San Francisco-based VC Index Ventures led a US$19m Series A in Sofía, a Mexican digital health insurer and telemedicine platform, with participation from KaszeK Ventures and Ribbit Capital. Sofia is…
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Company: CREATORS Investors: Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund Interview with: Co-Founder and CMO Nohoa Arcanjo Google for Startups Brasil launched Black Founders Fund in September, a R$5m investment fund to…
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HandTalk, a real-time translation platform for Brazilian sign language, received a US$750k grant from Google.org as one of 20 global winners of the Google AI Impact Challenge. (Press Release) Google…
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Mariana Costa, Herman Marin, and Rodulfo Prieto founded Laboratoria, an organization to teach low-income women in Latin America programming and web development skills. More than 400 female developers from Peru, Chile, and Mexico have passed through Laboratoria’s program since 2014; 75% have found jobs, with a 3X average increase in their starting salary. In this interview we learn about Laboratoria’s mission to close the coding gender gap and graduate the best tech talent in Latin America.
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(ITForum 365) 500 Startups has invested in Brazilian startup Idwall, an artificial intelligence software that detects fraudulent documents and verifies identity. A startup brasileira Idwall é a nova aposta do Vale…
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(Exame) Google recently announced the creation of its new accelerator program, Launchpad Accelerator. The project was launched in Brazil, India and Indonesia. Last year, Google invested roughly US$2.5m in Brazilian…