En los últimos años, América Latina y el Caribe han emergido como regiones clave en el ecosistema global de startups. Gracias a la digitalización, el acceso a capital de riesgo y el talento local, numerosas empresas han logrado expandirse rápidamente y atraer inversiones millonarias. Desde fintech...
FinTech
¿Quién tiene más empresas fintech en Centroamérica?
El ecosistema fintech en Panamá y la región ha mostrado un crecimiento impresionante en los últimos años, posicionándose como un motor clave para la inclusión financiera y la innovación tecnológica, señalaron desde SEAL, Servicios Especializados de Aduana y Logística. Según un reciente informe del...
https://fullavantenews.com/quien-tiene-mas-empresas-fintech-en-centroamerica/?lang=es
Solvento raises $12.5 million to expand cross-border trucking
Solvento has raised $12.5 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital firm Cometa.
Other participants include Quona Capital, Ironspring Ventures, Dynamo Ventures, Proeza Ventures, Zenda Capital and Endeavor Fwd Fund. Notable angel investors include Adalberto Flores, founder and CEO of Kueski, and Tomas Bercovich, founder and CEO of Global 66.
Jaime Tabachnik, co-founder and CEO of Solvento, said the funds will be used to scale its software and financial solutions throughout Mexico...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/solvento-raises-12-5-million-to-expand-cross-border-trucking
How global trade actors are turning to fintech to tackle fraud
With billions of dollars processed every day, cross-border trade payments have become increasingly complex. Companies must navigate a range of banks, clearinghouses and payment processors, all of which assess fees and contribute to potential delays.
Traditionally, cross-border payments are slow, opaque and costly, causing cash flow problems for businesses. For instance, intermediary banks involved in transactions each add fees and processing time, making total transaction costs less transparent...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-global-trade-actors-are-turning-to-fintech-to-tackle-fraud
Coast closes Series B, gets funds from Synchrony for fintech platform
Fleet spending management company Coast announced it has closed a $40 million Series B led by Iconiq Growth and including participation from existing investors Accel, Insight Partners, Vesey Ventures, Avid Ventures and its newest investor, Thomvest.
The funding round also featured an undisclosed investment from financial services provider Synchrony. Coast views this as a strategic partnership since Synchrony serves many of Coast’s customers in the tire, auto parts and repair sectors, including...
FreightTech Friday: FreightVana debuts fleet payment card; tech earnings in
Logistics provider FreightVana recently announced it has partnered with fintech provider AtoB to offer fleets a payment card and platform to manage driver spending over the road.
“The small carriers and owners just don’t have the benefits or purchasing power like their large competitors,” Shannon Breen, co-CEO and co-founder of FreightVana, told FreightWaves. “We can leverage our brand, our partnerships and our debt capabilities to reduce costs. … Anything we can do to pass along some savings...
Mercado Libre superó sus expectativas y se dispararon las acciones
Fundada en 1999 por Marcos Galperín, Mercado Libre es ahora la segunda empresa más valiosa de América Latina con una capitalización de mercado de u$s76.000 millones, pese a que las acciones habían caído alrededor del 4,5% este año.
https://logistica360.pe/mercado-libre-supero-sus-expectativas-y-se-dispararon-las-acciones/
OTR Solutions acquires back-office automation platform Epay Manager
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Transportation fintech provider OTR Solutions announced Tuesday it has acquired back-office...
Sensor analytics for robotic trucks could provide reverse benefit
Back in February, the predictive analytics software experts at Uptake cut a deal with Daimler Truck to use its data-as-a-service model to tell when any of 160 possible faults and failures could happen. This could result in huge savings for fleets adding the software.
How would this play out for driverless trucks.
“You’re going to see a greater amount of sensor data and information coming out of each one of these trucks,” said Jim Lowell, vice president of technology for Chicago-based Uptake....
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sensor-analytics-for-robotic-trucks-could-provide-reverse-benefit
Fintech platform Navix raises $5M, captures interest of industry angel investors
Logistics fintech platform Navix announced Tuesday it has secured $5 million in seed funding from several strategic and angel investors, including Tommy Barnes, logistics veteran and chief revenue officer of less-than-truckload platform MyCarrier, and Rob Estes, chairman and CEO of LTL carrier Estes Express Lines.
In an interview with FreightWaves, Navix co-founder Eric Krueger explained that after founding the company in June 2021 it has been flying under the radar — self-funded — and working...