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Scandit raises $80M as COVID-19 drives demand for contactless deliveries
Enterprise barcode scanner company Scandit has closed an $80 million Series C round, led by Silicon Valley VC firm G2VP.…
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With fresh support from its billionaire backers Pivot Bio is ushering in a farming revolution
In the first decade of the twentieth century two German chemists, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, invented fertilizer — the…
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Finance
Visa partners with Paga on payments and fintech for Africa and abroad
Visa has entered a partnership with Nigeria based startup Paga on payments and technology. Founded in Lagos, Paga scaled its…
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Google, Toyota invest in WhereIsMyTransport to map transport in emerging cities
In emerging markets, up to 80% of the population may have to rely on informally-run public transport to get around.…
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STARTUPS
Investors in LatAm get bitten by the hotel investment bug as Ayenda raises $8.7 million
Some of Latin America’s leading venture capital investors are now backing hotel chains. In fact, Ayenda, the largest hotel chain…
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Peru’s startup scene is ready for more
Greg Mitchell Contributor Greg Mitchell is regional director of Angel Ventures, a startup investor and advisor and is the creator…
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Latin America Roundup: XP’s chart-topping IPO, Wildlife becomes a unicorn, SoftBank backs Konfio
Sophia Wood is a principal at Magma Partners, a Latin America-focused seed-stage VC firm with offices in Latin America, Asia…
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Airbus-owned Voom brings its on-demand helicopter service to the U.S. with SF Bay Area launch
Voom, the helicopter service with ride-sharing and one-hour advance booking that Airbus developed and launch first in Latin America, is…
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