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, Reuters reported. TechNode reporting , Reuters ]

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Jüsto , an online supermarket based in Mexico City, announced Tuesday it has raised $65 million in a Series A round led by General Atlantic. It claims to be the first supermarket in Mexico with no physical store. Mexico City’s Jüsto raises a $12 million bridge round for its delivery-only grocery stores.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

GWM plans to open at least 40 stores in Mexico by the end of the year through partnerships with 24 local dealer groups, the firm said. By 2025, it aims to have a total of 100 stores in the country. GWM statement, in Chinese ]

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The Verge

MARCH 25, 2021

In many places, you can call up a neighbor or local pizza parlor just by dialing seven numbers, as long as you have the same area code — but that ability will soon be going away, in order to make the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline easier to reach. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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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

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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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

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. Tech in Mexico: A confluence of Latin America, the US and Asia. This round more than triples their previous valuation of $1.15

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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. The company has hubs in Mexico City, New York City and remote employees.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

PideDirecto , a Mexico-based company, is developing a platform that enables local businesses in Latin America to sell directly to their consumers and deliver orders in less than 30 minutes. That is when we started PideDirecto, to enable local businesses to scale their direct-to-consumer sales channels,” Fawzi said. “We

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

But startups are also solving local problems. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. We were surprised at how many female entrepreneurs pitched in the competition, particularly in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

The WhatsApp payment service is also been tested in Mexico. “We We will continue to work with local partners and the Central Bank”. Facebook missed its target for the service to be available nationwide by the end of last year. WhatsApp had started a small test of the service in the country around a month prior to its launch.

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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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The Verge

MAY 17, 2021

Most countries outside of the US will be getting lower prices that will be localized to their specific country, starting with Turkey and Mexico on May 20th. The rollout starts first with Turkey and Mexico, where prices for a subscription will be lowered to 9.90 Making subscriptions more affordable for Twitch’s global audience.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

One Mexico-based VC even declared that the story was about “talent, not capital.” ” Local VCs are raving about the human capital in the region, but for some global investors, the appeal of Latin America extends beyond the talent to the general populace. .” Brazil and Mexico riding the gravy train.

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Digital Trends

MAY 25, 2022

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has returned to Earth at the end of a crucial test mission, landing in New Mexico shortly before 5 p.m. local time.

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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. To date, the company raised $17 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

The co-founders want to bridge the gap in technology-enabled financial services that they found in Mexico. Colyer worked for G2 after a stint at Stanford, eventually moving back to Mexico and working on a micromobility startup called Uva Scooters. What sort of tweaking was needed? Regarding the company’s $3.5

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

The Latin American startup market, once among the hottest in the world , is cooling. But its slowdown is far from uniform; some countries are surviving the downturn far better than others, data reveals.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. What this tells us is that foreign investors would do well to keep a sharp eye on emerging opportunities beyond heavily covered markets like Brazil and Mexico. However, much of this investment comes from local and regional investors.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Nikes use of local color seems to be part of a larger branding trend that emphasizes small-scale authenticity over brute-force bigness. cities by companies that are not located in those places, and adjusting for the population of each city, a measure of local trademark popularity can be calculated.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Districts in California , Texas , Minnesota , and Missouri have said they plan to close down Friday in response, according to the districts and local media reports. Currently, there have been no threats to any of the schools in Mexico, [Missouri],” wrote a Missouri school district.

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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

JULY 21, 2022

In Treggo’s case, developing technology to make urban shipments in Argentina, Mexico and Chile easier and for merchants of any size can provide an Amazon-like service for their customers. Sixty-two percent of the sector is dominated by small and local last-mile providers,” he added.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

And rather than pay people to go get information about those places, Google has smartly been using a service called Map Maker, which lets locals and people knowledgeable about the area edit it themselves. And this week, Google has added a couple important areas to the list: Mexico and Eastern Europe.&#.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

With investors expecting a Latin American cryptocurrency boom, Mexico’s Bitso raises $62 million. Bitso says its “global-minded” product offerings fit the needs of local customers in Mexico, Argentina and now Brazil, where it just launched its retail operations. It took Bitso six years to get its first million clients.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Valoreo , a Mexico City-based acquirer of e-commerce businesses, announced Tuesday that it has raised $50 million of equity and debt financing in a seed funding round. There are still many consumers that are not aware of the great variety of outstanding local brands that sell innovative products on marketplaces online,” Stefan Florea said. “In

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

The Mexico City-based company created a software and gig collaborators marketplace to solve two areas: providing retailers with workers to fulfill those orders and providing a flexible way for independent workers to earn regular income. Zubale’s operations began in Mexico and have since expanded into Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

million Series A extension to continue its expansion across emerging markets; the company already has a presence in South Africa and Mexico. Since then, it expanded into Mexico City last November and has completed multiple data production projects in the city alongside Lima, Bangkok, Gauteng and Dhaka. Today, i t is announcing a $14.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In Mexico in particular, cash remains the dominant method of payment with an estimated 86% of all payments being in the form of cash. According to one recent study , Mexico topped the list of the world’s fastest growing e-commerce markets. And for the founders of Mexico City-based startup Stori , they spell opportunity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

CEO and co-founder Aaron Polhamus said he, Miguel Arroyo and Jaime Rodas were driven to start Mexico City-based Vest in December 2020 because of their belief that while Latin Americans work hard for their savings, “historically their savings have not worked hard for them.”. Image Credits: Vest. Because Vest is structured as a U.S.

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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.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

The company has offices in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru and San Francisco. While its headquarters are located in Cali, Colombia, Muniz said Truora’s new main focus, or highest growing office, is Mexico City. Eventually, it also wants to expand further in Brazil.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

One day can make a difference and New Mexico State University (NMSU) can prove it! We had goals to increase total giving to the NMSU system, increase alumni giving rates, see participation of 1,000 donors, add endowments for colleges, departments and units across the system and establish communication partnerships with local businesses.

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