Aug 15, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, News, Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC said on Friday it has acquired an 18.5 percent stake in Brazilian education services company Abril Educacao SA. GIC did not say how much it paid for the stake in Abril, a leading player in...
May 1, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, News
TechCrunch May 1, 2014 Tired of ticket fees, sweaty seething masses of teeming humanity, clubs that smell of body odor and stale beer, and concerts that sell out before you can even take out your credit card? Well, if you live in Brazil, Netshow.me has a solution for...
Feb 6, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, News
TechCrunch Internet penetration and social media usage are on the rise in every corner of the globe, but few can hold a candle to the level of adoption one finds in Brazil. According to the Internet Telecommunication Union, the UN’s specialized agency for...
Sep 24, 2013 | Brazil, Latin America, News
TechCrunch Sept 24 For those who haven’t yet heard of FormaFina, think of it as the Fab of South America. The e-commerce startup, which sells curated, limited-run collections of decor products in Argentina and Brazil, has raised a seed round of $1.4 million to anchor...
Sep 18, 2013 | Brazil, Deals, Latin America
This Company, founded 41 years ago, produces a wide range of grain and fruit based food products and ingredients. Products: •Starches: flakes, powders, “sagu” type, and tapioca •Cereals: peanuts, corn meal, feijao branco, wax beans, chickpeas, lentil...
Sep 17, 2013 | Brazil, Latin America, News, Western Europe
TechCrunch Sept 17 Earlier this year, when Rocket Internet announced a new injection of $500 million into its Germany-based startup incubator, co-founder Oliver Samwer told me that a large focus for it would be emerging markets like Latin America. Today comes some...
