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Malaga will host Horasis India Meeting to discuss India’s economic future

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

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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South America Startups

Best Peruvian startups to compete at Seedstars World 2018 event

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

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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South America

Tianqi Lithium buys 25% stake in world’s largest lithium producer

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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South America

M&A landscape uncertain in turbulent election season

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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Startups

How Startup Technology is Changing the Game Across These Sports

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

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South America

Crehana: The Peruvian startup turning creativity into a career

Creativity is an incredible talent which can be recognized throughout mankind all over the world. No matter where you are from or what you know, everyone has the ability to exhibit some level of creativity in one form or another. Many large organizations know this, which has led to huge hit campaigns which encourage consumers

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Fintech South America Startups

Puerto Rico Science Trust and Parallel18 Ventures Coinvest in Startups Quiena and Abartys Health

Puerto Rico’s Science, Technology and Research Trust (PRSTRT) is set to invest US$225,000 through the follow-up fund Parallel18 Ventures to go towards insuretech startup, Abartys Health, and fintech startup, Quiena. The investment will be in exchange for stocks or convertible notes, as a match to private capital raised by the companies. The fund, which is

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South America Startups

Could 2018 see highest levels of global expansion to date for Brazil tech startups?

Analysts have noted that unprecedented numbers of startups in Brazil are beginning to look at expanding beyond their country’s borders this year. As a general rule, startups in Brazil have historically found growing within their own borders enough of a task, given the 210 million-strong population, let alone abroad. As a result, Brazilian startups have

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