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05 April 2016

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RAPPI: A LATIN AMERICAN START-UP GETS SELECTED BY Y-COMBINATOR

It is always great news when a Latin American start-up succeeds in attracting Silicon Valley’s VC money, and even more when one gets selected by the prestigious accelerator Y Combinator. Y Combinator for those of you who do not know is a mega-famous start-up incubator company and seed fund which has supported and invested in […]

15 September 2015

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WHY INVEST IN STARTUPS?

When talking about ways to grow your assets, it is always extremely difficult to decide which is the best and safest way to grow your capital. It is clear most investors look at companies that are already consolidated in the market, because they know their capital will multiply safely. But in doing so, they shun […]

09 September 2015

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STOCKHOLM: THE CITY WITH A LOT OF EVERYTHING, EVEN UNICORNS

I have recently returned from Stockholm, where I hadn’t been before but I loved it. The “Capital of Scandinavia” as it is now called, is made up of several islands connected by hundreds of bridges. You see water everywhere, the architecture is stunning and its people are arguably the most stylish in Europe. With a […]

02 September 2015

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SLACK: THE STARTUP THAT IS REVOLUTIONAZING CORPORATE MOBILE MESSAGING

The startup world is highly competitive. More and more business people are joining this trend by proposing all kinds of projects that seek to innovate and make daily life easier. Today, I would like to tell you about Slack, the messaging app that is becoming an essential must-have in the corporate world and could transform […]

09 June 2015

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The main challenges of e-commerce start-ups in LatAm

At Cisneros Interactive we invest in start-ups so naturally we are confident of the overall growth in the market. However, there is an area that has baffled me, and it’s not an insignificant one, E-commerce. Latin America is one of the fastest growing regions of the world for e-commerce, and it makes sense to think […]