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EBANX’s co-founder João Del Valle on the Latam e-commerce industry

2018 is well on it’s way to being an extremely successful year for Brazilian startups, with more global expansion predicted than ever. Created in Brazil in 2012, cross-border payment processing startup EBANX is among the lucky group of growing fintech startups, offering end-to-end payment solutions across the entire cross-border e-commerce transaction flow. Having recently raised $30 million

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Startups

Spotlight on Cali: Interview with Boats4U CEO

I entered El Lab and was immediately taken back by how incredibly immaculate and stylish the place looked. There were rows of computers with a number of workers scattered among them, meeting rooms with chic glass doors and walls and a large, back room filled with a multitude of comfy working stations. To add to this was

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Fintech Startups

“Be the master of your own data” says first ad-blocking startup to use blockchain technology

Meet Aziz Ergashev, the founder of Asora, the ad-blocking startup that uses blockchain technology to “make you a platform for your own data”. In light of recent data breach scandals such as that of Cambridge Analytica, which saw Mark Zuckerberg subjected to a two-day grilling trial for the misuse of billions of users’ data, Ergashev

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South America

Espacio Incubator Launches Women’s Lifestyle Publication, ActitudFem

Espacio Incubator has announced the launch of ActitudFem, a publication dedicated to women, offering the best content for the different interests of women. By launching ActitudFem, Espacio aims to offer a site completely dedicated to the female community, generating valuable content, such as day to day tips and much more for women. Whether it is

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Startups

What does the future hold for the blossoming LatAm market? Interview with EBANX’s João Del Valle

It seems like everyday Trump is trying to start a trade war. In reality, this is not the worst kind of war he could be intent on starting given the volatility of this presidency. However, all war does damage in one way or another and given reoccurring headlines, it appears that Trump and the US’

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Startups

Visiting Europe – Why Bristol might be the UK’s best city to create a startup: Interview

As I entered the Bristol coworking space of the Natwest Entrepreneur Accelerator program, I was met with a unique buzz.

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South America Startups

IPEP Reveals 79% of Chile’s Startups and Small Businesses Show Short-term Optimism for the Economy

Signals given by the Chilean government are boosting the confidence of SMEs as shown by the latest monthly SME Perception and Expectations Index (IPEP) of the SMEs Barometer carried out by AVLA. The perception of SMEs regarding their present and future has changed. According to the report, 84% in this segment feels that Chile is

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Fintech South America Startups

First batch of Brazilian startups selected for Google Launchpad Accelerator Programme

The first group of startups have been selected to receive support from multinational tech company Google via the Brazilian version of their digital entrepreneurship accelerator programme. The programme, known as Launchpad Accelerator, helps build up startups with equity-free financial support, mentorship and guidance from Google and Silicon Valley experts, along with two weeks of training at Google HQ

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Uncategorized

Malaga will host Horasis India Meeting to discuss India’s economic future

From June 24-25 Malaga will host the Horasis India Meeting where 300 visionaries in business, politics, and academia will discuss jointly inspiring India’s future and economy. Malac, aka La Diosa Noctiluca, Phoenician Goddess of Fertility Ever since it was founded by the Phoenicians in 770 BC under the name Malaka, the ancient city of Malaga has been a flourishing

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Prison Looms: How one Danish startup aims to weave Peruvian inmates back into the economy

Veronica D’Souza was in Kenya on behalf of a socially-minded business called Rubycup –a menstrual cup that aims to provide hygienic solutions to menstruation for all women–when an experience in a women’s prison led her on another path. Having realised that most of the women who were there were there because they were living in poverty, D’Souza

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