Visiting Europe – Why Bristol might be the UK’s best city to create a startup: Interview
As I entered the Bristol coworking space of the Natwest Entrepreneur Accelerator program, I was met with a unique buzz.
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IPEP Reveals 79% of Chile’s Startups and Small Businesses Show Short-term Optimism for the Economy
- by Navanwita Bora Sachdev
- May 29, 2018
Signals given by the Chilean government are boosting the confidence of SMEs as shown by the latest monthly SME Perception and Expectations Index (IPEP) of the SMEs Barometer carried out by AVLA. The perception of SMEs regarding their present and future has changed. According to the report, 84% in this segment feels that Chile is
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First batch of Brazilian startups selected for Google Launchpad Accelerator Programme
- by Sophie Foggin
- May 29, 2018
The first group of startups have been selected to receive support from multinational tech company Google via the Brazilian version of their digital entrepreneurship accelerator programme. The programme, known as Launchpad Accelerator, helps build up startups with equity-free financial support, mentorship and guidance from Google and Silicon Valley experts, along with two weeks of training at Google HQ
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Malaga will host Horasis India Meeting to discuss India’s economic future
- by Tim Hinchliffe
- May 25, 2018
From June 24-25 Malaga will host the Horasis India Meeting where 300 visionaries in business, politics, and academia will discuss jointly inspiring India’s future and economy. Malac, aka La Diosa Noctiluca, Phoenician Goddess of Fertility Ever since it was founded by the Phoenicians in 770 BC under the name Malaka, the ancient city of Malaga has been a flourishing
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Prison Looms: How one Danish startup aims to weave Peruvian inmates back into the economy
- by Arjun Harindranath
- May 25, 2018
Veronica D’Souza was in Kenya on behalf of a socially-minded business called Rubycup –a menstrual cup that aims to provide hygienic solutions to menstruation for all women–when an experience in a women’s prison led her on another path. Having realised that most of the women who were there were there because they were living in poverty, D’Souza
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Best Peruvian startups to compete at Seedstars World 2018 event
- by Michael Krumholtz
- May 25, 2018
An open call has been put out for the best startups in all of Peru: the esteemed Seedstars World Tour is coming soon to Lima to find entrepreneurs and groups with the most innovative ideas in tech and business. Seedstars will have its regional conference take place May 31 in Lima’s UTEC campus for its startup competition. A group
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LATAM.Tech’s parent company Espacio Media Incubator acquires Colombian news site
- by latamadmin
- May 24, 2018
Medellín-based media incubator ESPACIO, parent company of Latam.tech, has announced its partnership with Colombian news site The Bogotá Post and its acquisition of www.thebogotapost.com. Newbery Communications, owned and operated by The Bogotá Post founder Emma Newbery, will retain the physical paper while the online version will now be operated in combination between the two teams in
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Tianqi Lithium buys 25% stake in world’s largest lithium producer
- by Navanwita Bora Sachdev
- May 21, 2018
Tianqi Lithium, the Chinese leading global supplier of lithium products, is acquiring a 25% stake in Chile’s lithium firm, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM). The amount totals $4.07 billion and, according to reports, Tianqi Lithium will buy 62,556,568 ‘A shares’ of SQM for $65 per share in cash, which had been earlier held
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M&A landscape uncertain in turbulent election season
- by Sophie Foggin
- May 17, 2018
South America’s richness in natural resources such as gas and oil, as well as its thriving legal mining industries, keeps it an attractive destination for foreign investment. According to studies carried out by Deloitte, countries that received the highest levels of investment in 2017-18 were Brazil, Mexico and Chile. Despite the fact that at the
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How Startup Technology is Changing the Game Across These Sports
- by Michael Krumholtz
- May 17, 2018
With advances in analytics and injury-prevention technology, there are plenty of ways that evolving tech is creeping into the sport’s world to give both amateur and pro athletes a leg’s up on the competition. Sports is never immune to technological advances, as evidenced by the soon-to-be-debuted Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in international football that will