bySara Delgado December 12, 2023 No comments 1 minute read Chilean social and environmental impact fund Impacta VC announced the close of its first fund, a $7M fund to back early-stage startups. The fund will focus on helping early-stage startups with average ticket sizes between $100K to $400K with the potential to invest up to $1M. 66 […]
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byMaría Camila David December 12, 2023 No comments 1 minute read The Brazilian startup Colab secured an undisclosed investment from the GovTech Fund, managed by KPTL and Cedro Capital. Colab helps connect citizens and government, allowing users to report local issues like potholes or broken street lamps, propose urban enhancements, and rate public services. With the funds, Colab plans to
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byAdam James Bilyeu December 12, 2023 No comments 1 minute read Tapi, an Argentina-based fintech, has partnered with Utoppia, a NeoBank, to simplify cross-border payments across Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile. This collaboration allows Utoppia users to make service payments in US dollars directly from their accounts. The partnership helps digital nomads and remote workers manage
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bySara Delgado December 8, 2023 No comments 1 minute read Chilean forestry and paper conglomerate CMPC launched a $100M investment fund to back early-stage startups. The fund will invest in Research and Development (R&D) initiatives and partnerships to advance the “digitization and circularity” of industrial and forestry processes, such as cellulose-based textile fibers, eco-friendly packaging, and green
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byLiliana Sánchez December 8, 2023 No comments 1 minute read Mexican startup Solvento raised $50M in debt from Lendable and a $3.5M seed extension led by Quona Capital with the participation of Dynamo Ventures, Ironspring Ventures, Proeza Ventures, and Zenda VC. Solveto will use the funding to continue improving investing in their tech. The startup also announced the launch of Solvento Audita, an AI-powered auditing
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ULA delay — The Colorado-based launch company will end 2023 with just three launches. Eric Berger – Dec 10, 2023 7: 24 pm UTC Enlarge / ULA’s Vulcan rocket rolls to the launch pad for testing. United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance will not see the debut of its next-generation Vulcan rocket in 2023, as
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a potential sustainable material — The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more. Jude Coleman, Knowable Magazine – Dec 10, 2023 12: 15 pm UTC Enlarge / See-through wood has a number of interesting properties that researchers hope to exploit. Thirty years ago, a botanist in Germany had a simple wish:
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Stealthy and multifunctional Linux malware that has been infecting telecommunications companies went largely unnoticed for two years until being documented for the first time by researchers on Thursday. Researchers from security firm Group-IB have named the remote access trojan “Krasue,” after a nocturnal spirit depicted in Southeast Asian folklore “floating in mid-air, with no torso,
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Butt what? — The butt even grows its own eyes, antennae, and brain. Elizabeth Rayne – Dec 8, 2023 7: 53 pm UTC Enlarge / From left to right, the head of an actual worm, and the stolon of a male and female. Some do it horizontally, some do it vertically, some do it sexually,
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Give what you can — Add to a charity haul that’s already raised over $14,000 in less than two weeks. Kyle Orland – Dec 8, 2023 7: 41 pm UTC Enlarge / Just some of the prizes you can win in this year’s charity drive sweepstakes. Kyle Orland If you’ve been too busy playing Against
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Aurich Lawson Back in April, we ran a series of useful and/or somewhat goofy prompts through Google’s (then-new) PaLM-powered Bard chatbot and OpenAI’s (slightly older) ChatGPT-4 to see which AI chatbot reigned supreme. At the time, we gave the edge to ChatGPT on five of seven trials, while noting that «it’s still early days in
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I want to get off Google’s wild ride — Does this mean YouTube Podcasts is ready for prime time? Ron Amadeo – Dec 8, 2023 6: 58 pm UTC Google Google Podcasts has been sitting on Google’s death row for a few months now since the September announcement. Now, a new support article details Google’s
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