Category: Startups

Strike Safety, a steady penetration testing platform that mixes automation with ethical hackers, has secured a $5.4 million seed funding to make bug looking extra accessible to small companies. Santiago Rosenblatt, the 25-year-old founder and CEO of Strike, has already racked up 20 years of cybersecurity expertise. “I began hacking once I was six-and-a-half,” he […]

Plastic foam like Styrofoam is a ubiquitous, dangerous and practically immortal single-use materials that’s lengthy overdue for a superb, inexperienced substitute — and Cruz Foam is right here to produce it. The startup creates a sturdy but backyard-compostable packing foam out of shrimp shells produced (and discarded) by the seafood business. It lately prolonged its […]

PayU, the fintech enterprise managed by Prosus with operations in 50+ international locations — it’s been described because the PayPal of rising markets — introduced a double-deal in the present day to develop its presence in Latin America. The corporate has acquired Ding, a cell funds platform; and it has led a $46 million funding […]

The e-commerce market in Latin America has been gaining traction over the previous two years and is poised to double in measurement and be valued at greater than $100 billion by 2025. And like in america and elsewhere, prospects in LatAm anticipate that after they submit an order on-line, it arrives at their houses precisely […]

Good day and welcome again to Equity, a podcast concerning the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. That is our Wednesday present, the place we area of interest right down to a single subject, take into consideration a query and unpack the remainder. This week, contemporary off of […]

A banking app constructed for on-line creators, Creative Juice introduced its $50 million fund to underwrite creator companies. YouTubers and different social media stars can apply for upfront money to develop their companies in trade for a minimize of their income over a sure time frame, normally between six months and three years. It feels […]

The final couple of years have seen a increase in carbon calculation startups, and lengthy could it reign. (We want all the assistance we will get to keep away from the catastrophe of world warming and local weather change.) Included amongst these startups are these like planA and Planetly. However many of those new corporations, […]

Tiger International, Andreessen Horowitz and H20 Capital participated within the pre-seed financing Morado, a two-month-old Colombian startup aiming to digitize magnificence salons in Latin America, has raised $5 million in a pre-seed spherical from a bevy of worldwide buyers. Tiger International Administration and H20 Capital Innovation co-led the spherical, which additionally included participation from Andreessen […]

Bach, a bunch journey app for planning bachelorette journeys, has introduced $8 million in seed funding led by Corazon Capital. The app, which is out there on each the Google Play Store and the iOS App Store, is designed to assist customers plan a bunch journey with their associates from begin to end. Mike Petrakis, […]