Brazilian events ticketing platform Ingresse raised a R$90m Series C led by the Endurance family office, with participation from Rival and Grupo Globo and follow-on from e.bricks Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures,…
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PayPal to Invest US$750m in MercadoLibre
11 March 2019PayPal will make a US$750m strategic investment in MercadoLibre through a common stock investment. Dragoneer Investment Group will purchase an additional US$100m of Series A perpetual convertible preferred stock. MercadoLibre…
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MercadoLibre Acquires Machine Learning Startup Machinalis (en español)
14 September 2018MercadoLibre acquired Machinalis, a startup applying machine learning to product recommendation. Machinalis emerged from the math & computation department at la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC).
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Qualcomm, MercadoLibre, Confrapar, & FJ Labs Invest in Brazil’s Ingresse (em português)
17 February 2018Qualcomm Ventures, MercadoLibre, Confrapar and FJ Labs made a R$20m investment in Brazilian ticketing platform Ingresse. Previous investors include e.Bricks Ventures and DGF Investimentos. (Fusões & Aquisições) A Ingresse vai…
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Alaya Capital Partners and MercadoLibre’s MELI Fund invested US$300k in Zoco, a Chilean ecommerce platform for small businesses selling on MercadoLibre. (Press Release) El Fondo de Capital Emprendedor cordobés invirtió U$D…
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MercadoLibre acquired Ecommet, a Brazilian e-commerce software provider, for R$36.5m. (E-Commerce News) Em mais uma investida para ganhar espaço no segmento do varejo online nacional, o Mercado Livre anunciou a aquisição da startup…
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Entrepreneur Profile: Guille Freire, co-founder and CEO, Trocafone
20 February 2017Trocafone is closing the digital gap in Brazil by making smartphones more affordable by powering trade-in programs for major carriers and manufacturers like Samsung, LG, Apple, and Movistar, and selling refurbished devices on Trocafone.com…
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KaszeK Ventures Invests in Digital House Coding School
3 February 2017KaszeK Ventures invested an undisclosed amount in Digital House, a Buenos Aires based coding school designed to train technology professionals in Latin America. (Press Release) Buenos Aires, January 31st, 2017…
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Despegar.com to Land on Wall Street in 2016 (en español)
28 December 2015(La Nacion) Online travel agency Despegar.com, which is backed by Tiger Global, General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital, its planning to make its IPO on the Nasdaq in late 2016/early 2017.…
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MercardoLivre Announces Three Startups that Received Investments from the MercadoLibre Commerce Fund
6 August 2014(E-commerce News) MercardoLivre, in partnership with Wayra, the accelerator arm of Telefonica, announced the chosen business for the MercadoLibre Comerce Fund. The fund will invest US$10m to Intoo, 00K and…