Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The 2021 Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. 22%: Our organization has raised slightly more money than we expected. 21%: Our organization has raised slightly less money than we expected.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. 35%: Our organization does not believe we could raise much money on Facebook. 31%: Our organization has raised the amount of money we expected.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

This is especially true in emerging markets like Latin America, where SMEs comprise 99.5% In Mexico, for instance, 97.4% Thus we’ve seen the funding of mobile-first website builder Univer.se, which raised $47M from Google Ventures, General Catalyst, and Addition. of firms in the region.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

had raised a total $10 million in equity and $25 million in debt. Founded in July 2019, Mexico City-based Flat.mx 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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Planet42 , a South Africa-based car subscription company that buys used cars from dealerships and rents to customers via a subscription model, has raised $30 million in equity and debt. The company raised $2.4 The company raised $2.4 But for Planet42, the next attractive market lies off the continent. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

One such startup, Tribal Credit , launched its beta in late 2019 to provide payment products for startups and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in emerging markets. Today, Tribal Credit announced it has raised $34.3 The raise follows “ 10x” year-over-year growth, according to CEO and co-founder Amr Shady.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

The concept has grown in popularity in recent years, especially in markets such as the United States, Europe and Australia. Numerous players abound, all fighting for market share — from Affirm to Klarna to Afterpay, among others. With the latest capital infusion, Nelo has raised a total of $5.6 Miller said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The two founders of Parrot Software , Roberto Cebrián and David Villarreal, first met in high school in Monterrey, Mexico. The company is already live in more than 500 restaurants in Mexico and is used by chains including Cinnabon, Dairy Queen, Grupo Costeño and Grupo Pangea. It’s a big category that’s expected to reach $6.94

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

But the market in LatAm has shifted in recent years, and with increased digital adoption, more people are opening their minds to using credit cards for payments. 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 Enter Stori.

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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. In fact, according to PitchBook data cited by General Atlantic, the round represents the largest Series A raised in Latin America in the past decade.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Today, the company, which is building an “all-in-one expense management platform” for global startups, is announcing that it has raised a $57 million Series B at a $500 million valuation. The startup’s offering was live in Mexico and Canada and today launched in Colombia, the United Kingdom and Europe as a whole. .

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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. million in debt from Banco Sabadell Mexico — brings minu’s total raised since its 2019 inception to a total of $20 million. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Ironhack , a company offering programming bootcamps across Europe and North and South America, has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding. Last year, Lambda School raised $74 million for its coding education program. Lambda School raises $74M for its virtual coding school where you pay tuition only after you get a job.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

With nearly half a million customers across Mexico and a network of 30,000 retail locations where representatives can take deposits, the challenger bank albo is already on its way to becoming a dominant player in Mexico’s emerging fintech industry. Valued at $10B, Nubank launches it’s Nu credit card in Mexico.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Just five months after raising $90M, Brazil’s Nuvemshop announced today it has raised $500 million in a round co-led by Insight Partners and Tiger Global Management. That’s up from 20,000 merchants at the start of 2020 and 80,000 at the time of its last raise in March. market in the future.

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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.

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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. The round was led by D1 Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Ribbit and BOND, and brings Kavak’s total capital raised to date to more than $900 million.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Prior to Aplazo, Peña lived in New York and worked at Morgan Stanley investing in credit in Mexico, while Wieland had been launching businesses across Latin America after spending time at companies like Uber and Lime. However, credit penetration in Mexico is low, less than 10% , due to lack of trust in the banking system, he added.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Still, Latin America remains an under-penetrated market in the increasingly crowded space. Nelo , a startup founded by former Uber international growth team leads, began offering buy now, pay later services to Mexico earlier this year. And it has just raised $20 million in an effort to help it advance on that goal.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

This morning Clara , a corporate spend-management startup focused on the Latin American market, announced its product launch and a $3.5 The company’s funding caught TechCrunch’s eye as there has been a flurry of funding for related companies serving the United States market. million pre-seed round led by General Catalyst.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Nuvemshop has seen the number of merchants on its platform surge to nearly 80,000 across Brazil, Argentina and Mexico compared to 20,000 at the start of 2020. Having just raised $30 million in a Series C round in October and achieving profitability in 2020, the Nuvemshop team was not looking for more capital. billion in 2023. “In

