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B2B Fintech Drives Market Disruption in Mexico

Andreessen Horowitz

Regulatory changes paving the way Recognizing the potential of fintech to improve financial services and drive economic growth, the Mexican government has introduced significant regulatory changes in conjunction with the Bank of Mexico (Banxico). The most prominent of these changes was the Fintech Law of 2018.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Promoting Disruption. The first-ever FALAK UTS launched in May 2017 as a two-day summit on innovation and disruption. For 2018 we are planning for 300-plus attendees. Plus, making it free for all ensures that even the most economically disadvantaged people in our society can attend and learn.

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Tunisian enterprise AI startup InstaDeep raises $100M from AI Capital, BioNTech, Google

TechCrunch

Beguir and Slim bootstrapped InstaDeep from 2014 to 2018, pumping revenue from clients back into the business acquiring new talent and expanding. With the new funding, the enterprise AI company plans to accelerate the launch of disruptive AI products across biotech, logistics, transportation and electronics manufacturing.

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

2018 Libboo Accelerating great stories and big ideas. 2015 Waterdog We’re disrupting the traditional channel model by fundamentally changing the way the partner and reseller relationship works. This experience makes learning to code more engaging, competitive, and collaborative than anything else on the market.

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9 Ventures Forming the Future of Fashion

Impact Hub

So with that in mind, here are 9 innovative ventures to watch that are on a mission to disrupt fast fashion: 1. After taking part in Impact Hub’s Investment Ready Program in 2018, they are preparing to launch their product into the market, so perhaps you’ll be wearing bacteria-dyed textiles soon. Fashion For Good. Good On You.

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The 3 Newest Companies on YC’s Top Revenue List and What They’re Doing So Right

Y Combinator

Deel Founded: 2018 YC Batch: Winter 2019 Founding city: San Francisco, CA Company size: 2,700+ across 100+ countries What is Deel? Nowports Founded: 2018 YC Batch: Winter 2019 Founding city: Monterrey, Mexico Company size: 800 people across 10 countries What is Nowports? All interviews have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.

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America Needs More Techno-Optimism

Andreessen Horowitz

And then there was actually one guy who…actually, his name is, I think, Alec Radford, and he literally was like off in the corner at OpenAI, like, working on this in 2018, 2019. I mean, so, you know, the overall answer is productivity growth in the economy, you know, is a great starting point.

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