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HealthAtom, a Platform for Clinics, Raised US$10 Million To Continue Growing in LatAm

HealthAtom, cloud-based software for clinics and health centers to manage their business, announced a Series A for US$10 million. This...

January 9, 2023

Talently Receives US$750,000 From IDB Lab To Enable More Latin Americans to Work Remotely at U.S. Companies

The Inter-American Development Bank’s innovation lab, IDB Lab, invested $750,000 in Talently, a startup dedicated to training and connecting Latin...

November 23, 2022

500 Global Grows With New Partners in Latam: Regina Zurutuza and Damaris Mendoza

500 Global announced that Regina Zurutuza and Damaris Mendoza will be promoted as partners in its LatAm operation, joining Didier...

November 9, 2022

Following Its Global Cutbacks Policy, Softbank Lays off Several Employees in LatAm

At the end of September, it became known that SoftBank would cut 30% of the employees of the Vision Fund,...

October 7, 2022

Opinion | Why Now Is the Time To Invest in Emerging Economies

After two years of massive VC investment, emerging economies like Latin America are now seeing those once-deep wells dry up....

September 1, 2022

Latú, Doc-doc, Belvo, Fudo and Other Startups That Have Recently Raised Capital in LatAm

Moises, an app that allows you to remove vocals and separate tracks from songs, founded by Brazilians, raised US$8.6 million...

August 27, 2022

10 Lessons Learned in a Decade of Investing in LatAm

500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) is a fund and business accelerator focused on early stage companies. In 2012 it opened...

August 12, 2022

Meet the 500 Global LatAm Newest Batch of Startups

At a time of economic uncertainty, there are venture capital (VC) funds that continue as usual: such is the case...

August 9, 2022

A Proprietary Platform Was Key to the Success of Platanus Ventures’ Latest Demo Day

Platanus Ventures, a firm that accelerates and invests in early-stage technology companies in LatAm, was born in 2020 with the...

July 21, 2022

Maya Capital Launches a US$100 Million Fund To Continue Investing in LatAm

As reported by Forbes Brazil, Brazilian fund Maya Capital, led by Monica Saggioro and Lara Leman, announced the launch of...

July 5, 2022