Oct 13, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, News, Western Europe
Delivery Hero, the startup that is now valued at over $1 billion and is raising a lot of cash to compete heavily against the likes of Just-Eat and FoodPanda in the food delivery market outside the U.S., is adding another acquisition to its list as it focuses on growth...
Oct 6, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, News, North America
TechCrunch October 6, 2014 Global printing heavyweight Vistaprint has acquired a $25 million minority stake in Brazilian web-printing startup Printi. The purchase marks Vistaprint’s entry into Latin America, after assuming market leadership in the U.S., Europe and...
Aug 15, 2014 | Latin America, News
TechCrunch Navent, a Latin American real estate and jobs classifieds company which last raised funding back in November 2012, has closed a $20 million Series C round of funding from global technology private equity firm Riverwood Capital. Navent’s focus is online real...
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...
Aug 5, 2014 | Latin America, News, Western Europe
MEXICO CITY, Aug 5 (Reuters) -Mexico’s Mexichem said on Tuesday it had signed a deal to buy Germany-based Vestolit, a maker of durable plastics used for windows floorings and pipes, for 219 million euros ($293.09 million).
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...