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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. The financing comes just over six months after Flink raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Accel. Since its 2017 inception, the startup has raised nearly $70 million.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Tala , an emerging markets digital lender that offers loans between $10 to $500 to consumers and small business owners, has raised $145 million in Series E funding. Existing investors IVP, Revolution Growth and Lowercase Capital also joined the round that brings Tala’s total funding raised to a little over $360 million.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2021

Tech investments in emerging markets have been in full swing over the past couple of years and their ecosystems have thrived as a result. Some of these markets like Africa, Latin America, and India, have comprehensive reports by publications and firms on trends and investments in their individual regions. Indian startups raised $9.3

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Planet42 , a South Africa-based car subscription company that buys used cars from dealerships and rents to customers via a subscription model, has raised $100 million in equity and debt from a wide range of investors. For Planet42, it uses proprietary scoring algorithms to assess risk in underbanked customer segments.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

The raise follows a year of strong growth, according to the company, which saw its revenue increase by “well over 20x” in 2021. With this latest raise, Habi says it has become the second unicorn in Colombia and only LatAm unicorn with a female founder and CEO , according to Crunchbase.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Meanwhile, beverage giant Diageo expanded regenerative farming in Ireland for Guinnesss barley, Scotland for whisky grains, and Mexico for the agave used to produce its tequilas. This proprietary genetics technology was able to eliminate the hard pits surrounding a blackberrys seeds, as well as the thorns that bedevil growers. households.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Luis Mario Garcia grew up in Mexico making deliveries for the grocery stores in his neighborhood. After honing his startup skills in San Francisco, he returned to Mexico with the idea of building a software company. Colombian on-demand delivery startup Rappi raises ‘over’ $500M at a $5.25B valuation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

One San Francisco-based startup has emerged that wants to not only give travelers more options, but make traveling more affordable, and it’s just raised $15 million toward that goal. In return, she hosted over 80 nights in her Mexico City home while she was out. To date, the startup has raised a total of $26.75

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Tuna is on a mission to “fine tune” the payments space in Latin America and has raised two seed rounds totaling $3 million, led by Canary and by Atlantico. While there, they came up with a way to use A/B testing to create a way of dealing with payments in different markets.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Belvo , a Latin American startup which has built an open finance API platform, announced today it has raised $43 million in a Series A round of funding. Citing Crunchbase data, Belvo believes the round represents the largest series A ever raised by a Latin American fintech. Belvo currently operates in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Given the attention that TechCrunch pays to Y Combinator’s Demo Days , we also try to keep tabs on the same startups as they scale and raise more capital. Today we’re taking a look at Heru , a startup based in Mexico City that is announcing a $1.7 million raise after taking part in YC’s Summer 2019 session.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Nowports , an automated digital freight forwarder in Latin America, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses that is backed by Banco Santander — led the round for the Monterrey, Mexico-based startup. Nowports raises $5.3

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In countries such as Mexico, it’s a much more difficult and less common endeavor. We all come from middle class families here in Mexico. Image Credits: Vexi Mexico City-b ased Vexi describes itself as a neobank but doesn’t offer checking or savings accounts — yet. is considered extremely high. It secured $3.7

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Fresh from raising a $244 million Series C (that valued the company at $1.7 billion) back in June, K12 online tutoring marketplace GoStudent has now raised a $340 million Series D round led by new investor Prosus , an Amsterdam-based investment firm best known for investing in Latin American and U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Berkeley-based fintech Flourish has raised $1.5 Mexico and Brazil. In particular, it plans to next focus on the Brazilian market, and will scale in a few select countries in the Americas. . In particular, it plans to next focus on the Brazilian market, and will scale in a few select countries in the Americas. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

Pomelo, a startup building a fintech-as-a-service platform for Latin America, has raised $9 million in a seed round of funding. It takes anywhere from 12 to 18 months to launch a simple prepaid card, and unfortunately companies have to go through the painful experience of repeating the process in every market where they operate.”.

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