International Finance Corporation has agreed to invest US$26m in L Catterton Latin America Fund III. The fund will target small to mid-sized companies focused in the consumer sector in Latin…
Entrepreneurship
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ALLVP and InQlab Invest ~US$2.5m in Slang (en español)
17 October 2019ALLVP and InQlab invested ~US$2.5m in Slang, a Boston-based edtech focused on career development. ALLVP partnered with Slang earlier in 2019 to launch a free English course on entrepreneurship for…
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ALLVP Invests in Edtech Slang
11 June 2019ALLVP Made an undisclosed investment in Boston-based edtech Slang and partnered with the startup to launch a free English course on entrepreneurship for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs. (Press Release) Slang, a Boston-based…
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Argentina to Allow Investors to Deduct Up to 85% of Profits per Ley de Emprendedores (en español)
9 November 2017Argentina’s Ministerio de Producción finalized Impuesto a las Ganancias, one of the conditions of Ley de Emprendedores, a which will allow investors in businesses to deduct between 75%-85% of profits.…
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Sancor Seguros will invest ARS$750m in a fund for entrepreneurship and the construction of an education-technology center. Sancor Seguros also announced the launch of an investment fund that aims to…
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After launching CRIATEC 3, the largest Brazilian fund focus on early-stage Brazilian technology companies, BNDES and INSEED Investimentos have R$220m in capital and aim to support entrepreneurship and innovation across…
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Four years in the making, the Argentinian Senate approved the Entrepreneurship Law, Ley de Emprendedores. The law aims to create new businesses in a day, grant tax benefits to investors,…
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Carlos Kokron of Qualcomm Ventures: “Emprender es una maratón sin espacio para éxitos fáciles o rápidos” (en español)
15 February 2017Carlos Kokron of Qualcomm Ventures highlights the importance of coordination between a start-up’s Board of Directors and team. (Pulso Social) A Carlos Kokron, el vicepresidente y director general para Latinoamérica de Qualcomm…
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Beyond The Maquiladora: A Look At Mexico’s Startup Scene
30 March 2015(TechCrunch) It doesn’t take an advanced finance degree to understand why Mexico is projected–by Goldman Sachs, among others–to represent the world’s fifth largest economy by 2050. Beyond The Maquiladora: A…
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The MIF Supports the Creation of 20 Angel Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean
7 November 2013(MIF/FOMIN) “The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, has approved a USD 3.1 MM in technical assistance for the project “Platform for Catalyzing…