Big problem If you ever had to change a plane ticket you will probably agree that it is a painful experience. Travelers cannot transfer their tickets. It is ridiculously expensive to make changes or cancellations and the pricing policy is unclear. On top of that, Covid-19 has heavily impacted the travel industry and […]
See moreThere is little doubt about the growth and potential of the cannabis industry and its byproducts. As recently reported by Deloitte the global legal cannabis sales reached almost $22B in 2020, up 50% vs 2019, mainly fueled by the legalization process. The estimation for 2021 is close to $31B and it is expected to […]
See moreCodiga is an online platform that detects coding issues as you write them and automatically suggests one-click fixes according to your programming style and goals. Codiga helps developers write better code faster. Developers get real-time feedback about their code quality within their IDE. Codiga automates code reviews on Github, Gitlab and Bitbucket, ensuring […]
See moreA short read about LATAM ecosystem take-off, the untapped opportunity in Deep Tech and Decentralization, Draper Cygnus unicorns, growing portfolio companies, exits, new team members and the announcement of our new LATAM fund. leer este post en español The LATAM Ecosystem take-off * The LATAM ecosystem of Tech startups and Venture Capital has […]
See more⏳ 5min read /✍ by Arturo Torres It is always a great feeling when you see that talented, hard-working founders achieve their dreams. Nuvemshop, Latin America’s leading e-commerce platform, announced that it has raised a $500 million Series E round of funding. Read the full note When reading this note this morning in […]
See more⏳ 10min read /✍ by Daniel Salvucci These are very exciting times for our portfolio-co Satellogic as they’ve announced their public listing through a SPAC, in a deal valuing the company above $1B. This is a huge validation for New Space startups emerging from LATAM and will continue to inspire other entrepreneurs in […]
See more⏳ 8min read /✍ by Diego Gonzalez Bravo Ignacio Gomez Portillo is the co-founder of EGG, he is the scientist-turned-to entrepreneur who created an algorithm that maximizes human collaboration and efficiency of any group of 3 people or more. His startup will revolutionize the way we interact with each other in Education, Enterprises […]
See more⏳ 8min read /✍ by Daniel Salvucci We are thrilled to announce another exit in our portfolio!, Coalfire acquired Neuralys to merge their cloud-based risk-mitigation and penetration testing management platform with Coalfire’s suite of cybersecurity solutions. The “Good News Machine” As active investors in the cybersecurity space- and with an impressive track […]
See more⏳ 4min read /✍ by Ignacio Plaza Over the next decade we expect more than 2 billion people adopting crypto powered financial services, especially in underserved markets like Latam. 5 years ago, notorious crypto evangelist Andreas Antonopolous predicted the coming blockchain driven “infrastructure inversion” that would cause a revolution in the way financial services […]
See more⏳ 8min read /✍ by Diego Gonzalez Bravo It was March 2014, the last year of the investment period of Cygnus I, our first fund, a relatively small- angel fund that was seeking diversification through a portfolio of 15 tech startups at Pre-Seed & Seed stages. We had 3 checks left to allocate, and although […]
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