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 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 […]
See moreEn marzo de 2014 estábamos en el tercer y último año de inversión de nuestro primer fondo Cygnus I, un pequeño fondo ángel que buscaba diversificar en un portfolio de 15 startups en etapa Pre-seed y Seed. Nos quedaban las tres últimas inversiones por hacer y si bien éramos unos “newbies” en la industria, ya […]
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