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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. The amount of VC capital being funneled into Latin American startups has surged since 2017, with angel investment close behind. However, much of this investment comes from local and regional investors.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem. With more support from Invest NI, the whole of Northern Ireland can be an innovation hub linked to Ireland via the startup ecosystem.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

Brett Hurt is an example of a successful founder who continues to help the city’s startup scene flourish by also acting as an active angel investor. Today, Austin’s angel investing space is incredibly robust.”. Miller co-founded Spot Insurance , a health insurance tech startup, in 2017.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

Siemiatkowski also shares what’s next for the company as it ventures further into the world of retail banking after gaining a bank license in 2017. But whatever the intent, it would be another two years before the firm eventually had the opportunity to invest in Klarna at what was almost certainly a much higher valuation.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

Siemiatkowski also shares what’s next for the company as it ventures further into the world of retail banking after gaining a bank license in 2017. But whatever the intent, it would be another two years before the firm eventually had the opportunity to invest in Klarna at what was almost certainly a much higher valuation.

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

Chris and his bipartisan team advocated successfully for full 100% deductibility of capital gains taxes on early stage start-up investing (Section 1202), which became law in late 2015 as part of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act (PATH Act). This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies.