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Taking advantage of Latin America’s market downturn

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Morgan, and was a managing investment partner at SoftBank. Latin American venture capital and growth investments through 2018 had averaged less than $2 billion per year. As a banker covering technology, I thought there was an opportunity to invest in the region and decided to quit my job at J.P. Jennifer Queen.

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After bootstrapping since 2002, Articulate raises $1.5B on $3.75B valuation

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Most companies don’t announce their first venture investment after almost 20 years in the business, nor do they announce that round is the equivalent of a good startup’s entire private fundraising history. billion investment on a $3.75 He says that the company started back in 2002 as a plug-in for PowerPoint.

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African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

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The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector. New York-based private investment firm Avenir Growth Capital and U.S. hedge fund and investment firm Tiger Global led the Series C round. .” Image Credits: Flutterwave.

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Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75 billion venture fund, one year after closing its last

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According to a recent letter sent to its investors, Tiger Global Management , the New York-based investing powerhouse, is raising a new $3.75 million venture fund called Tiger Private Investment Partners XIV that it expects to close in March. Every investing decision was made by the three. billion in capital commitments.

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Meet Benchmark’s New Partner: Eric Vishria

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After graduating from Stanford in mathematical and computer science when he was just 19, Eric joined the newly-formed enterprise software company Loudcloud (which became Opsware in 2002). We believe that successful early-stage venture investing is just that: a craft. He stayed briefly at HP as a vice president.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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The Past (1985-2002). rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. Social Chaos Will Create New Business Opportunities. Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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Jedox raises over $100M to expand its financial modeling and analytics software to more verticals

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Today, a company that is providing the platform to do that is announcing a significant fundraise to tap into that opportunity. fund to help support portfolio companies through the pandemic. Jedox got its start way back in 2002, and in a way is a very typical European startup story. ” Insight closes $9.5B

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