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From seed to Series A: Scaling a startup in Latin America today
Nathan Lustig Contributor Nathan Lustig is an entrepreneur and managing partner at Magma Partners, a seed-stage investment fund in Santiago,…
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Nowports raises $5.3 million to become Latin America’s digital shipping answer to Flexport
Nowports, a developer of software and services to track freight shipments from ports to destinations across Latin America, has aims…
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Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces $4 million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
The enterprise software and services focused accelerator, Alchemist has raised $4 million in fresh financing from investors BASF and the…
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Proxy raises $13.6M to unlock anything with Bluetooth identity
You know how kings used to have trumpeters heralding their arrival wherever they went? Proxy wants to do that with…
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Meet the Texas startup that wants to decarbonize the chemical industry
Solugen, a startup that has set itself up with no less lofty a goal than the decarbonization of a massive…
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XGenomes is bringing DNA sequencing to the masses
As healthcare moves toward genetically tailored treatments, one of the biggest hurdles to truly personalized medicine is the lack of…
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Portal automatically opens doors for wheelchair users, no button pressing required
Buttons or plates (like the one above) that automatically open doors can do a lot to make a building more…
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Investors are pouring money into Latin America’s logistics and shipping businesses
New technology companies are poised to transform the shipping and freight industry across Latin America. Startups like Liftit, a Colombian…
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New US report says that climate change could cost nearly $500B per year by 2090
A new report from the U.S. government on the impacts of climate change on society indicates that unless action is…
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