2020-07-18
Coursera valuation jumps from $1.6B to $2.5B. The edtech is seeing 500% YoY increase in enrollment https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
The Information
Coursera, the online learning startup founded by Andrew Ng, raises $130M Series F led by NEA, at a valuation of around $2.5B
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2020-07-01
Meet CanCan, the decentralized TikTok running on @dfinity's #InternetComputer. This is so cool. https://decrypt.co/...
CoinDesk
Cloud computing blockchain startup Dfinity opens platform to outside devs, debuts a decentralized TikTok-like service, CanCan, written in under 1K lines of code
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2020-02-25
The CEO of a property tech startup that raised $8.2M offered an interviewee 3,000 pesos in exchange to spend the night with him. He resigned two days later. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
CEO of Mexico-focused real estate startup Homie resigns after allegations of sexual harassment from a job applicant and a probe by the company's ethics board
Anna Escher / TechCrunch : Tweets: @annaescher Tweets: Anna Escher / @annaescher : The CEO of a property tech startup that raised $8.2M offered an interviewee 3,000 pesos in excha...
2020-01-04
Loft has better product market fit in Brazil than Opendoor does in the U.S. My latest on @TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Loft, a São Paulo-based real estate marketplace for Latin America, raises $175M Series C co-led by a16z and Vulcan Capital
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2019-12-11
Mexico's leading neobank just scored a huge Series A from N26 and TransferWise backer Valar Ventures (a U.S. fund) https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Mexican branchless banking platform Albo, which offers a Mastercard debit card and app, adds $19M to its $7.4M Series A led by Valar Ventures
Another startup hoping to capitalize on the fintech opportunity in Mexico has closed on a new sum of funding. Mexican challenger bank Albo … Tweets: @annaescher Tweets: Anna Esche...
2019-12-04
If you're a startup gathering massive amounts of data on Mexico's growing middle class, SoftBank is probably interested in your growth funding. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Mexico-based Konfio, a financial services platform which provides unsecured working capital to SMBs, raises $100M led by SoftBank
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