It’s not only SoftBank that’s eyeing up the opportunity to tap into the quickly expanding market for e-commerce in Latin America. MercadoLibre, a marketplace and financial services powerhouse based out of Argentina and serving 18 countries across the region, has announced that PayPal is investing $750 million, and VC Dragoneer another $100 million, as part of […]
View More PayPal to invest $750M, and Dragoneer $100M into MercadoLibre, Argentina’s e-commerce powerhouseCategory: dragoneer investment group
Startups Weekly: Flexport, Clutter and SoftBank’s blood money
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View More Startups Weekly: Flexport, Clutter and SoftBank’s blood moneyWorkplace messaging platform Slack has confidentially filed to go public
The company has taken its first official step toward a rumored direct listing.
View More Workplace messaging platform Slack has confidentially filed to go publicGusto raises $140 million to go after small business payroll and benefits with more gusto
Gusto, which sells payroll, benefits and human resources management and monitoring services to small businesses, has raised $140 million in its latest round of funding. The company said it will use the money to add new services to increase payment flexibility for employees. The company launched a new service called Flexible Pay, which gives employees […]
View More Gusto raises $140 million to go after small business payroll and benefits with more gustoIn Canada’s cloud services market, venture investment opportunities abound
Canada will be home to a new venture capital fund that will invest in enterprise cloud startups. Its backer? Salesforce Ventures, the global investment arm of Salesforce, a leading cloud-hosted business software provider.
View More In Canada’s cloud services market, venture investment opportunities abound