TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

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. It also plans to expand into other markets such as Colombia, Chile and Peru over the next 18-24 months. Nuvemshop currently operates in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Geographically, Kaszek has been most active in Brazil and Mexico, and has also invested in teams based in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. That company went public on the NYSE in December 2021. The firm’s name comes from a combination of their two last names: Ka-Szek.)

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The Non-Profit That''s Using Technology to Put Itself Out of Business | WIRED : "Ferrari is the CEO of Heifer International, a non-profit that donates things like livestock, seeds, farm equipment, and other essentials to farmers in the developing world, helping them become self-sufficient.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

It opened campuses in Mexico and Peru, for example. “[…] We are now a SaaS company which charges other businesses, universities or non-profits to use our tools and/or contents so that they can run their education/training programs at scale, with a better experience, while increasing the quality of education.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 1, 2011

Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good Since 2005 I’ve volunteered off and on at a local non-profit called C.E.O. I’ve coached a massage therapist from Japan and a jewelry designer from Peru. Women here in Oakland.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

That’s why I invested in Buenbit, one of the largest exchanges in countries like Argentina and Peru. I used those NuARS to buy more DAI, so when ARS goes down, I can sell my DAI and profit. I’d pick CeFi over banks any day.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Last year, the company pulled out of all the Latin American countries — Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. Over the past couple of years, Glovo has said it wanted to achieve profitability in a short amount of time.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

“There is plenty of money available, but investors are looking for stronger performance, profitable performance. Given a large number of startups will not generate a profit near and are cash-flow negative in the near term, they will have to raise more capital in a difficult environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

The moderator, Patrick O'Heffernan, shared his thoughts based on his experience with The People Choose which is connected to Link TV and the first non-profit site to launch user-generated video as a community building process in a non profit environment. Check out this beautifully produced video here.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

They're catalysts for economic development for cultural workers to develop enterprises that are either for-profit, or not-for-profit, it can be either, that generate employment. For example, I'd seen potters in Peru whose tradition was to make clay water jars for their community. They're really visionaries.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. Melbourne, Australia: Ideas for the Not-for-Profit Intranet. NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Through exploreCSR , we partner with universities to provide students with introductory experiences in research, such as Rice University’s regional workshop on applications and research in data science (ReWARDS), which was delivered in rural Peru by faculty from Rice. Building an inclusive ecosystem is imperative.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

Before I left for Peru, I did an interview for the Big Vision Podcast with Jonah Sachs, the Principal of Free Range Studios , an advertising and marketing firm with offices in Washington DC and Berkeley, California that specializes in non-profits and socially responsible businesses.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

Their profit margins are pretty small. We design the tools and equipment, and then we mass-market them to these very, very poor, but very entrepreneurial entrepreneurs, who buy the equipment and start highly-profitable businesses. And this is, again, a very, very profitable business. This pump retails in Africa for $35.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 14, 2025

Lliuya’s lawsuit against RWE argues that the company’s historical greenhouse gas emissions have fueled global warming, accelerating glacial melt above his hometown of Huaraz, Peru. RWE, which has never operated in Peru, denies legal responsibility, arguing that climate change is a global issue caused by many contributors.

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