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About Jared Tame
Studied advertising and computer science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, graduates in 2011 Y Combinator alumni from the Summer 2009 batch; cofounded GraffitiGeo, which was later acquired by Loopt in 2009. First Silicon Valley experience was joining TokBox as employee
20% of the founders in BusinessWeek Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2011 in Startups Open Sourced
Here’s the full paginated list, there’s also a list compiled below for faster viewing. For our annual survey of the most promising technology entrepreneurs, Bloomberg Businessweek’s editors and writers weighed input from venture capitalists, angel investors, and other representatives of startups.
Who Gets a Vaccine?
We may not have a COVID-19 vaccine, but who will even get it when we do?
Mercado Libre, now Latam’s most valuable company, reaches US$60B market cap. Opportunity or overhype?
HyperNoir – If you think either Petrobras, América Móvil, or even Walmex is Latin America’s largest company, think…
A Global Perspective: COVID’s Impact On European AndAmerican Female Founders & VCs
Many horror stories have recently come out about layoffs in the startup world, in both the U.S. and Europe. From Bird and Eventbrite to Yelp
We should feel comfortable with discomfort
This week we had our Morning Coffee with Esteban Pintos, Regional Manager at Wolox The space is limited…
Big entrepreneurial ideas can come from a simple taxi ride
This week we had our Morning Coffee with Endeavor, an Argentina-born entrepreneurial support network with a strong presence across Latin…
Internet of things (IoT) in a nutshell
This week we had our Morning Coffee with Santiago Herrera Gómez. As I have done in times before,…
Facebook continues Latam Startup Hub expansion, now in Colombia
Bogotá will soon be home to Latin America’s latest Startup Hub by Facebook. Colombian startups and developers can…
The innovation wave is reaching Paraguay
This week we had our Morning Coffee with Isabelle Foster, Fulbright Research Scholar from Stanford University Over the past few…
What every early-stage founder needs to know about valuations
Today we had our Morning Coffee with Lolita Taub. HyperNoir – I get a lot of questions regarding valuation from…
Mi Media Manzana, the Peruvian dating app, ceases operations
Mi Media Manzana, Tinder’s well-behaved Peruvian brother, is tapping out because of insufficient funds and a very high churn rate.
Huobi Group brings cryptocurrency exchange to Argentina
Cryptocurrency exchanges are certainly trending in Latin America, especially in Argentina where major inflation provides incentives for financial alternatives.
Chilean Lemontech raises funding from Accel-KKR to boost global growth
Written by: Alina Midori Silicon Valley’s investment firm Accel-KKR recently injected an undisclosed amount of money into Lemontech,…
HR platform, Matchbox Brazil, closes US$250 thousand round led by Superjobs Ventures
Contxto – One step closer to modernizing Brazil’s human resources industry, Matchbox Brazil just raised BRL$1 million (approximately…