In September 2015 all nations adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a target in 2030. At the same time, questions remain. How can we ensure government and business devise ways to achieve the SDGs with a good outcome for the planet and human mankind? What is the role of public-private partnerships? This topic
Poor data management is becoming a major hidden cost for companies these days. Gartner predicts that businesses lose around $12.9 million each year due to poor data quality. And then there’s the AI side, where almost 60 percent of those projects in 2025 didn’t work out because the data was all over the place or
Latin America has spent years being talked about in global boardrooms as a talent reservoir – a place to find skilled engineers at competitive rates, conveniently overlapping with U.S. time zones. That narrative is familiar, and largely true; but it’s also incomplete. The more pressing question for the region’s tech ecosystem today is whether Latin
More than ever before, generative AI is having an impact on how enterprise businesses operate and innovate in their industries. It was only a few years ago that GenAI was limited to isolated and experimental deployments. Since then, progress has picked up steam rapidly with the technology now capable of handling enterprise-wide, production-ready implementations. As
Fracttal has acquired TCMAN, the leading CMMS provider in Spain and developer of the GIM platform, in a move that extends the Latin American maintenance intelligence company’s footprint into Europe and adds over 250 enterprise clients to its base. TCMAN, founded in 1997, brings three decades of relationships with major Spanish infrastructure and healthcare operators
For most of its existence, Remoti operated in relative obscurity, doing the unglamorous work of connecting Latin American professionals with international companies and managing the compliance headaches that followed. On April 14, at a private event in Bogotá gathering investors, business leaders, and technology executives, the company tried something different: it made a strategic argument.
About 56 percent of the population believe that there is not enough support and focus on entrepreneurship in universities to promote new businesses, according to a study by the Association of Entrepreneurs of Colombia (ASEC) published in Dinero. Many people aren’t aware of how to start a new business, as documents about legal regulations are difficult to
As US politicians ramped up the rhetoric about building walls to keep Latinos out, Sebastian Vidal of Parallel 18 chose to do the opposite. Based in the American territory of Puerto Rico, Vidal is head of the accelerator that helps get Latin American countries their foot in the door of the US market.
This November, TechCrunch will host its premiere startup competition for the first time in Latin America. Startup Battlefield, an event in which leading early-stage startups compete for a cash prize, media attention and investment, will be hosted at the Tomie Ohtake Institute on November 8th in São Paulo, Brazil. The organisers hope to unearth exciting projects and
Leading AI-powered maintenance solutions startup Fracttal announced today it has closed a $35 million USD funding round led by U.S. private equity firm Riverwood Capital. The round included participation from all existing investors, including Seaya Ventures, Kayyak, GoHub, and Amador. As part of the investment, Riverwood Capital executive director Federico Storani will join Fracttal’s board.